Art recreations; being a complete guide to pencil drawing, oil painting, water-color painting, crayon drawing and painting, painting on ground glass, Grecian painting, antique painting, oriental painting, sign painting, theorem painting, ferneries, moss work, papier mache, cone work, feather flowers, potichomanie, leather work, hair work, taxidermy, gilding and bronzing, plaster work, decalcomanie, wax work, shell work, magic lantern, paper flowers, imitation of pearl, the aquqrium, sealing-wax painting, panorama painting, coloring photographs, enamel painting, etc. (1873)
Day, Henry · Boston, Shepard & Gill · leaf 122
ows. Seethat it be well defined, that theshadows and middle tints are clear,and that the background be freefrom blemishes and black andwhite spots. The heavy, dark tints which pre-vail in some photographs are badly adapted for faircomplexions, as considerable difficulty is experienced inworking the… … 120 PHOTOGRAPH PAINTING IN WATER COLORS. a little body color, than which nothing can be moreobjectionable, because all gray and pearly tints ought tobe purely transparent, so that the flesh color may beseen under them. When the complexion is dark, thedifficulty is considerably lessened ; for, upon…
Arts · Painting · Drawing
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