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INDIAN INK.
only given one subject for the student to copy, toge-
ther with directions, (exemplified by another subject,)
for drawing from nature on coloured paper, as it may
be considered as only a variation of Indian ink-drawing.
It is customary in drawing in Indian ink to make use
of a slab, in which there are three circular hollow?s for
mixing the different strengths of tints in, and a longer
one, in which the Indian ink is rubbed : this is, how-
ever, extremely inconvenient, especially to learners,
who generally, through the awkwardness incidental to
all beginners, contrive to spill half its contents on the
table whilst they have not room on a common sized
slab to regulate the strength of what remains. The
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best thing, therefore, is a large common white plate,
on the edges of which is rubbed the Indian ink, whilst
the middle is left to mix the different tints upon. Of
the various brushes requisite, I have already spoken in
Lesson X, in which I have also described the diffe-
rent kinds of drawing-boards in use; and as it is ne-
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cessary to have the paper stretched either for drawing
in Indian ink or colours, I shall first give directions
as to the manner in which this operation is performed,
and which is one of those things the student should
a
learn on beginning either to draw in colours or Indian
ink. When the drawing-board consists of nothing but
o o
a flat plank of wood, on which the paper is to be pasted
down, the student must begin by wetting each side of
his paper with a sponge and water, both perfectly clean,
till it be tolerably well saturated with moisture, after
which he must absorb what water remains on the
INDIAN INK.
only given one subject for the student to copy, toge-
ther with directions, (exemplified by another subject,)
for drawing from nature on coloured paper, as it may
be considered as only a variation of Indian ink-drawing.
It is customary in drawing in Indian ink to make use
of a slab, in which there are three circular hollow?s for
mixing the different strengths of tints in, and a longer
one, in which the Indian ink is rubbed : this is, how-
ever, extremely inconvenient, especially to learners,
who generally, through the awkwardness incidental to
all beginners, contrive to spill half its contents on the
table whilst they have not room on a common sized
slab to regulate the strength of what remains. The
o o
best thing, therefore, is a large common white plate,
on the edges of which is rubbed the Indian ink, whilst
the middle is left to mix the different tints upon. Of
the various brushes requisite, I have already spoken in
Lesson X, in which I have also described the diffe-
rent kinds of drawing-boards in use; and as it is ne-
O 7
cessary to have the paper stretched either for drawing
in Indian ink or colours, I shall first give directions
as to the manner in which this operation is performed,
and which is one of those things the student should
a
learn on beginning either to draw in colours or Indian
ink. When the drawing-board consists of nothing but
o o
a flat plank of wood, on which the paper is to be pasted
down, the student must begin by wetting each side of
his paper with a sponge and water, both perfectly clean,
till it be tolerably well saturated with moisture, after
which he must absorb what water remains on the