The Comftlime?itary Colors, that is to say,' the colors which form the
shadows of dresses or draperies and render them harmonious to the
eye, are these: Red may be shaded with green, yellow with violet,
ultramarine with orange, orange with blue, violet with Indian yellow,
cobalt with ochre, carmine with light emerald green, emerald green with
violet blue, lemon yellow with lilac made of pink and light blue, the
grays, all colors ; black is shaded with white and white with black ; all
these colors must be mixed with white in order that they may appear
harmonious. In tiny fan painting, the more white must be used with
colors for textile fabrics than for paper. For painting on chestnut and
on sycamore wood, a little ox gall added to the colors when used will be
found sufficient.
IMPRESSIONS OF LEAVES.
To make impressions of leaves upon silk, linen or paper, first prepare
two rubbers of wash-leather, made by tying up wool or any other sub-
stance in the leather, then prepare the colors you wish the leaves to be,
by rubbing up with cold-drawn linseed oil the colors you want, as indigo
for blue, chrome for yellow, indigo and chrome together for green. Get
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any number of leaves the size and kind you wish to stamp, then dip
the rubbers into the paint and rub them one over the other, so that you
will have but a small quantity of the paint upon the rubbers, place a
leaf upon one rubber and moisten it gently with the other, take the leaf
off and apply it to the material you wished stamped ; upon the leaf place
a piece of clean white paper, press gently, and you will have a perfect
impression of the leaf.
JAPANESE LACQUER WORK.
This is an easy and also elegant art. An old work-box, tea caddy,
flower pot, or any article may be ornamented with these simple materi-
als. Select perfect leaves ; dry and press them ; rub the surface of the
article to be ornamented with fine sand-paper, then give it a coat of fine
black paint, which should be procured mixed at a paint shop ; when dry,
rub smooth with pumice stone and give two more coats of paint ; when
dry, arrange leaves in any manner and variety, according to taste ; gum
the leaves on the under side and press them upon their places ; then dis-
solve some isinglass in hot water, brush it over the work and let it
dry ; then give two or three coats of copal varnish, allowing ample time
for each to dry. Articles thus ornamented last for years, and are very
pleasing.
DESIGNS FOR PANELS.
The panel is often a very pretty shape for some designs. With a few
exceptions, it is not as suitable for landscape painting as for flowers. A
view of a waterfall makes a very pretty panel, as the shape of the design
will admit of its being painted upon a panel. Small bits may be taken
from landscape views, such as a woodland or meadow brook ; and in
marine views a high cliff, or a great rock, with a stormy sky, and a dash-
ing sea are pretty designs. The panel seems to be just the thing for
flower painting. The gilt ones are beautiful with a spray of flowers
running across from corner to corner. The apple blossom with its
woody stem, and a few leaves, and also moss rose buds, are lovely on a
gilt ground.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
The Complimentary Colors, that is to say,' the colors which form the shadows of dresses or draperies and render them harmonious to the eye, are these: Red may be shaded with green, yellow with violet, ultramarine with orange, orange with blue, violet with Indian yellow, cobalt with ochre, carmine with light emerald green, emerald green with violet blue, lemon yellow with lilac made of pink and light blue, the grays, all colors ; black is shaded with white and white with black ; all these colors must be mixed with white in order that they may appear harmonious. In tiny fan painting, the more white must be used with colors for textile fabrics than for paper. For painting on chestnut and on sycamore wood, a little ox gall added to the colors when used will be found sufficient.
IMPRESSIONS OF LEAVES.
To make impressions of leaves upon silk, linen or paper, first prepare two rubbers of wash-leather, made by tying up wool or any other substance in the leather, then prepare the colors you wish the leaves to be, by rubbing up with cold-drawn linseed oil the colors you want, as indigo for blue, chrome for yellow, indigo and chrome together for green. Get
any number of leaves the size and kind you wish to stamp, then dip the rubbers into the paint and rub them one over the other, so that you will have but a small quantity of the paint upon the rubbers, place a leaf upon one rubber and moisten it gently with the other, take the leaf off and apply it to the material you wished stamped ; upon the leaf place a piece of clean white paper, press gently, and you will have a perfect impression of the leaf.
JAPANESE LACQUER WORK.
This is an easy and also elegant art. An old work-box, tea caddy, flower pot, or any article may be ornamented with these simple materials. Select perfect leaves ; dry and press them ; rub the surface of the article to be ornamented with fine sand-paper, then give it a coat of fine black paint, which should be procured mixed at a paint shop ; when dry, rub smooth with pumice stone and give two more coats of paint ; when dry, arrange leaves in any manner and variety, according to taste ; gum the leaves on the under side and press them upon their places ; then dissolve some isinglass in hot water, brush it over the work and let it dry ; then give two or three coats of copal varnish, allowing ample time for each to dry. Articles thus ornamented last for years, and are very pleasing.
DESIGNS FOR PANELS.
The panel is often a very pretty shape for some designs. With a few exceptions, it is not as suitable for landscape painting as for flowers. A view of a waterfall makes a very pretty panel, as the shape of the design will admit of its being painted upon a panel. Small bits may be taken from landscape views, such as a woodland or meadow brook ; and in marine views a high cliff, or a great rock, with a stormy sky, and a dashing sea are pretty designs. The panel seems to be just the thing for flower painting. The gilt ones are beautiful with a spray of flowers running across from corner to corner. The apple blossom with its woody stem, and a few leaves, and also moss rose buds, are lovely on a gilt ground.