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KERAMIC STUDIO 
CHERRY BLOSSOMS— LILLIAN STURGES 
Treatment by Kathryn E. Cherry 
OUTLINE the design with Apple Green and fire. Paint 
the leaves with Apple Green, Yellow Green, and a little 
Shading Green in the deepest tones, the blossoms are shaded 
with Apple Green and a little Rose, the stamens are Albert 
Yellow and Brown Green. 
Third Fire.— Oil the background with the Special Oil, 
dust it with Green Glaze, clean out the blossoms. 
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PLATES— YUKEY R. TANAKA (Page 266) 
Treatment by Jessie M. Bard 
"C*OR the large plate in the foreground, oil the border and 
-*- dust with three parts Ivory Glaze, one-half Grey Yellow 
Second Fire— Trace in the design and paint branches of trees 
with a thin wash of Auburn or Hair Brown, a little Violet and 
a touch of Black. The pine cones with Moss Green and a 
little Yellow Brown and pine needles with Shading Green, a 
little Moss Green and a touch of Black, the dark spots in the 
background with Grey for Flesh, a little Auburn Brown and a 
touch of Black. 
Third Fire— Wash in the dark grey background with Grey 
for Flesh and Pearl Grey and a very little Apple Green. 
SMALLER PLATE IN BACKGROUND 
Paint the border with a soft ivory tone using Pearl 
Grey, a little Albert Yellow and a touch of Yellow Brown 
Second Fire — The outline around the chrysanthemums Deep 
Blue Green two parts, Copenhagen Blue one part; the outline 
around the bands is the same but applied heavier. Leaves 
are Sea Green and a little Violet for the grey tone and add a 
little Shading Green for the darker tone. The small flowers 
are a very thin wash of Blood Red for the lighter tones and a 
little heavier wash of it for the darker tones. Bands are Deep 
Blue Green and a little Sea Green, the grey background is a 
thin wash of two parts Pearl Grey and one-half part Grey for 
Flesh. 
SHOP NOTES 
M. T. Wynne of New York will remove. May 1st, to lar- 
ger quarters, at 52 West 36th Street. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
E. B. G. — The special oil is padded when a large surface is to be covered 
and on the small surfaces it is painted on very thin, a little color is usually 
added to the oil to enable one to see whether it is being applied evenly. Special 
tinting oil and grounding oil are used for the same purpose but the former is 
more satisfactory, it is not as heavj' — gives a better quality to the color. It 
should usually be allowed to stand awhile, although that depends largely on 
the weather and the way it is apphed — usually in the summer it is not neces- 
sary to allow it to stand. The color should look dry after it is dusted on. 
MuUer & Henning's Outlining Black is the best to use for outlining. India 
ink does not fire, it is only used for correcting your design and needs to be 
gone over with black paint. 
P. F. — An ivory tone fires out if fired too hot so that may possibly be the 
cause of j'our tint not being satisfactory unless it fired darker than you wanted 
it, in that case you probably used the color too heavy and there would be no 
way of making it lighter except to take it off with a china eraser and apply it 
again. If it is too light you can go over it again with the same color. 
A. G. D. — For haw apples use a thin wash of Yellow Red and Blood Red 
for the light part and for the shadow side use Blood Red and a little Violet ; 
for the pronged cap use Blood Red and Auburn or Dark Brown. For blue- 
berries use Sea Green and a Deep Blue Green for the Ughts and Banding 
Blue, Sea Green and Copenhagen Blue for the shadow side. 
M. S. C. — The best decoration for a dinner set for a beginner would be 
a simple conventional border design in gold and a touch of color. You will 
find a number of these in the different manbers of the Keramic Sludio. Yes, 
the Haviland china is better than tlie Bavarian but there are other kinds of 
French china that are just as good. 
T. B. B. — If the gold was on Belleek ware it has probably been over-fired 
but if on china it is hard to tell the reason. It probably needs to be gone over 
again. In the treatment for grape border in the July number you are to 
dust the Pearl Grey over the colors that have been painted on when they are 
partly dry at least a couple of hours after it has been painted. 
