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Vere Foster's simple lessons in water-color, flowers : eight facsimiles of original water-color drawings and numerous outline drawings of flowers, after various artists, with full instructions for drawing and painting (1884)

Foster, Vere, 1819-1900 · London : Blackie & Son · leaf 56

An illustration from Vere Foster's simple lessons in water-color, flowers : eight facsimiles of original water-color drawings and numerous outline drawings of flowers, after various artists, with full instructions for drawing and painting, 1884, leaf 56
ht Emerald Green. The brighter greens, such as are seen on the veins of the large leaf and on parts of the stalks, are composed of a mixture of Gamboge and Prussian Blue. The bluish-grey tints are given by a mix- ture of French Blue and Naples Yellow in varying proportions. If these colors seem… … (Japanese) Ornamental Treatment of the Primrose.— (From South Kensington Drawing-Book.)

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