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To Color Japan Violet

A the ground, and trace or go over every part of the outline with the end of a blunt bodkin, or other similar instrument; you will then have a sketch in faint outline on your ground.

Then proceed to put in the figures, &c., with any desired color, or bronze them. 3042. To Raise Figures on the Work. Prepare a mixture of whiting and size (some prefer the whites of eggs), of a consistency to flow freely from the pencil, the hairs of which must be rather long. Ecgin with a figure, or other part-but do not do too much at a time-and trace the outline violet japan may be obtained by mixing correctly, with a free hand; then take a piece purple (sce No. 3034), and white (see No. of stick pointed at the end, dip it into the 3032), with transparent japan (sce No. 3025.) composition, and fill up the inside of the out- 3036. Το Color Japan Brown. For line. Continue to put more of the mixture brown japanned works, the clear japan alone on till it is raised sufficiently above the suris used as the ground, or umber is mixed with face. Let it get quite dry, and then polish it the japan to give the required tint, and the with a small camel's-hair pencil and clean work is afterwards dried in the oven, in the water, so as to make it perfectly smooth and same manner as black japan. level. Care must be taken in this process,