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FORGET-ME-NOT PLATE— NELL SHERROD 
OAINT light flowers with Deep Blue Green and a little 
A Turquoise and add Banding Blue for the dark ones. 
Centers are Yellow and Yellow Brown. Leaves and stems 
Apple Green, a little Dark Grey and Yellow Green and Yel- 
low Brown. Paint a band about 3-16 of an inch wide at edge 
of plate with Dark Grey and a little Yellow Brown. 
SHOP NOTE 
A. H. Abbott & Co., of Chicago, one of the oldest art ma- 
terial houses in that city, has recently moved to No. 119 N. 
Wabash Ave., not far from their old address. 
STUDIO NOTE 
Mrs. Anna E. Pierce will teach in Oakland, California, 
during the months of July and August. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
F. L. B. — I am painting a chop plate and using design jor a plate by Mar- 
garet Wislrand in August 1912. Would like to know the name of the /lower. 
No. 2 — / have done very little dry dusting and -would like to know how to 
keep the vein markings in the leaves lighter than the rest of the leaf. In dusting 
they would very naturally acquire the same depth of color. Can part of the color 
be taken off? 
No. S — The illustration of the above plate seems to have a background behind 
the design, what color would this be? Also, in applying a tinted background 
would it not have to be put on and fired before any of the dry dusting was done? 
No. 4 — Could not this design be tinted with the wet colors, and if so, would 
the same colors be used and in the same proportion as given for dry dusting? 
We cannot find the name of the flower; it is a wild flower; colors are blue 
and lavender. 
The light veins should be dusted separately from the leaves, to procure 
the difference in tone, add a little Shading Green and Dark Grey to the mix- 
ture called for, using it on the darker tone. 
You would not put a background over the entire surface when your flower- 
are such a delicate color. A background is not necessary in this, but if it is 
