RERAMIC STUDIO 
WILD CARROT PANEL— M. M. MASON 
TREATMENT FOR WILD CARROT PANEL 
M. M. Mason 
AFTER a careful sketch of the flower forms, begin the 
painting by laying in the background with Royal Blue, 
Blue Green and perhaps a little Black, shading this into Copen- 
hagen Gray, then to Ivory around the principal flowers. Con- 
tinue the background with Gray Green, Shading Green, Dark 
Green and Black Green, introducing the blue of the upper 
background into the distant flowers. 
While the background is still open paint in the flowers 
with Gray Green and Copenhagen Gray and with the back- 
ground color which surrounds them. 
When quite dry dust with the same colors used in the 
painting, carrj^ing the Copenhagen Gray softly over some of the 
lower toned flowers, allowing them to fade into the background 
when in shadow and wiping out a few crisp lights in their 
brightest parts. 
About the same palette is used in retouching with the 
addition of Albert Yellow and Rvissian Green in the background. 
The Violet in the background is slightly exaggerated and it 
would be better to keep it grayer. 
TREATMENT FOR STRIPED BASS 
Sara N. Warren 
DRAW the fish carefuUj^ and if the design is used for a 
vase, move the two small fishes more to the right and 
spread the sea w^eeds around the back of the vase. Wash the 
fish over with a tint of Carnation very softly shaded into the 
white china, leaving the belly white. Draw a grey line to 
define the form, and let the blue or grey water in the back- 
ground accent the fish and make a strong contrast. 
The back of the fish is quite a dark brown green, the body 
being a soft grey with stripes of Brown Green. Stipple the 
green, grey, and tint together, then paint in the dark green 
stripes. The head is j^ellow and brown green, the eyes yellow 
brown with dark brown pupils, and 
hair brown markings about them. 
The fins are pink used delicately, 
shaded with Brown Pink (or Violet 
of Iron) near the backs, light near 
the body. Inside the mouth Pink; 
gills. Light Yellow Brown. Seaweeds, 
Grey shaded into the background 
at the back of the fish. Carnation 
and Violet of Iron in the front 
groups with green ones back of the 
pink seaweeds. The background 
Pale Blue at top, Apple Green and 
Grey, lines across the fish wdped out. 
Starfish Yellow; mussel sheU, Black and Dark Blue; light inside. 
For second firing use the same colors, using a wash of 
Shading Green over the large fish on the back. Keep the 
smallest fish very greJ^ 
CLUB NOTE 
THE Springfield Keramic Club held its annual exhil^it the 
first week in December. There was a general improve- 
ment in designs, the club having .studied this year with Mr. 
Daniels, Art Instructor in the public schools. The exhibit of 
Miss Elizabeth Day and Miss Marianna Heath were perhaps 
the most remarkable though several others had attractive 
exhibits. 
