Ladies' manual of art : or, Profit and pastime : a self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood : the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature, pastel and crayon drawing, taxidermy, etc (1887)
Philadelphia : American Mutual Library Association · leaf 44
a general rule, the background aroundthe head should be lower in tone than the half tints of theface, and lighter than the shades—to disengage the head. Where the paper becomes greasy or glazed by the too frequentapplication of the pastel, or the finger, it may be necessary torub it with pumice… … *HE crayons used are much harder than the softkind required in portraits; they are manufac-tured expressly for landscapes, and resemble firmchalk. The following is a list of the most use-ful crayons: White, Italian chalk; straw colorsand light yellow, blue, grey, vermilion and In-dian reds; blacks,…
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