KERAMIC STUDIO 
89 
TREATMENT OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
F. B. A illicit. 
CHINA COLORS 
AINTING a plate in chrysanthemums, I 
would advise the advanced pupil to lay 
in the background, first using Turquoise 
Green and Black Green for the darker 
parts. Then paint the pink flowers 
with New Rose, the yellow with Lemon 
Yellow, and deeper with Albert Yel- 
low and Yellow Brown. For the white chrysanthemum in 
the centre use a Grey mixed with Blue, Rose, and Yellow 
Green. For the dark purple one on the right hand side use 
New Pompadour and Finishing Brown. For the leaves, Blue 
Green, light shaded with a mixture 
of Yellow Green and Yellow Brown, 
and follow this up with Shading Green 
for the deeper effects. 
For the second fire, put Ruby 
Purple over the dark chrysanthemum 
and renew the colors destroyed by the 
fire, and put in the grey shades in the 
yellow and pink ones. Use a No. 5 
pointed shader for putting in the fin- 
ishing touches. 
WATER COLORS 
Wash in the background with 
Prussian Blue and Payne's Grey, and 
some Gamboge on the right side. Rose 
Madder and Cobalt Blue for the more 
distant pink flower, and Rose Madder 
and a little Vermillion for the prom- 
inent ones. Gamboge and Indian Yel- 
low for the yellow, shading them with 
Paynes Grey. For the dark chrysan- 
themum use Carmine and Burnt Car- 
mine, and neutral tint for deepening. 
■P # 
Anything is perfectly beautiful 
when it produces a sentiment of repose 
and satisfaction, resulting from balance 
and harmony. 
There can be no rigid laws of de- 
sign, since most of them would have 
unavoidable exceptions, due to the 
originating faculty in the artistic mind. 
But there are general rules which it is 
safest to follow until we receive an in- 
spiration. 
