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gamboge, and mixing it with the blue, it will produce a beautiful
green. If, ivhen you try this mixture on a piece of common paper,
it is found too dark, take a little more water; if it is too blue, add
a little more yellow, and the reverse if it is too bright; never co-
louring the subject till the exact tint proper for it is made : then
take a moderate sized brush, and, well filling it with the tint, begin
to colour from the top of the subject, and come regularly down.
Take care not to go beyond the outline, but if in the early lessons
this should be the case, do not attempt to mend it by touching it
again with the brush while it is wet, but let it get dry, and hide the
defect by the second shade.
The next tint is formed of the same colours as the first, only the blue
preponderates over the yellow. Form this tint with care, and when
the first shade is quite dry, go over the dark side of the leaves, as seen
in the pattern. With this colour draw the dark lines of the stem and
the branching line, and likewise mark the line in the centre of the
leaf, taking care, in all cases, to have plenty of colour in the brush, so
that it may ssow freely. When the second shade is dry, with the same
colour touch on the darkest parts, and the subject will be complete.
This lesson will be found very easy to execute if the directions are
attended to ; but if the student hurries the execution, without forming
the proper tints besore he applies them to the drawing, the leaves will
appear hard and muddy, and no after exertion will restore them to
their proper colour.
It has been observed that a number of black-lead lines may be made
without using the rubber to take them out. If they have been drawn
as faint and light as they ought to be, a very slight rubbing, with a
green. If, ivhen you try this mixture on a piece of common paper,
it is found too dark, take a little more water; if it is too blue, add
a little more yellow, and the reverse if it is too bright; never co-
louring the subject till the exact tint proper for it is made : then
take a moderate sized brush, and, well filling it with the tint, begin
to colour from the top of the subject, and come regularly down.
Take care not to go beyond the outline, but if in the early lessons
this should be the case, do not attempt to mend it by touching it
again with the brush while it is wet, but let it get dry, and hide the
defect by the second shade.
The next tint is formed of the same colours as the first, only the blue
preponderates over the yellow. Form this tint with care, and when
the first shade is quite dry, go over the dark side of the leaves, as seen
in the pattern. With this colour draw the dark lines of the stem and
the branching line, and likewise mark the line in the centre of the
leaf, taking care, in all cases, to have plenty of colour in the brush, so
that it may ssow freely. When the second shade is dry, with the same
colour touch on the darkest parts, and the subject will be complete.
This lesson will be found very easy to execute if the directions are
attended to ; but if the student hurries the execution, without forming
the proper tints besore he applies them to the drawing, the leaves will
appear hard and muddy, and no after exertion will restore them to
their proper colour.
It has been observed that a number of black-lead lines may be made
without using the rubber to take them out. If they have been drawn
as faint and light as they ought to be, a very slight rubbing, with a