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In second fire glaze Yellow over the center of rose, 
work up detail markings. Glaze leaves with washes of 
Light or Dark Greens as the case may be. In first working 
keep the edges of light roses and leaves light and crisp, 
softening and fading others off into the background. In 
the second or third fire add detail, dusting and flushing 
a part or the whole painting to bring it together. 
Pink Roses — Use light wash of Rose with touch of 
Yellow added (this softens tone and prevents pink turning 
purple in firing). Or use Osgood's Standard Pink, which 
is always reliable. In center of rose use Vance Philip's 
Special Rose; over high lights put a light wash of Yellow. 
For shadows use Violet and Yellow and touch of Pearl Grey ; 
for warmer shadows, Yellow Brown and Brown Green. 
For deeper pink roses use a deeper wash of the Pink 
and in center Special Rose and Ruby. Tone greens for 
leaves with Violet, shadow leaves and buds Violet and 
Carnation. For the background for delicate pink roses 
mix Ivory and Lavender glaze with the colors shading 
off into a cool green. 
Red Roses — For light red roses use first Rose and 
Deep Purple. Second fire, use in darkest parts Deep Purple. 
For dark red roses, Deep Purple or Ruby for lightest, 
for any very light petals a wash of Rose if pinkish, if bluish 
a wash of Copenhagen. Where outside petals join calyx 
use a little touch of Yellowish Green. First fire should be 
hard. The darkest part of the rose may be in last fire 
touched with Finishing Brown. For this treatment of 
red roses in succeeding fires strengthen and retouch with 
same colors. Another good palette for red roses is to use 
first, Deep or Ruby Purple and little Pompadour, second, 
wash of Pompadour Red, darkest part Finishing Brown, 
third, wash of Ruby Purple. In painting red roses the 
colors must be well grounded, not put on too thick, else 
they will scale, spot or turn brown. Red Roses must be 
painted on in a good even wash and not worked over after 
being laid on. Pompadour alone is not a good color for 
roses, is used with Rose for second fire in painting pink 
roses or with Ruby Purple for red roses. 
For American Beauty Roses use, first, Rose and shade 
with American Beauty, second, American Beauty and 
Ruby Purple in center of rose, third, strengthen and put 
in detail. 
Violets (Single) — In painting violets care must be 
taken to preserve the beautiful texture of the flowers to 
keep them the winged beauties they are. For light flowers 
use Violet No. i , center, Yellow with touch of Yellow Brown. 
On the three lower petals near the center there is a bit of 
yellowish green, use Apple Green and Lemon Yellow. 
Darker flowers use Violet No. 2 and a little Royal Blue 
(Mason's) sometimes Violet No. 2 pure, again a touch of 
Banding Blue. Do not get them too purple for first fire, 
this can be added later if too blue by a wash of Rose. A 
very effective treatment is to paint in a bluish, purplish 
background fading into lighter tones. Mass in a lot of 
darker violet colors and wipe out with brush the shapes 
of the lighter and more prominent violets, putting in a 
wash of the lighter tones, working out the lighter leaves 
and stems from the background in the same way, putting 
in washes of Green where they catch the light, using Apple, 
Russian, Brown and Dark Greens, keeping leaves 
flat in tone and tender in color, the darker ones taking 
mostly the purple tones when they touch the background. 
The violets must be worked delicately, edges of lighter 
flowers crisp but not hard, keeping a good deal of light 
for first and second fires. Royal Purple is an excellent 
color for violets and always when a good purple is desired 
its use is recommended. 
For white violets use Grey, shading for petals Yellow, 
center touch of Yellow Brown, delicate shading of Green 
on three lower petals near center and on some of the outer 
edges of the petals a touch of Pink. 
Double violets are more blue in tone than single ones. 
Use two parts Royal Purple to one part Banding Blue for 
the dark flowers. Banding Blue for half tones, white china 
for high lights, for a dark purple use Royal Purple, Aztec 
Blue and a little Black. Start with background and work 
out as in single violets leaving plenty of high lights, have 
no hard edges. Second fire, wash of Aztec Blue over dark 
flowers, Banding Blue over light ones. Tone greens 
for leaves with Black. Third fire, wash of same color as 
for second working. Put in markings and detail. 
Nasturtiums — There are so many varieties of these 
flowers with such varied markings that it is difficult to be 
specific. For the yellow ones use Albert Yellow, Yellow 
Ochre or Yellow Brown shading them with Deep Red 
Brown or Blood Red, markings of Finishing Brown. Yel- 
low nasturtiums may also be painted with White Rose for 
first fire, second, glazed with Yellow. Dark red flowers, 
Blood Red glazed with Ruby for second fire, with some- 
times a touch of Dark Brown. The bright red nasturtiums 
paint with Deep Red Brown, veins in Blood Red, glaze with 
Carnation. For yellowish red ones use Yellow Red, retouch 
with Albert Yellow. For markings for light flowers use 
Carnation, for darker, Blood Red and Ruby. 
For still other nasturtiums use a wash of Flesh, add 
Pompadour for shadows, dark stripes, Red Brown or Ruby. 
Leaves, Dark Green, Shading Green, Lemon Yellow, Yel- 
low Brown. Cool Grey Green for stems and under side of 
leaves and seed pods. 
For very deep red blossoms use Blood Red and Violet 
of Iron (Gold Grey). 
Geraniums — In painting these flowers, work flowers 
and background at the same time repeating in background 
the colors used in leaves and blossoms. Put in dark mass 
of flowers and work out lighter forms from that. For 
brightest red use Pompadour and Blood Red. For darker 
ones Blood Red and Brown Pink. The leaves Brown 
Green and Olive Green, the lighter ones Albert Yellow and 
Yellow Brown, modeled with Hair and Finishing Brown. 
Dust Blood Red over darkest flowers and leaves. Second 
fire, retouch with same colors. Flush flowers with Carna- 
tion. 
Pansies — Pansies are even more varied as to color and 
variety than nasturtiums, combining the yellows, rich blues, 
purple, violet and lavender shades, along with the velvety 
browns and red brown pansies. 
For the dark purple use Banding Blue, Ruby and 
Black, for light purple Violet No. 2. For a deeper and 
more blue color, Violet No. 1; centers, Lemon Yellow; 
veins, Deep Purple and Black. 
Model white pansies with Pearl Grey Blue and Violet. 
Use for the pansy, Banding Blue and Violet No. 1, some- 
times Royal Blue and Ruby. For yellow pansies, Yellow, 
shaded with Yellow Brown or Violet and Yellow, or Blood 
Red and Hair Brown. The leaves are a cool green, use 
Apple Green and Violet, Shading Green and Violet, Brown 
Green, Dark Green and Yellow Green. 
Forget-me-nots — The best effects are obtained in 
painting these pretty blue flowers by putting in a soft 
toned background and leaves, then wiping out the flowers 
with a brush and putting in wash of the blue color. Deep 
