. Art crafts for amateurs . rmity of arrangement shouldrun through the panels, as they are seen side by side, and soform one work, and to that end I have arranged the mainstem somewhat ornamentally in the apple and pear panels. GESSO. The birds I have introduced are not transcripts of nature,but are slightly ornamentalised too — made quaintlooking, as it would be out of keeping with the generalscheme to introducebirds treated quitenaturally amid suchconventionalisedsurroundings. Themiddle panel is of ayet more ornamentalcharacter, so as toact as a foil to thoseon either side. I hadsome sort of
. Art crafts for amateurs . rmity of arrangement shouldrun through the panels, as they are seen side by side, and soform one work, and to that end I have arranged the mainstem somewhat ornamentally in the apple and pear panels. GESSO. The birds I have introduced are not transcripts of nature,but are slightly ornamentalised too — made quaintlooking, as it would be out of keeping with the generalscheme to introducebirds treated quitenaturally amid suchconventionalisedsurroundings. Themiddle panel is of ayet more ornamentalcharacter, so as toact as a foil to thoseon either side. I hadsome sort of lily inmy mind when Idrew this, and eventhe ornamental basewas suggested by alily bulb, but theobject was to designsomething in har-mony with, and yetin contrast to, thefoliage panels, forvariety or contrast isessential in any well-planned scheme ofdecoration. In designing the apple and pear panels nature is onlymade subservient to the decorators wishes. A stem, forinstance, might be twisted into any shape, and one No. 99.—Panel founded upon the Sun-flower, with quaint bird. 148 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. not tell an untruth by twisting them as I have done: forthe growth of the leaves and fruit nature has been strictlyadhered to, though very much simplified. In colouring thepanels rely upon the gesso for much of the effect, and thatdodge of wiping off the colour ought to give a good backgrounds could be floated on in transparent blues,getting it lighter towards the bottom, unless a good woodsuch as oak be used, and then even the oak could be
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