. Art crafts for amateurs . If a dark coloured textile be stencilledthen the colours must be opaque or nearly so. Canvas thusstencilled makes excellent coverings for walls and for hang-ing in front of clothes-pegs to protect garments from dust. Using Stencils. Stencilling can be done either in colours mixed with water or oil. In the formercase it is distemperthat is employed, ,whiting mixed withhot size and tintedwith powder colours,such as can be ob-tained at any goodoil shop or decora-tors. Some colourscan be had groundin water. For the decorationof walls stencilling isadmirable, as dis-
. Art crafts for amateurs . If a dark coloured textile be stencilledthen the colours must be opaque or nearly so. Canvas thusstencilled makes excellent coverings for walls and for hang-ing in front of clothes-pegs to protect garments from dust. Using Stencils. Stencilling can be done either in colours mixed with water or oil. In the formercase it is distemperthat is employed, ,whiting mixed withhot size and tintedwith powder colours,such as can be ob-tained at any goodoil shop or decora-tors. Some colourscan be had groundin water. For the decorationof walls stencilling isadmirable, as dis-temper is easily usedrthere being a tooth to it, and the colour sinks in and dries quickly *consequently a sharper impression can be obtained in dis-temper than in oil. In mixing distemper colours it mustbe borne in mind that they dry very much lighter than theyappear when wet, and it is a good plan to try them onpaper and dry them quickly by a fire to see how they lookthen. A frieze running round the wall under the cornice. No. 163.—Flying Bird, adapted fromJapanese drawing. STENCILLING. 221 is a good way of decorating it, and small patterns can bestencilled on the wall in addition—powdered over the wall,as it is termed. In stencilling in oil you must mix up your colours, thinningthem to the consistency of thick cream. The main pointto be observed in using stencils is to get the impressionssharp. The colour has a slight tendency to work under-neath the plates and this is especially the case if the colourbe used too thinly. The brushes are shortin the hair and madeexpressly for the pur-pose. Do not fillthem too full, but bytaking a little colourand knocking thebrush on the paletteto distribute it over
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