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BRUSHES.
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liancy of good paper and the great facility in working
upon it, compensate a hundredfold for all his pains and
expense.
Papers of Whatman's manufacture may be mentioned
as possessing a good texture, and as being of a fine
quality: they take the colour well, and they bear mode-
rate action of the sponge or of the scraper, without the
result of that unpleasant woolliness common to the softer
kinds of paper.
The Drawing Paper known as " Harding's," and dis-
tinguishable by a warmth of tint, and having upon it the
stamp of J. D. H.—Mr. Harding's initials—is valuable for
its equality of surface, as it seldom varies much in texture.
It is however, for many reasons, best adapted to subjects
in which opaque or body colour is employed, as well as
for sketching from nature. On account of this last named
purpose, it is much used for making up into solid blocks
or sketch books.
BRUSHES.
Brown sable is the hair best adapted to the purposes
of the Water Colour Painter. It carries colour better,
and works more freely, than the red sable. This latter
is, however, sometimes of service in producing certain
effects; in many cases also where a rather stiff fore-
ground colour is employed in large works, and when a
body colour white is used; for it is stronger and firmer
than the brown sable, but it does not retain so good a
point, nor does it work with the same freedom, as the
brown sable.
Brushes of brown sable are generally made by the
insertion of the hair into quills; and hence the size of
the brush is recognized by the various names of the
quills employed, as Eagle; Swan, large size, middle size,
small and extra small sizes; Goose, Duck, and Crow.
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liancy of good paper and the great facility in working
upon it, compensate a hundredfold for all his pains and
expense.
Papers of Whatman's manufacture may be mentioned
as possessing a good texture, and as being of a fine
quality: they take the colour well, and they bear mode-
rate action of the sponge or of the scraper, without the
result of that unpleasant woolliness common to the softer
kinds of paper.
The Drawing Paper known as " Harding's," and dis-
tinguishable by a warmth of tint, and having upon it the
stamp of J. D. H.—Mr. Harding's initials—is valuable for
its equality of surface, as it seldom varies much in texture.
It is however, for many reasons, best adapted to subjects
in which opaque or body colour is employed, as well as
for sketching from nature. On account of this last named
purpose, it is much used for making up into solid blocks
or sketch books.
BRUSHES.
Brown sable is the hair best adapted to the purposes
of the Water Colour Painter. It carries colour better,
and works more freely, than the red sable. This latter
is, however, sometimes of service in producing certain
effects; in many cases also where a rather stiff fore-
ground colour is employed in large works, and when a
body colour white is used; for it is stronger and firmer
than the brown sable, but it does not retain so good a
point, nor does it work with the same freedom, as the
brown sable.
Brushes of brown sable are generally made by the
insertion of the hair into quills; and hence the size of
the brush is recognized by the various names of the
quills employed, as Eagle; Swan, large size, middle size,
small and extra small sizes; Goose, Duck, and Crow.