6CIOPTICON MANUAL. 135 



CHAPTER X. 



Souk** to ww 



A PROCESS FOR DRAWING AND PAINTING MAGIC 

 LANTERN SLIDES. 



The following process is given to assist persons who 

 own a Sciopticon, to prepare for themselves a portion, at 

 least, of the necessary transparencies, especially educa- 

 tional illustrations. It has been our aim to simplify the 

 whole matter as much as possible consistently with giv- 

 ing such directions as are safe and practicable. It is true 

 that there are some other colors and materials which 

 can be used, but the list given below contains all that 

 are necessary for the production of hand-made pictures, 

 or for coloring photographs on glass in this style. 



LIST OF APPARATUS AND MATERIALS. 



Easel, 



Glass slab, 



Palette-knife, 



Sable pencils, 



Duster, 



Point for erasing, 



Hard black-lead pencil, 



Fine pen, 



Varnish, Nos. 1 and 2, 



Liq. India ink, 



Canada balsam, 



Siccatif, 



Tube of blue-black in oil, 



Tube of crimson lake in oil, 



Tube of Italian pink in oil, 



Tube of Prussian blue in oil, 



Tube of burnt sienna in oil, 



Ol. Turpentine, 



Glass, 



Mats, 



Binding-paper, 



Box for the above articles. 



For amateur work we very decidedly recommend that 

 the pictures should be made on the 1-4 size of glass 

 known to photographic stockdealers as " B. P. C." 



After the painting is finished and dry, it is only nec- 

 essary to cover with a mat and another piece of the same 

 glass, binding the edges with narrow strips of paper, 

 to give us the form of the "Woodbury," or of the new 

 " Crystal " slide. 



If the glass which we recommend is used, simply 



