The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-29
beautiful as to appearance and mex

beautiful as to appearance and mex
pensive withal.
The fact Of it's being cheaper than an
oil painting is no discredit to a tapes
try, for this pecuniary advantage is
due to the soft and yielding nature of
the cloth, which shows every stroke of
the brush in Its entirety, and to a Diff
ferent method of thinning the colors
enabling more rapid production.
The achievement Of any considerable
success implies a certain degree Of
natural aptitude for this line of en-
deavor. Painstaking, conscientious and
persistent efforts are essential to any,
thing like satisfactory accomplishment
Practice, discipline and experience are
the great teachers, but familiarity with
the fundamental requirements is an
absolute, necessity.
In the execution of tapestry
painted appearance must be avoided
for the impression the observer should
receive should be that the colors have
piled with brush. The greater the
woven effect, the greater will be the
value of the tapestry.
AS broad axiom it should be re-
membered that the rep of the material
should reveal itself in every thread, and
never be choked with pigment. In this
line of art broad effects should be at
ing, rather than by bold daubs of paint
AS TO COLORING.
With regard to coloring, cool colors
are more pleasing, and the cleaner and
clearer they are kept, the better. A
muddy effect is, of all things, to be
avoided, and, for this reason, umbers
should be used with caution. This ap-
plies genericaily. In the matter of
flesh coloring. terra verte is most sat-
isfactory in shadows, as are also YER
million, emerald green, and light red.
whilst high lights may be obtained
with white and terra verte or emerald
green and white, subsequently flushing
the flesh with a tinge Of rose madden.
In tapestry painting the artist is at a
certain disadvantage-he is hampered
in his efforts to bring out the tones,
varnishes being useless, and the rich
ness Of the madders disappearing into
the soft CLOTH He must, therefore,
make amends by relying entirely upon
his skill and taste in choice and blend
ing of colOrs.
Having chosen the design, whether
original or copied, it must be first out
lined on paper, and then transferred
by means of carbon paper to the tap
estry cloth, as it is difficult for the
unskilled hand to draw directly on this
material. This seems cursory way of
dismissing design, the all-important
fact of this or any other branch of
applied art; but, as it is only dis
sertation upon tapestry painting, we
must presume that sufficient attention
has been bestowed upon it. The cloth
being now ready for painting, the oil
colors are prepared by thinning them
to the proper consistency with turpen-
tine, instead of the usual drying oils,
and a foundation wash Of pale green
a mixture of emerald green and white
is applied
AS subjects of design, the ideal meet
with the greatest favor at the hands
Of amateurs, the realistic requiring
great skill and discreet handling. 1t is
very easy to become ponderous-the
ideal and the ponderous have nothing
In common.
MELLOW LANDSCAPES.
Beautiful atmospheric effects lend
themselves willingly to this form Of
decoration-mellow, golden landscapes.
wonderful skies with rosy morning or
glowing evening Clouds or, again, the
hazy blueness of summer midday;
all are equally lovely when depicted
by the skillful painter; and, in the last
case, the haZy summer light is very
easily obtained by the deft employ
ment of the ever useful terra verte.
Tapestry, with it's yielding texture