Smith, Thomas [Hrsg.]: The Art Of Drawing In Its Various Branches: Exemplified In A Course Of Twenty-Eight progressive Lessons, Calculated To Afford Those Who Are Unacquainted With The Art, The Means Of Acquiring A Competent Knowledge Without The Aid Of A Master ; Being The Only Work Of The Kind In Which The Principles Of Effect Are Explained In A Clear, Methodical, And At The Same Time Familiar Style. Illustrated With Coloured Designs And Numerous Wood Engravings (London, 1827)

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ON COLOURING LANDSCAPE.

lancet, and is the best for threads of light, ripples in
water, fyc.

Tailing up is done by first painting in with water
alone the exact form intended to be removed, then ab-
sorbing the moisture with a clean dry rag or handkerchief,

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and lastly rubbing it well with another part of the same
rag, when the colour will be taken up on the cloth, and
a white place left. Should it be required to make the
place very white, it may be rubbed with Indian rubber
after the moisture has been absorbed.

LESSON. XVI.

On colouring Landscape, continued.

The next subject consists of a boat on the Seine, near
Paris. After having made a correct outline, the student
must mix up the tint No. 1, equal in depth to the
strongest part of the sky ; with this the uppermost streak
of blue must be carefully laid in, after which it must be
weakened by adding a little water; with this the second
streak must be laid in, and so on till all the blue parts of
the sky be finished, making each succeeding tint weaker
and weaker as it approaches the horizon : next mix up
No. 3, and lay in the clouds with it, bringing the tint
over part of the blue and the white, so as to leave the
lowermost edge of the clouds white as in the copy : lay
a faint wash of Venetian red over the horizon, softening
it off upwards, and the sky will then be finished. The