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RERAMIC STUDIO 
ROSE PANELS (SUPPLEMENT) 
K. E. Cherry 
WHITE ROSES 
SKETCH the design. Paint the shadow leaves with 
Copenhagen Blue, Apple Green and Violet; the 
shadow sides of white roses are Violet and Copenhagen Blue. 
The yellow in roses is Lemon Yellow; the dark centers are 
Yellow Brown. 
Second Fire — Wash in background with Copenhagen 
Blue and Lemon Yellow. Shade the leaves where it is 
necessary and touch in the darker stems and touches in 
roses with Blood Red and Violet. 
YELLOW ROSES 
The shadow leaves are painted in with Blood Red and 
Yellow Brown, the light leaves with Moss Green and Lemon 
Yellow; roses with Lemon Yellow, Albert Yellow, with 
touches of Yellow Red in center. 
Second Fire — Wash in background with Lemon Yellow, 
Blood Red and Violet. Strengthen the shadows in roses 
with Yellow and Brown Green. 
PINK ROSES 
The shadow leaves are painted in with Violet No. 2 
and Copenhagen Blue. The light leaves are Apple Green 
and Lemon Yellow. The roses are Fry's Rose painted light ; 
stems, Blood Red and Violet. 
Background — Copenhagen Blue, Deep Blue Green. 
Second Fire — Touch up roses with Blood Red and Rose 
for deeper tones; the shadow side use Violet and Blood Red. 
RED ROSES 
Paint shadow leaves with Violet and Blood Red; the 
light leaves with Moss Green and Yellow ; the roses are Ruby 
and Blood Red. 
Second Fire- Background, Violet and Yellow and a 
little Brown Green. Touch roses with Ruby and washes of 
Blood Red, a little Carnation in reflected lights. Touches in 
leaves with Brown Green and Moss Green. Stems with 
Blood Red and Moss Green. 
WATER COLORS. 
WHITE ROSES 
Sketch roses in, then wash a grey background in 
made of Yellow, Cobalt Blue and a touch of Red, then 
paint the shadow leaves in with a darker tone of Grey, 
using the same mixture except that you use Payne's Grey 
instead of Cobalt Blue. Take a clean brush, moisten it 
and wash some of the background color over shadow side 
of roses. Leaves, Hooker's Green and a little Yellow. 
Touch center of roses with Lemon Yellow and Ochre No. 2. 
Red touches in stems are Carmine and the Grey mixture. 
YELLOW ROSES 
The same grey mixture for background is washed in 
back of roses with a soft grey, shadow leaves are Payne's 
Grey and Carmine with a touch of Yellow. Roses, Gamboge, 
centers of roses, Burnt Sienna. 
PINK ROSES 
Wash in the grey background ; shadow leaves are Cobalt 
Blue and Payne's Grey. Leaves, Payne's Grey, Yellow and 
Hooker's Green. Roses, wash in with Rose Madder, put in 
shadows with Carmine and a little Colbalt Blue. 
RED ROSES 
Wash in the grey background. The dark shadow 
leaves are Payne's Grey, Hooker's Green and a little Carmine. 
Wash in the roses with Carmine, the bright touches with 
Vermillion. Leaves are Hooker's Green and Gamboge,; 
darker shades in leaves are Lemon Yellow, Hooker's Green 
and the grey mixture. 
OVERGLAZE PLATE, FULL SIZE SECTION— AGNES BENSON 
