Smith, Thomas [Editor]: 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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COLOURING OF ANIMALS.

well as the breast and belly, may be made of Indigo, with
a very small proportion of burnt sienna, merely sufficient
to give it a green cast; the quill feathers of the wing
must be done with Vandyke brown; the wattles and
comb of the cock is made of a mixture of Venetian red
with a little lake. The first tint of the hen is composed
of No. 24, mixed with an equal proportion of burnt
sienna; the legs and bills are tinted with No.5, and the
light part of the eyes with pure burnt sienna. The
plumage of the hen, the black dot in the middle of the
eyes, the marking of the quill feathers of the cock’s wing,
the marking of the legs, together with all the dark
touches on the ground and in the foliage, $*c., may be
done with strong Vandyke brown, as may also the marks
on the back of the cock, the light feathers of the neck
and rump being finished with No. 21. The long feathers
of the cock’s tail and the dark part of the belly and
breast must be w-orked up with pure indigo rubbed with
strong gum water, in order to give it greater depth.