

intended, and nf course tliis is v 

 am rather an impatient person, 

 and off those Httle metal caps 

 anxious to use cvcr\- 

 minute on the actual 

 painting of the llowers 

 before the)' liavc had time 

 to wilt and fade. There- 

 fore I prefer pan colours, 

 and I generally buy- half 

 pans. The price works 

 out the same exactly, and 

 I think it is an advantage 

 to have the colours fresh. 

 It is necessary to keep 

 them ver\' distinct and 

 clean. The merest streak 



Blissfully did one speedwell plot beguile 



My whole heart 1ont<; I loved each separate flc 



desk. I know that for small work 

 the latter is sometimes ine\'itable, 

 but it is e.xtremel)- bad for the 

 health to work in this position for 

 any length of time, as I have found 

 to my cost. If \'ou w«.v/ work at 

 a table, be sure your drawing is 

 arranged on a slant: your ordinary 

 board tilted up at the back on a 

 firm book will suffice. 



A glass pickle-jar makes an 

 excellent water-pot, I think, far 

 better than a china one, for it 

 enables us to notice at once when 

 the water has become stained and 

 muddy, ami that replenishment is 

 necessary ; for dirty water means 

 dingN' colour in \'our drawing. 



Water-colours are supplied in 



tubes like oils, and seem to have 



gained much favour in this form. 



Undoubtedly they have the ad- 

 vantage of keeping pure and clean, 



but they have their disadvantages 



as well. Sometimes one is apt 



to squeeze out more than one 

 ery wasteful. Personally, I am afraid I How many sun« 

 and the time consumed in screwing on _'* *^^^^ 



^ To n\akc one 



fidgets me immensely just when I am speedweu blue. 



-*Wel 



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