DESIGN FOR SALAD BOWL 
Rockivood Monlton 
THE bowl is about two inches deep with a 
flat rim which the border design just fills. 
The color to be used is Lacroix Delft Blue. 
The design in the border is white (china) on a 
blue background. The balance of the design 
is blue on the white china background. The 
color is put on in two heavy washes — the second 
applied as soon as the first is dry. Fire only 
once. The effect is a very deep rich color. 
It is risky, however, to put on so much paint, 
as it is in danger of blistering during the fire. 
It will be safer to fire it between the first and 
second washes. 
T 
FOR BEGINNERS 
HE greatest mistake is to undertake diffi- 
cult work at first. The simple designs 
are, after all, more beautiful, for there is some- 
thing in simplicity that appeals to every one. 
Beginners are apt to want every thing they 
ever have seen applied immediately to their 
first piece — lustres, enamels, paste, gold and 
color. There is just a little drudgery at first 
until a certain amount of technique is ac- 
quired, for instance, it is well to learn first 
how to tint, both in dusting a color on and 
putting it on wet. Many beautiful things 
may be made just with plain colors and gold 
bands, or bands of color and gold, or alternate 
panels of color and gold. One of the richest 
and most satisfactory sets of coffee cups the 
writer has ever seen was done in deep shade of 
green bands with gold bands below, wide gold 
band inside and gold handles. After learning 
how to tint, then try to master paste for 
raised gold, which in combination with color 
is endless in effects. Then try putting on a 
design and outlining in black, or gold or any 
color desired. Outlining will seem difficult at 
first, but practice makes perfect. If the line 
wavers, it does not make so much difference 
as a line that is thick in one place and thin in 
another. A wavy line may show strength, 
but an uneven thickness is bad in all ways. 
After the outline is accomplished try filling in 
the design with flat washes of color, or gold, 
or lustre. Then try for the enamels, thin 
floating washes of enamel give more body or 
texture than mere color alone. If painting 
naturalistic studies try first to paint in mono- 
chrome until familiar with the stroke of the 
brush, then try for polychrome decoration, or 
a number of colors, but we hope at the same 
time every student will have some knowledge 
of composition and design, so that each will 
understand rhe appropriateness of the decor- 
ation. Porcelain decoration now is different 
from that of a few years ago, when a spray of 
flowers and a butterfly was considered the 
acme of artistic success. 
SALAD BOWL 
ROCKWOOD MOULTON 
NASTURTIUMS (Page 36). 
Mary A It a Morris 
FOR central flower use Lemon Yellow in light 
part, shading with Albert Yellow, and 
Yellow Brown ; Yellow Red for darkest mark- 
ings. Use Ivory Yellow for light flower just 
below, shading with Flesh Red and Pompadour 
for dark touches. The dark flowers are put in 
with Carnation in light part, shading in Pomp- 
adour then Blood Red. Use a little Purple 
and Black with Blood Red for darkest mark- 
ings in the flowers on the right. 
For leaves use Apple, Moss, Shading and 
Brown Greens. Wash indefinite ones in back, 
ground while wet in same color. Background 
is Copenhagen Grey and Apple Green mixed 
for upper left side, using more Apple Green 
below. Shade into Copenhagen Blue on upper 
right side, using Blood Red with touch of pur- 
ple and black blending into indefinite flowers. 
Use Yellow Brown under the flowers in centre 
of panel, adding Brown Green as it approaches 
the edge and Dark Brown for darkest part of 
background on the right. Dust with same 
colors. In retouching use a little grey in some 
of the petals of yellow flowers. Strengthen 
all the dark parts. Glaze some of the light 
leaves with Moss Green. Use a little Russian 
Green in places. Study the harmony of the 
pieces as a whole, using light washes of color 
in places showing reflection from flower, add- 
ing here and there some strong accents where 
needed to make design more definite. 
AT a meeting of the New York Society of 
Keramic Arts on May I2th the members 
decided to hold a sale in December and an art 
exhibition in the spring. Mary Chase Perry 
spoke on pottery, showing that in the near 
future the artistic development already begun 
in many of the potteries was sure to improve 
the commercial output. That this uniting of 
the two interests was not only essential, but 
healthful to both. Miss Perry also spoke of 
having noted that arts and crafts societies seem- 
ed more interested in pottery than ceramic 
societies. She urged the latter to foster all 
interest kindled and to consider it worth while 
to make the form, prepare the glaze, fire the 
piece, and then decorate it with overglaze color 
and so have the whole process. 
NOTES 
F. B. Aulich sailed on May 6th on Steamer 
Phoenicia for Carlsbad, to which place he goes 
for rest and treatment, seeking to recover his 
health. 
For the fourth season the Cape Cod 
School of Art will resume its sessions next 
summer with Mr. Charles W. Hawthorne as 
instructor. The season will begin on June 
15th and last until October 1st. 
