RERAMIC STUDIO 
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DESIGN OF FLEUR DE LIS 
Josephine Klippart 
SKETCH the design. The first painting should be simple 
broad washes representing light and shade, leaving detail 
for second fire. Use Bright's red sable oil color brush — one- 
half inch wide for the flowers, and one three-fourths of an 
inch wide for the leaves and background. For medium use 
Balsam Copaiba two-thirds, Lavender oil one-third and a few 
drops of clove oil. Do not expect good results from colors 
which have been mixed on your palette for several days and 
which are full of lint and too oily. Commence by washing in 
upper left background with short and very delicate broken 
touches of Moss Green, Albert Yellow, running into light 
Violet of Iron and Purple Black at bottom, paying no atten- 
tion to spaces for leaves and flowers. 
Do not use a cotton to soften these washes; if they 
are too pronounced, soften them by going over them in a 
slightly different direction with the background brush free 
from color. 
Wash the leaves from the bottom up. Do this with a 
bold stroke paying no attention to the flower spaces which 
are wiped out afterwards. Wash in a few of the back leaves 
with Purple Black used lightly. The other leaves may have 
washes of Moss Green, Night Green, and Dark Green, all used 
lightly. Tip one or two leaves with Yellow Brown. For the 
flowers, use Rose, Deep Blue Green, a little Ruby, and Purple 
Black for deeper touches. The fringe on the three lower 
petals is touched in with Albert Yellow. Veining with Ruby, 
Stems of flowers Moss Green. Touch in withered brown cas- 
ing, which clasps lower part of flower stems with Meissen 
Brown. For second fire use Yellow Brown delicately all over 
back-ground, add Brown Pink at bottom, washing over the 
Purple Black leaves. Retouch flowers with same colors as for 
first fire. Keep the colors clear, crisp, and tender throughout. 
Do not powder any colors on, but let the technique show. 
CUP AND SAUCER— ROCKWOOD MOULTON 
THIS simple border would be pleasing carried out in blue 
on white (equal parts Copenhagen blue and Banding 
blue) using blue on pattern, leaving ground white. Red 
(Blood red) could be used in place of blue, also green (equal 
parts Shading green and Sea green.) The outline is not needed 
where only one color is used, but where two colors are used, 
coming directly against each other, a black outline is advisable. 
If two colors are used, blue and green, same mixture blue as 
above mentioned for patterns and pale wash of green (two 
parts of Apple green to one of Sea green) on ground would 
look well, Yellow lustre and Yellow brown lustre outlined 
with gold would be harmonious. 
