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Ch. 31. Limning to the Life, &c. 107
should mistake in your first draught, you may with a
(hong stroke draw it true, the other line by reaso., os
its faintness being no hinderanoe.
These lines tnuji be truly draiva^siarp andneat-> with
thegreatejl exallness imaginable.
VIII. Observe the most remarkable and deep
shadows, to keep in memory when you go over
them with more exa&ness •, drawing out alio ( is
you so please ) the shape of that part of the body
next adjoining to the face, viz. a little beneath
the moulders , with a strong and dark colour,
which in case os mistake in proportion may easily
be altered.
IX. The first sitting is to dead colour the face:
the second sitting is the exadt colouring and ob-
servation or the several shadows, graces, beauties
or deformities, as they are in, Nature: the third
sitting is in making smooth what was before rough
and rude \ clothing what was naked , and giving
strong and deepning touches to every respedtive ssu-
dow.
X. The dead colour is thus made.
T'aJ^e of the asoresaid ground ( at the third or sourth
Section of this Chapter J and mix it with sine Red-lead,
tempering it exaclly to a dead colour of the cbeckj and
lip/, having a great care, that you makg it not too deep '-)
which is light, you may do at plea sur e.
XI. The sace is rirst begun to be coloured in the
reds of the cheeks and lips, and somewhac llrongly
in the bottom os the chin ( ifbeardless J also over,
under, and about the eyes with a faint redness.
XII. The ear is molt commonly reddish, as also
sometimes the roots of the hair.
XIII. The ground being wahYd over with this
H 2 reddith
should mistake in your first draught, you may with a
(hong stroke draw it true, the other line by reaso., os
its faintness being no hinderanoe.
These lines tnuji be truly draiva^siarp andneat-> with
thegreatejl exallness imaginable.
VIII. Observe the most remarkable and deep
shadows, to keep in memory when you go over
them with more exa&ness •, drawing out alio ( is
you so please ) the shape of that part of the body
next adjoining to the face, viz. a little beneath
the moulders , with a strong and dark colour,
which in case os mistake in proportion may easily
be altered.
IX. The first sitting is to dead colour the face:
the second sitting is the exadt colouring and ob-
servation or the several shadows, graces, beauties
or deformities, as they are in, Nature: the third
sitting is in making smooth what was before rough
and rude \ clothing what was naked , and giving
strong and deepning touches to every respedtive ssu-
dow.
X. The dead colour is thus made.
T'aJ^e of the asoresaid ground ( at the third or sourth
Section of this Chapter J and mix it with sine Red-lead,
tempering it exaclly to a dead colour of the cbeckj and
lip/, having a great care, that you makg it not too deep '-)
which is light, you may do at plea sur e.
XI. The sace is rirst begun to be coloured in the
reds of the cheeks and lips, and somewhac llrongly
in the bottom os the chin ( ifbeardless J also over,
under, and about the eyes with a faint redness.
XII. The ear is molt commonly reddish, as also
sometimes the roots of the hair.
XIII. The ground being wahYd over with this
H 2 reddith