New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30
public street receptious IN pacton lined with bin.
satin, embroidered with seed pearls.
PAINTING ON BROWN PIPER.
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Jrom TAs Qucen-
Among the greatest treasures Of the Turner draw
ngs exhibited at che National Gallery sre the two
parcel Turoer, Selling the first thing that
came to hand as background to the white, painted
them with half dozen strokes apiece Tbs
body color is thinner in PLACES wheI,
the pumpnss tso to S.,s be s6s;
the snowy white; and there they are, in the power
and majesty of their anger tho stateliness Of their
sailing the changeful curving OF their necks the
their breasts like ffied velvet Halt dozen strokes
Of a brush little white and black paint and bit Of
waste paper have set them all before US with Turn.
Even TO think of such work as this in comparison
with our own may either inspire us with emulation
or fill us with despair, il depends in a measure upon
what is born with us-whether the led anch 10 son
pittore " be a teemIug promise or an empty boast.
Brown paper of the darkest shade and thickest
texture and gray paper OF cool granite tint are
Just now much In demand rs materials for painting
upon for dadOs panels cOrnices and b0okcoyers. and
other things. They give background on which
the light and shade are at once relieved; and while
CLAY paper the softest brown paper partly by the
contrast Of It's rough surface, gives tho most relief
The best brown paper tor the purpose 10 tho stout
contnuous kind used by paperhangers and uphot
sterers for backing which can be had at all the car
The colors oil paints in tables. OF water eoIoB
well ground with Chinese white: used with line
brlstle or red sable brushes Another method ID to
lay on the Chinese white, well ground TO tho COASTS.
tence 6G thin crean and When 1T IS dry TO paint
over 1t with ordinary water c0iors. hId sable
brushes are also The best for both the latter Nj
mute finish Is out OF chalaeter with the kinl VI
work ;'the effects should be put in broadly and the
dcsien5Ne distinct and OF lew large objects Brown
paper wMnOt bear much lndarubber, and IN lay.
ing on th9 Chinese white it Is better, II possible 10
10 80 Without aUy outline at all III one
Is necessary il should 10 either transferred
or sketched in with charcoal =, which eau
be busted of if mistake is made. Neither paper
requires szlug previously or vanishing afterWard.
All wa!er-cOor painting. on whatever material can
DO removed. and therefore smudged, with water;
thar fore. door panels. book covers or ANYTHING else
10 be painted, must be carefully cut out. hXed IN
place with embroidery paste: ana lelt 10 airy thof-
onyny before the colOrIng Is begun. a dado can
only nc properly put up by the paperhanger; book
covers should be tarned over the edgeS anu Laced
with co!Ored paper. ..,,
good design for door panels is four water plants
one III each, standing I'D immediately IRON tue
buttOm, With a lew horizontal lines uehnu them,
ave tBe idea OF water. Inc actuSI Inc VI sne
Io, zOn being an exact level III all Jour The left
hand upper panel may be the arrowhead. with blue
Ia. Lcr.ues the next yellow lIis, WIN green and
yutd dragon flies The right-hand lower Que can
lave FURNISHES. with bIne butterfly and the LETT
tne towering rush, with white butterflies again.
GROW n screen would look we'll with sunfiowefs and
bn.Iushes, with blue butterflies on alternate panels.
tie yellow and the brown shading INTO The color oil
the ground. For gray paper flights OF swallows
with peach and plum or cnSIIy blossom nefe anu
/ ere would be suitable. Flat conventional now
crs IKE hos. loaded glass, are adapted Tor paint
ing Of this kind; and when they are employed me
BACKGROUND may he diapered with q darker shade
OF tIo same color using sepia vandyke bEown Tor
the brown paper, PayDes gray for the other tint
Stu les OF flowers. TO be afterward combined and
Dair;pd from FIR designs, are easily ana quickly
made on brown and gray paper; and il is excellent
practice 10 copy casts it in white, leaving the
paper itself the deepest shade using thin white
Tor the half lights and thick for the highest Boz
1,rs can also be painted IN white. shaded with van.
dy no brown OF PayDe's gray.
Brown paper may be gilt by using Judsons or
BcSs-m RS gold like ordinary paint. The Color Of
the gold will be much richer If the design 10 prevl-
ousy gone over with yermIllOn; and 1t must he Out
lined with black, the darkest shade OF brown or
yer0ulOn on the right side. As lettering is partlc.
uarly easy of execution and effective IN this work,
n Is suitable for notices and inscriptions