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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19951#0056
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SUNSET.
but let some well-defined distant mountains be now put
in with a sombre gray, composed of French Blue and
Madder Brown, with a very little Indian Yellow or Gam-
boge. The distant part of the sky will now be luminous,
and what before was merely warmth will now become
light.
A middle distance of rocks, or wood, added with Van-
dyke Brown, Brown Pink and Indigo, will cause the
mountains to retire; and the sky and other objects,
reflected in a rocky river in the foreground, may complete
the work.
There are several methods of representing a glowing
sunset. The sun may be painted with pure Chinese
"White, hud on sufficiently thick to hide the sky tint
completely. This, when dry, is to be glazed with Cad-
mium Yellow, or Indian Yellow and Vermillion, according
as yellow, orange, or red is required. This method gives
a much greater degree of brilliancy than can be obtained
by mixing the white with the colours. Another way is
to scrape out the light of the sum's disc; and the part
being smoothed, it may be tinted in the manner above
described. Clouds of a cool tint are often observed about
the horizon, sometimes partially obscuring or crossing
the sun ; for these clouds, Cobalt and Lake with a little
\Vlnte will be found effective, as they will increase the
warmth of the luminary : they must not, however, look
chalky, which would result from using too much White
in the colour.
In studying such effects from nature, when the colour
box is not at hand, or when too much time would be
lost in obtaining the requisite tints, the soft crayons,
with which coloured crayon drawings are executed, will
be found of great service. The most powerful effect
may be conveyed to paper by their aid in a few moments,
and the sky thus jotted down, as it were, afterwards
studied and introduced at leisure writh the ordinary water
colours.
SUNSET.
but let some well-defined distant mountains be now put
in with a sombre gray, composed of French Blue and
Madder Brown, with a very little Indian Yellow or Gam-
boge. The distant part of the sky will now be luminous,
and what before was merely warmth will now become
light.
A middle distance of rocks, or wood, added with Van-
dyke Brown, Brown Pink and Indigo, will cause the
mountains to retire; and the sky and other objects,
reflected in a rocky river in the foreground, may complete
the work.
There are several methods of representing a glowing
sunset. The sun may be painted with pure Chinese
"White, hud on sufficiently thick to hide the sky tint
completely. This, when dry, is to be glazed with Cad-
mium Yellow, or Indian Yellow and Vermillion, according
as yellow, orange, or red is required. This method gives
a much greater degree of brilliancy than can be obtained
by mixing the white with the colours. Another way is
to scrape out the light of the sum's disc; and the part
being smoothed, it may be tinted in the manner above
described. Clouds of a cool tint are often observed about
the horizon, sometimes partially obscuring or crossing
the sun ; for these clouds, Cobalt and Lake with a little
\Vlnte will be found effective, as they will increase the
warmth of the luminary : they must not, however, look
chalky, which would result from using too much White
in the colour.
In studying such effects from nature, when the colour
box is not at hand, or when too much time would be
lost in obtaining the requisite tints, the soft crayons,
with which coloured crayon drawings are executed, will
be found of great service. The most powerful effect
may be conveyed to paper by their aid in a few moments,
and the sky thus jotted down, as it were, afterwards
studied and introduced at leisure writh the ordinary water
colours.