NATURALISTIC SECTION OF KERAMIC STUDIO 
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 1916 
CRANESBILL 
M. H. Watkeys 
OUTLINE is Black. Flowers and buds are painted with 
Rose. Stems and calyx and lightest tone in leaves 
is Apple Green and a little Albert Yellow. The next darker 
tone of green is Apple Green, a little Yellow Green, Shading 
Green and Dark Grey and for the darkest tone add more 
Shading Green and a little Black. Background is a thin wash 
of Albert Yellow and a little Yellow Green. 
BIRD VASE Color Study 
Katherine Lindsey Perkins 
AFTER tracing carefully, wash in the large flat grey tones 
with Grey for Flesh. Then paint in smooth and 
flat the black masses. Put Lemon Yellow on bird; Pink and 
Pink mixed with Yellow Red or Carnation for the bright tones; 
also the same colors with Yellow and Yellow Brown, put 
on flat for the leaves. 
Second Fire — Tint with medium not special oil. Yellow 
in center running into Pink and Violet toward the top and Pink, 
Violet and Copenhagen Blue towards the bottom. After 
quite dry dust with Lavender Glaze. Wipe out white petals. 
Third Fire — Strengthen colors where necessary, then 
add fine outlines on bird and colored outlines on leaves. 
Mrs. S. Evannah Price of New York City is now estab- 
lished at her new studio, 111 East 19th St. where in addition 
to her classes in porcelain decoration she also gives instruction 
in Oil and Water Color Painting, Composition and Design. 
BLEEDING HEART (Page 7) 
M. H. Watkeys' 
OUTLINE is Dark Grey and a little Black. Lightest leaves 
are painted with Apple Green and a little Albert Yel- 
low and shaded with same with Yellow Green and a little Brown 
Green added. Lighter leaves at the top are Apple Green, 
Yellow Green, Dark Grey and a little Shading Green with 
more Shading Green and a little Brown Green added for 
the darkest leaves. Stems are the two lightest mixtures 
for leaves. Flowers are a very thin wash of Rose for the light 
with a little Blood Red added for the shading. The pistil 
is white with the spots of the darkest Pink with Albert Yellow 
in the space next to the blossom. Background is Lemon 
Yellow shading into Violet and Apple Green. 
5UWR.CH 
SUMACH 
M. H. Watkeys 
OUTLINE with Black. Wash a flat tone of Blood Red 
and Carnation over the light tone and Blood Red, a 
little Ruby and Dark Brown over the dark tone and wipe out 
the lights. The light tone in the blossom in the background 
is Blood Red, Violet and Dark Grey and for the darker tone 
and the dark part of stem add a little Deep Purple and more 
Dark Grey. Light part of stem is Yellow Green, Violet and 
Dark Grey. The leaf stems are Blood Red and Violet. Light 
leaves are Apple Green, Albert Yellow and a very little Yel- 
low Green. Dark leaves are Yellow Green, Shading Green 
and Brown Green. Background is Dark Grey and Apple 
Green. 
