TANKARD DESIGN 
WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON FLAT ENAMELS 
Anna B. Leonard 
OUTLINE the design in German Black 
with Pompadour Red mixed with it 
(both these colors can be obtained in pow- 
der) to give it a warm brown tone. Use a 
strong fine outline for the whole, then put 
in the first washes of the gold, bronze, green 
and dark blue for the first fire, without 
touching the grapes or leaves. For the 
second fire, go over these broad washes of 
gold, bronze and color in the same manner, 
using enamel in the color for the second fire 
(directions follow). To prepare the colors 
for the grapes, take out upon the palette 
Dark Violet of Gold (Lacroix), Carmine No. 
3 (Lacroix), Deep Blue Green (Lacroix), 
Brunswick Black and Ruby Purple (Ger- 
man), and mix the tones desired. For the 
leaves, Apple Green, Mixing Yellow, Brown 
Green, Silver Yellow, Chrome Green 3B, all 
Lacroix colors, or the colors that correspond 
in other makes. Prepare a body enamel for 
the very light enamel colors, by using two- 
thirds aufsetzweis, one-third Hancock's hard 
enamel, and to this add one-eighth flux. 
For the paler tones of the grapes put the 
color into the enamel, the enamel greatly 
predominating. For the very dark tones 
put the enamel into the color, using only 
aufsetzweis and then usually only about one- 
eighth. Try to keep this difference in mind. 
When the colors or shades have the proper 
amount of enamel, they can be used and 
blended like ordinary colors, but they must 
be kept very thin and used only a very little 
heavier than the color ordinarily is used. 
Those who are not sure of their enamels 
should test the colors on something else until 
the right tone is obtained, as colors in this 
mixture fire stronger than when used in the 
usual way. In connection with an outline, 
the flat enamels have more body and look 
much richer than a flat wash of color. For 
the pale tones of Green use Apple Green, 
Mixing Yellow and a little touch of Black to 
take off the intense green which this mixture 
with enamel would otherwise fire. After 
mixing these three colors, add a little of it 
to the body enamel, remembering always 
that it will come out stronger in color than 
it appears upon the palette. To this mix- 
ture add, in order to make a deeper and 
different tone, Chrome Green 3B and a little 
Silver Yellow (remember that Silver Yellow 
fires much stronger than Mixing Yellow), 
and then add Brown Green and Black to 
tone. If a very dark shade of green is used, 
mix your colors to the desired tone and then 
add one-eighth aufsetzweis, using no other 
enamel — a little flux may be used if the fire 
is to be a light one. If the enamels should 
