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taken up to give a complete line of full 
width. Fig. 5 is also well suited for wash- 
ing in large masses of foliage. Either 
brush answers well for backgrounds or 
ground-laying. 
23. For General Use in. the ordinary run 
of Painting, the brushes or pencils de- 
V)icted in Figs. 6 to 12 will be found most 
two smaller than that represented, are 
useful in large shading, such as broad 
draperies in big paintings, and in fore- 
grounds. Fig. 11 is a shortish, flat sable, 
highly useful in giving crisp touches with 
paint rather stiffer than usual. Fig. 12 is 
an ordinary round sable. Both these last 
are in metal settings. * With regard to 
PI 
Kig. 12. Fiff.13. 
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Brhshes.— Fiijs. 4, 5- Water or Sky, "Washings In or Groimding Brushes. Fig. 6 - 00 Miniature 
Sable. ¥\g. 7— Small Finisher, Camel Hair. Fig. 8 - Small Rose, Camel Hair. Fig. 9 - 
Special Rose, Camel Hair. Fig. 10— Large Shader^ Camel Hair. Fig. 11— Flat Short Sable. 
Fig. 12 - Round Ordinary Sable. Fig. 13- For Lining or Tracing. Fig. 14— Bander. 
Fig. 15— Dabber, flat top. Fig. 16— Dabber, skew top. Figs. 17, 18 -Superfine Fitch Hair 
Brushes. Figs. 19. 20— Softeners. 
serviceable, the sizes varying according 
to the size of the work in hand. Fig. 6, 
an extremely fine sable, is for the most 
delicate work in the features of small 
faces, such as nostrils, lips, the iris, etc. 
Figs. 7, 8, and 9, in quills, are of sizes very 
generally useful. Fig. 10, and a size or 
the difference between round and flat 
brushes, it may be stated that the latter 
are often a little more useful in a skilled 
hand, as a greater variety of stroke and 
touch can be given with them. This 
point will be further noticed by and by. 
i Both sables and camel-hair ma^^ be ob- 
