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GRAPE DESIGNS (Supplement) 
Sara Wood Safford 
THE same colors are used throughout the entire set of 
panels^ the same purples, the same reds, the same greens, 
yellows and browns. The worker will observe in which draw- 
ing purple dominates, in which green, the violet-green and so on. 
For the purple grapes make a deep purple with a dark 
blue two thirds, Rubj' one third and a bit of black. Model 
clearly in the first painting, having strong light which maj' be 
lowered with a thin wash of blue in the second painting. 
In the red grapes use Blood Red and Ruby mixed in the 
brush together — these also model clearly, and over some of the 
lights wash blue in the second painting. Yellow Brown and 
Yellow Red with Yellow Red and Blood Red are used in the warm 
and more brilliant clusters. Grey shadows for yellow grapes 
may be made of Violet and Yellow; deep shadows of Brown 
Green and Yellow Brown. 
Yellow and Yellow Brown are used in warm background 
effects. Apple Green, Yellow Green, Brown Green, Shading 
Green and Dark Green may be used in the leaves and back- 
grounds, the light greens may be greyed with violet, then 
darker greens with the purple made for the purple grapes. 
The yellow with violet will lower tone of background where 
needed. Violet with red (Carnation) will prodrxce red violet 
effects. Brown green with red (Blood Red) will produce 
warm brown tones. 
Paint in as simply and frankly as possible, being careful 
to get greys without getting muddy color. In the second 
painting lay the flat washes over grapes and background. In 
the third painting add what detail is necessary. 
These color suggestions apply to larger drawings in black 
and white. 
INDIAN POTTERY 
A history of jjottery in the United States would hardly be 
complete without mention of the pottery of the American 
Indian, inasmuch as the Indians are the only true Americans. 
The wandering tribes found by the first white settlers were 
merely savages, possessing onlj' the rudest implements made of 
stone and a few vessels molded by hand from coarse claj^ 
partially baked and of a crumbling nature. Of coiu'se, very 
few of these vessels are in existence at the present day, but there 
are two specimens in the historical collection in Peimsylvania. 
These were found in a cave in Pennsylvania about the middle 
of the present century. One is covered with small dents, 
probably made with a flint, and the other has quite an elaborate 
border of incised lines and notches. Clay pipes are found 
among the relics of Eastern tribes, often with a bowl shaped 
like the head of a bird or animal. Allusions are often made by 
earlj^ historians to the custom of smoking among the North 
American Indians. It is said that they smoked dry herbs 
which also satisfied hunger, and that they often went four or 
five days without food while smoking these herbs. Many of 
the pipes were made with separate bowls and stems, the stem 
to be inserted into the bowl when in use. In addition to clay 
vessels, the tribes inhabiting the region about the Great Lakes 
often used utensils made of birch bark. Sometimes they 
cooked their food. in them by putting hot stones into the vessels 
with the food. The DeSoto explorers described the boiling of 
water by the Indians by means of dropping hot stones into 
jai's of water. 
Among the remains of the mound-builders are jars, basins, 
rn-ns, etc., often molded in vegetable, animal, or human form, 
and ornamented in geometrical designs. Pipes were found 
among the relics of the mound-builders, many of them made of 
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