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)

ON STILL-LIFE.

77

colour rubbed very thick, in such a manner that the
brush may touch on the surface of the paper only, and
not in the minute hollows which are seen even in hot-
pressed paper, so as to leave the white in an immense
number of small grains, between which the colour of the
flower is still to be seen.

The small threads of lighter colour, as w:ell as the
stamens of dark flowers, may also be done with body
colourwhich may be made by rubbing permanent
white very thick, and then adding a little of the colour
you wish to have; thus, should you want a yellow body
colour, after you have rubbed the white on your plate,
add a little gamboge to it, which will give it the tint you
want; in this manner you may make body colour of any
tint whatever.

LESSON XIX.

On Still-Life.

The representation of still-life, though one of the
lowest efforts of the art when regarded as a distinct
branch of the profession, has nevertheless always a
pleasing effect when well done. The old Dutch masters
have long been celebrated for their excellence in this
department of the art: and no one, except those who

* By body colour is meant any colour which is not transpa-
rent, such as permanent white, 8$c. <^c.