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KERAMIG STUDIO 
PLATE DESIGN IN HAWTHORN 
DRAW the design accurately in India ink. Tint the wide 
spaces with Rose Pompadour (Lacroix), put on solidly 
(thin tints in this color are ugly). Wipe off the color care- 
fully, which may have gone beyond the proper places. 
Paint the blossoms in flat washes, some in Rose Pompa- 
dour (Lacroix), adding a little (German) Ruby Purple for the 
darker ones, and leaving a few nearly white. The stems are 
painted in Moss Green and Brown Green (Lacroix). The 
centres are light washes of the Greens, with touches of Yellow 
Brown (German). 
There is not much shading, only sharp lights and shades 
here and there, but the washes must be transparently clear 
and quickly done, leaving the character of the design to the 
outline of Ruby Purple (German), which is made after the 
gold is put on, and which surrounds each blossom, bud, leaf 
and stem. Do not make each petal perfectly round like bul- 
lets, but vary the edges with sharp little angles and turns. 
The stems are thorny and have abrupt angles. 
There is a beading of raised gold dots all around the 
color, where the gold and color come together. 
The first wash of gold is put on after the blossoms are 
painted, this should, be done neatly; great care being shown 
in preserving the proper outline and character of the design. 
The enamels are White ; they should be used for the last 
firing. It is better to put two thin washes of gold on large 
surfaces than to try to get an even wash in one firing, where 
it is bound to be thick in some places and thin in others. 
This suggestion of flowers being inlaid in the gold can be 
carried out in any other color, for instance Violets, with a 
tint of the Copenhagen Blue dusted on. (Any of the colors 
of that name advertised with us we conscientiously recom- 
mend). 
