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I1ERAMIC STUDIO 
Flowers, Yellow Brown and Deep Red Brown. Leaves, 
cool greens, Russian Green, Moss Green, Shading Green 
and Dark Green No. 7, Yellow Brown. Fill your brush 
with the color having the brush rather wetter with the 
turpentine than you would in painting a flower or anything 
on which you would paint stroke after stroke. Strive to 
put in the leaves with long sustained strokes going from 
the top of the leaf to the bottom without lifting the brush 
and using a brush large enough so that you can get the full 
width of the leaf. I put my high-light color on first, then 
take up my middle tone or general leaf color. For the 
second fire you can put on with the same clean stroke the 
shadows. Wash in the background in the first painting, 
using Copenhagen Grey, Deep Blue Green, Copenhagen 
Blue, a touch of Violet or powder with Lavender Glaze, 
Dark Green No. 7 and Brown Green. Second painting; 
touch up with same colors as for first fire. 
GERANIUMS. 
The principal beauty in these flowers is their handsome, 
rich leaves and the stateliness with which the stem lifts 
its head of rich or delicate colored flowers and I should 
treat them in such a way as to impress this, for instance 
the bronze ring that some of the varieties show so strongly 
marked in the leaves and the richness of the dark greens. 
There are too many varieties to take up and treat individ- 
ually, but for the white ones or delicate pink ones, I sketch 
roughly my study on to the piece, paint in my foliage 
with such a palette: Moss Green, Deep Blue Green, Brown 
Green, Dark Green No. 7, Deep Red Brown, Yellow Brown, 
Auburn Brown and Violet of Iron. Now throw in a green- 
ish-grey background for the white flower heads to set in, 
or a blue grey for pink ones, by using Peach Blossom, 
Deep Blue Green, Chinese and Albert Yellow, or Rosa with 
Apple Green with more Blue or more Yellow as you wish 
to vary the background. Wipe out the high-lights where 
the heads catch the strong light. Put in stems with Yellow 
Green, Brown Green. Fire. Paint in general character 
of flower head, if white flowers, with Lemon Yellow and 
Black or White Rose. Do not try to finish details until 
third fire. Touch up foliage, bringing out the markings 
in one or two of the most prominent leaves. Re-touch 
stems with Brown Green and Violet of Iron. Third fire; 
indicate how the flower heads are composed of many separate 
flowers by carefully bringing out in the most prominent 
heads a few of these divisions. It is not the easiest thing 
to paint a compound flower and show its character at the 
same time, retaining that simple broadness of handling 
that is the charm in any kind of painting. We are merely 
representing these things and let it be in a beautiful way, 
an interesting way, not making colored photographs. For 
the red geraniums, Blood Red first fire, second fire Ruby 
with dark shadow side of heads painted with Ruby and 
Black, three-fourths Ruby to one-fourth Black. Another 
shade of red geranium is Ruby with Rosa for high-lights, 
dust with same Ruby and Black. Second fire; Ruby and 
Purple Black for the shadow side. Third ; strengthen color 
and add accents. 
PANSIES. 
It is like telling one how to paint faces. There is 
such a variety of expression to show. We must confine 
ourselves to a general treatment. Such a variety of color! 
Indeed they run the gamut of the chromatic scale, from 
the chaste, white ones with their gold or purple markings, 
the saffron yellow, the golden yellow, markings running 
from ruby, purple, royal purple, wood brown, to almost 
black; then the golden brown, the soft wood browns, the 
blue ones from plumbago blue to deepest violet, with every 
variety of marking. In painting the yellow or brown ones, 
always be careful to wipe out the place where the markings 
come, as they are usually of the deep gold colors, such as 
Ruby, Roman Purple or Violet, which if painted over the 
yellows and browns, will not come out the intense clear 
purple or crimson you may wish it. To make the mark- 
ings intense enough use a little Black with the Purple or 
Violet. 
