. Art crafts for amateurs . cult one. The hair could be kept agolden brown, and the drapery put in flatly. The shadowson the sleeves, to render the folds, should be put in a darkertint of the same colour, say apple green. The pattern on thedress would have to be put on when the colour is dry, anda small stencil could be cut to do it. In this way the wholedesign is mapped out, and the colouring is not unlikeputting colours on a map. In fact, we deliberately mapout our work and plan it as a shape instead of attempting torealise it pictorially, and by thus making a pattern of oursubject we give i
. Art crafts for amateurs . cult one. The hair could be kept agolden brown, and the drapery put in flatly. The shadowson the sleeves, to render the folds, should be put in a darkertint of the same colour, say apple green. The pattern on thedress would have to be put on when the colour is dry, anda small stencil could be cut to do it. In this way the wholedesign is mapped out, and the colouring is not unlikeputting colours on a map. In fact, we deliberately mapout our work and plan it as a shape instead of attempting torealise it pictorially, and by thus making a pattern of oursubject we give it a certain quaint character which keeps itin the position it occupies, such as a pianoforte front. It is always a good plan to make a careful drawing of the DECORATIVE PAINTING. 23/ design to be carried out before commencing work, and thenmake a tracing of it, so that you can transfer it as the workprogresses. There should be no bungling or hesitancywhen the actual painting is begun, for the more direct youwork the No. 171.—The two end panels of the decorated part of a pianoforte,by H. G. Theaker, Royal College of Art. If you wish to enlarge a design, the easiest way to do thisis by squaring. You divide the drawing up into, say,half-inch squares, and then on your paper you mark squaresthe size necessary to bring your pattern to the requireddimensions. Thus, if you want to enlarge it to double thesize, then your paper must be divided up into inch reduce a drawing work in the reverse way. It is a com-paratively easy task to fill in the squares each with itscorresponding part of the design, and in this way you insuregetting a fac simile of the original so far as proportion isconcerned. 233 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. In symmetrical patterns you have only to fold a piece ofpaper in two and draw one half of the design in pencil;then by rubbing the plain half of the paper on to the drawnhalf you obtain a faint impression of it, and so get bothsides alike. For tran
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