The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25
Painting Of Black ened Eyes;
New Industry for Artists.
By q ranciis p clancy.

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III probably illlcave 4 white streak acrossthe
+ black and, blue ard yellow OF the eyes, SLY en-
as might bo seen around "a corner TO bnllD
4 up n natural looking pigment for an tinnat-
9ural looking one Is 10 work for an amateur.
AM OIL paint Is nc cessary. for the yeas son
that with Swa:e colors tn o excretionB OF the
\ skin will start lie plgrnen Mt to running. In
stheSoI paint. too. IT will need to be rcn,em-
Il bered that turpentine cannot DO USED as a
a drier for Two reasons. FRS. hat a touch OF
IS thespaint 20 charged WILL blind 4 10 eye II Il,
comes In contact With the lids: and, second
q that when turpentlno l. used It dries In puck
N erIng fashlon8not ut all ar LIT c.
Japan VIII furnish q harmless drIer that
a cts naturally IN tho drying process. For
the operation of3paintng out the bMckened
4 eye, the painter backs MS pnt!entshe adtn into
a arber sschair liaa drest twin boththe pa..
Il Idea Is no i only TO- pal int out the b!ackened
areas or the single eye but to ledYe tho
eye. n SS5:5$ 5aE3 53iS g
Effect is TX leid csc o pic.
Taking the Lights and shadows that nat
BuTally2fall upon, the eye ths Kaleidoscope
3 effects OF a blackened eye are wonderful The
portrait painter who may have painted hun-
I dreds OF canvas eyes Into his figures and who
s sits down and tries to make n bad eye rcsem-
Il BILE good one;on the other lde OF q real nose
i has experience OF his lie with colors.
5s Two coats Of paint will be necessary on n
good black eye, Wit h a necessary half day
q for drying betWeent he coats. There will be
no t6rule for guiding the artist IN his color
scheme. It Will be cut and, try from start
to finish. Ie will find colors needed which
1 he had forgo item were n the eotroscope.
From the spot where 4 10 cheek bono comes
close to the eurfa ce. and where the skin M
#urally is whltest, the shades for the natural
eye change and merge and emerge and
Tighten and darken again Until the eye artist
who puts a. double coat CT Oh on g black-
ened eye in six yminutes Is doing rapid work.
3 Not on y viii the skin around the eye need
touching UP with the brush but the eyelids
will need 4 q d ~ en- the skin everywhere
4 is reproduced In natural efrec cts It is quite
$likely4hat the eyelashes may n csd to DO done
oyer to better simulate M tlire, ss III rs,
4 & An artist who knows how sho uld be able 70
nut on an artificial eye that vii stick lust
L tight enough for three or four days. ~ here
q a. double coat has been put over IN unusually
dark optic. four days Of the paint Will 20
sufficient to make a second appl lea t1onof one
4 coat do. Frequently in applying the paint a1l
q glossy effect may be produced, but 5the
artistic distribution Of little powderW'l dls '
sipate the unnaturalness and shine, por & Z
genuinely black eye he wearcr VIII nave e 70
count upon two treatments at leas : 2 elore ho
can appear In public without " sittin s 5 ''
another painting.
Don't All Result from Fighting.
i{s Five dollars an eye may be considered a g
afair average price for an optical ~ lus!oh 2 y
tho hands Of an artist. Ten dol lars ougl' %
be easy enough An hundreds OF cases VINO
$25 in a rlpened emf gen by lHnlt tmposslple,
The man who VOL ld not pay 81, oo TOE o. 9 plt
OF one coat work naturally NY uld 20 q man
y who had no rel gard FOR appearanc es In any
4 way. ssl ~ e. .
$} Most people without experience at black
eyes attach undue Importance TO the con-
dition, The average person OF any age or$
sex. seeing any other possible parsonage
we airing a Il lamp of any shade, or tint.
q Jumps at once to the conclusion that some-
body has handed him one, 4
AS IA matter OF act, @ black eye may re-
suit from, an almost unnotlced sudden hump
Il received upon the fore head or nose rhe
blood settles easily under the eye and as
persistently II refuses to move on. because
of this fact and because OF the popular
opinion EsHa.l.ltR lily Fly p'tlSfN 2! y, i'tS Het.
especially can wear ono In public without
feeling humiliation Of 1t. 10 the extent
that a'nnn Ia well dressed and does not lock
the part Of q fighter the public Seems agreed
E that he Is some nlasher who = got what was
E. coming" In the sense that he may appear
FOUNDER, handy with the gloves, the eye
: still more ls a source Of discomfort and hui
initiation. The man who Is merely {" pretty "
and doesn't want to appear ou I ct condlt ton
may pay nlbre freely for the hiding ct the
/ blemish than any other. n