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KERAMIC STUDIO 
cup and the next morning the clean turpentine should be poured 
off and used again. This should be poured off carefully so the 
paint at the bottom is not mixed up with it. 
A large mouthed bottle filled with alcohol should be kept 
for cleaning gold brushes and kept well corked, thus saving the 
gold which can be refined when enough is collected. 
The best device for keeping brushes in good condition is to 
take a piece of cardboard a little longer than the brushes and 
lace a piece of elastic about an eighth of an inch wide across the 
cardboard at the top and bottom, leaving it looped enough to 
slip the brushes in. This prevents the tip of the brush from 
becoming bent as so often happens when the brush is laid away 
in a box, and also prevents the loss of brushes. As many brush- 
es as one wishes may be placed on one board. 
PLATE— ELMA S. RITTER 
OUTLINE with Black. Outer grey bands and inner dark 
band are Green Gold, omit, the outline on these. 
Second Fire — Oil leaves and grey band joining the design 
and dust with Florentine Green. Oil small circles under flowers 
and dust with 1 Cameo and 1 Peach Blossom. Flowers are 
Cameo. The wide dark band and remaining dark spaces are 
1 Dove Grey and 1 Pearl Grey. Retouch Gold. 
