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KERAMC STUDIO 
PLATE BORDER ADAPTED FROM THE PERSIAN-SARA B. VILAS 
TREATMENT FOR PLATE BORDER 
Sara />. Vilas 
No. I. Ground work, Gold. Center of medallions, Dull 
Red. Edges of medallions and lettering in centers. Deep 
Yellow. Ground of medallion borders, Green. The little 
flowers, Violet outlined in Gold. Edges of three cornered 
ornament, Orange. Ground work, Turquoise Blue. Flower, 
Violet outlined in Gold. Oval ornament, Deep Yellow. Square 
ornament, Pale Yellow — ground, Violet. The little dots all 
around design in Turquoise enamel. The design would be 
very effective outlined in Black on the Gold ground. 
No. II. Design in Orange, outlined in Black on a Tale 
Yellow ground. Centers of medallions alternately Green and 
Dull Blue with Gold letters outlined in Black. Borders of 
medallions between the edges of design Gold, etched to repre- 
sent rays coming from the center. Flowers, Violet outlined 
in Black. 
Ground of triangular, square and oval ornaments, Violet. 
Flower in Turquoise Blue with Gold outlines. Turquoise or 
White enamel dots around design. 
TREATMENT FOR PANSIES 
F. B. A u lid, 
FOR CHINA COLORS. 
HE accompanying design of Pansies on a fernery can be 
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used on a variety of shapes if not too large. 
They can be used on a rich back-ground of Yellow Green 
shaded into a Black Green in the depths. A soft mellow effect 
is obtained by painting the flowers into the moist back-ground 
and lifting out the high lights with a small pointed shader. 
Paint the Pansy on the upper left hand in a light Blue 
Violet, the upper petals darker and the ones on the right in a 
dark velvety Purple and the other in Yellow and Brown. 
The flowers being very effective in coloring use a dull 
Yellowish Green for the leaves. 
Care must be taken to force the design on the middle 
Pansy by finishing it more highly than the rest and have the 
high lights strongest. 
In the second fire use more softening colors and a 
Greenish Violet for the suggestion of ferns. 
In third fire strengthen all the colors which may have 
been destroyed by the firing and put in veins in the centers 
with a fine pointed brush. For this use the Brunswick Black. 
FOR WATER COLORS. 
In copying the design of Pansies in Water Colors leave 
out the shape of the Fernery and extend the back-ground 
over the whole sheet to be painted. 
Some Sap Green with Paynes Grey will make an excellent 
back-ground for the rich velvety Pansies. 
Moisten the paper first with a sponge before applying the 
back-ground and lay in the flowers at once, taking care to pre- 
serve the lights unless you wish to apply Chinese White for 
that purpose. 
Paint the Pansy to the left, a cream White or Yellow, the 
upper two petals a Bluish Violet, and use Burnt Carmine and 
Cobalt Blue for the Dark Pansies, on the right, a little Gam- 
boge in the centers and the veins in neutral tint. 
Lay in everything when moist if possible and put in the 
little finishings and accents when dry. 
