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RHODIAN WARE 
RHODIAN ware is so called because it was 
manufactvired by Oriental potters in the Is- 
land of Rhodes. It was made of rather coarse clay, 
covered with a fine white silicious slip, on which the 
decorations are painted, the whole being theti 
covered with a thick glaze formed of silica, oxide of 
lead and soda. Its chief characteristic is the use of 
a fine red pigment which owes its color to the red 
oxide of iron. This pigment was applied in very 
thick body, so that it stands out in actual relief like 
drops of sealing wax. Plates, tall bottles, jars, mugs 
and pitchers with handles are the usual forms. They 
are all decorated with patterns of great beauty and 
splendour of color, brilliant blues, greens and the peculiar red 
being the chief. The designs are mostty flowers and Sprays 
springing fronr one branch, often with black scrolls on blue and 
white. Geometrical patterns are also used but mostty for wall 
decoration . — Pottery Gazette . 
TREATMENT FOR PAINTING TROUT 
Mrs. Stanley P. Warren 
TO make a success of painting fish, trout especially, three 
firings are necessary. The first painting should be 
very soft, the colors nicely blended. Begin by using a thin 
wash of carnation on the belly of the fish, leaving the white 
china on the xmder side. Next above the carnation use Deep 
Blue Green, then Yellow Brown and on the back Bro\vn Green. 
These colors are vStippled or padded, the edges nicely joined 
until the carnation blends into the white china. The fins are 
carnation with a touch of black (or grey for flesh), the edges 
of the lower fins are white — ^takeii out with cotton on tint edge 
— sometimes a delicate touch of enamel is used for the last 
firing. The background should be Apple Green and Baby Blue 
and Copenhagen Blue. The weeds are made with Brown Pink 
and Grey, or Roj^al Blue and Brown Pink. The rocks the same 
colors repeated, put in softh*. The spots on the trout are put 
in for the second firing. The fish darkened with the same 
colors as those used for the first firing. The dark back of the 
fish is strengthened with a thin wash of Shading Green. 
The blue is washed over the weeds and rocks for the 
second firing and the backgromid touched in the weak places. 
The third firing is needed for the finishing touches about 
the e3'es, gills, etc., to strengthen the color where it has fired out. 
TREATMENT FOR PEONIES (Supplement) 
Marshal Fry 
First painting. — Flowers: Mix equal parts of Yellow 
Brown and Moss Green for the fine white petals. Use Gold 
Gray and Yellow Red for the pink petals. For red flowers use 
mixture of equal parts. Red and Ruby, leaving the light side 
quite light. Leaves and background: Shading Green, Brown 
Green, Moss Green, Yellow Brown, Auburn Brown, Violet No. 2 
and Deep Blue Green. Do most of the modelling and cris]) 
brush work for the first firing in order that the work may after- 
ward be finished with scarcely more than flat washes. 
Second painting: — Albert Yellow in centers of flowers, also 
same mixture as used before in white petals. Wash Rose over 
pink petals. For red flowers use same mixture as before, with 
wash of Rose on lights. The same colors as used before are 
used in leaves and background. 
The third painting consists of washes of color with a few 
.sharp touches. 
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