Art Recreations; Being a Complete Guide to Pencil Drawing, Oil Painting ... Moss Work, Papier Mache ... Wax Work, Shell Work ... Enamel Painting, Etc (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: back side, and madder on the front; or some might prefer a delicate color, like the dress of Priscilla in the Courtship of Miles Standish. Paint the child's hair with more raw sienna than the mother, and the flesh lighter color; otherwise the same. The eyes, light blue for the pupils, and the whites lightly tinted with blue. The dress, wholly white. Frame as before directed. This picture is intended for a crayon study, rather than for a Grecian painting, as are also the pictures Evangeline and Beatrice Cenci, but it makes a beautiful thing in Grecian style. Evangeline. ? Size of paper, sixteen by twenty-two inches, cabinet size. Price, $1.00. This picture is intended for a crayon study, and is rather coarse for a Grecian painting, as is also the companion to it, Beatrice Cenci; still, as these are -so beautiful, and have come to be such great favorites, and as they look, painted, really well, a great deal better than the coarse lithographic heads frequently used, we are led, through frequent applications for directions, to give the best colors for them. Bisections Eor Painting. Evangeline. ? Her face and eyes treat the same as directed in JeanneD'Arc; the hair also the same, only add more Vandyke brown, with more white in the light parts. The Cloak. ? Paint vermilion, and on the outside with a very thin coat of madder; touch on the light parts with madder, white and vermilion, mixed. Tlie Dress. ? A drab made with Vandyke brown and white. This can also be improved by touching on the lighter parts. After the rest is wholly dry, put on the - back, which is a sky mostly; cover with a very pale blue, rubbing with the finger white through for the lights. This picture can be framed as an oval, or you may paint down and make it square. Beatrice Cenci. Companion to Evan...