The colors should be mixed with Chinese white, which renders them
opaque and also acts as a preventive against their sinking into the wood.
In painting, reverse the order which is set down for transparent colors,
and begin with dark shades. Work up the different lights and finally
put in the high lights. Do not be afraid to apply dark colors and shades ;
they become bright when the painting is varnished, and colors such as
Vandyke brown and crimson lake warm up and heighten the brilliancy"of
the picture. The colors can be obtained in either small tubes or cakes.
The ordinary brushes used in water-color painting are the best to
employ, although some artists prefer to paint in body color with
brushes used in oil colors.
When painted, the wood should be polished in the following manner :
First, pass over the entire wood a coating of patent white size, then
wait until it has become thoroughly dry, and repeat the process until
perfectly smooth.
FANCY WOODS USED.
Many of the pretty woods made into book racks and boxes are
colored by artificial means. The Killarney woods are very pretty for
these souvenirs, and are of three different hues. Raw sienna, laid on
applewood in thin washes, will give the color of the lightest Killarney
wood. Raw sienna for the first wash, burnt sienna for the second and
successive washes, will supply the hue of the second Killarney wood.
Vandyke brown and India ink mixed together and laid on as a first
wash; the black of the India ink settles in the grain of the wood
and adds to the richness of the whole effect ; only when this wash of
color is perfectly dry, lay on successive but thin washes of burnt sienna ;
this will give the effect of the darkest Killarney wood. On this are
painted various designs, as castle scenes, landscapes, and the flowers
that are native to Ireland.
For painting in oil on white holly wood, purchase a few feet of holly
294 PAINTING.
wood one-eighth of an inch in thickness ; also five tubes of oil paints as
follows : Vandyke brown, flake white, chrome yellow, crimson lake, per-
manent blue ; also one fine oil paint brush. Saw out of the holly wood
a frame about an inch and a half wide all around, sawing out an open-
ing large enough for a photograph, and round all the corners. Sand-
paper the wood thoroughly after the frame is finished. Now commence
to trace a vine around the frame, then trace leaves and flowers, using a
sharp-pointed pencil for tracing. Perhaps you have a pattern of a vine
in one of your magazines, if so you can trace it off on white tissue paper
and transfer to the wood by using tracing paper. Mix a little chrome
yellow and Prussian blue together, and, after adding a very little tur-
pentine, proceed to paint all the leaves. Mix a little brown with green,
making an olive green, and with it shade the leaves after cleansing the
brush thoroughly with turpentine ; trace the leaves with light lines of
brown, also the branches of the vine. After the leaves are finished
mix a little permanent blue and flake white and paint the flowers and
buds. Use a little flake white to shade the flowers after they are painted
blue. Vine the whole vine with Vandyke brown. Should you prefer,
use crimson lake instead of blue for flowers ; always be sure and wash
the brush well in turpentine before using for another color.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
The colors should be mixed with Chinese white, which renders them opaque and also acts as a preventive against their sinking into the wood. In painting, reverse the order which is set down for transparent colors, and begin with dark shades. Work up the different lights and finally put in the high lights. Do not be afraid to apply dark colors and shades ; they become bright when the painting is varnished, and colors such as Vandyke brown and crimson lake warm up and heighten the brilliancy"of the picture. The colors can be obtained in either small tubes or cakes. The ordinary brushes used in water-color painting are the best to employ, although some artists prefer to paint in body color with brushes used in oil colors.
When painted, the wood should be polished in the following manner : First, pass over the entire wood a coating of patent white size, then wait until it has become thoroughly dry, and repeat the process until perfectly smooth.
FANCY WOODS USED.
Many of the pretty woods made into book racks and boxes are colored by artificial means. The Killarney woods are very pretty for these souvenirs, and are of three different hues. Raw sienna, laid on applewood in thin washes, will give the color of the lightest Killarney wood. Raw sienna for the first wash, burnt sienna for the second and successive washes, will supply the hue of the second Killarney wood. Vandyke brown and India ink mixed together and laid on as a first wash; the black of the India ink settles in the grain of the wood and adds to the richness of the whole effect ; only when this wash of color is perfectly dry, lay on successive but thin washes of burnt sienna ; this will give the effect of the darkest Killarney wood. On this are painted various designs, as castle scenes, landscapes, and the flowers that are native to Ireland.
For painting in oil on white holly wood, purchase a few feet of holly
wood one-eighth of an inch in thickness ; also five tubes of oil paints as follows : Vandyke brown, flake white, chrome yellow, crimson lake, permanent blue ; also one fine oil paint brush. Saw out of the holly wood a frame about an inch and a half wide all around, sawing out an opening large enough for a photograph, and round all the corners. Sandpaper the wood thoroughly after the frame is finished. Now commence to trace a vine around the frame, then trace leaves and flowers, using a sharp-pointed pencil for tracing. Perhaps you have a pattern of a vine in one of your magazines, if so you can trace it off on white tissue paper and transfer to the wood by using tracing paper. Mix a little chrome yellow and Prussian blue together, and, after adding a very little turpentine, proceed to paint all the leaves. Mix a little brown with green, making an olive green, and with it shade the leaves after cleansing the brush thoroughly with turpentine ; trace the leaves with light lines of brown, also the branches of the vine. After the leaves are finished mix a little permanent blue and flake white and paint the flowers and buds. Use a little flake white to shade the flowers after they are painted blue. Vine the whole vine with Vandyke brown. Should you prefer, use crimson lake instead of blue for flowers ; always be sure and wash the brush well in turpentine before using for another color.