. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 164.—Flying Bird, adapted fromJapanese drawing. 222 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. white, then knock the brush a few times on the palette tomix them before rubbing over the stencil-plate. In this way you break thecolour on thestencil and the ef-fect is much betterthan if you alwaysused the relieves stencil-ling of the me-chanical to usecolour in this little practicewill soon makeanyone expert invarying the tintsad infinitum. Hold the stencilwith the left handand with the rightkeep knocking thebrush on the plate,working out thecolour in th
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 164.—Flying Bird, adapted fromJapanese drawing. 222 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. white, then knock the brush a few times on the palette tomix them before rubbing over the stencil-plate. In this way you break thecolour on thestencil and the ef-fect is much betterthan if you alwaysused the relieves stencil-ling of the me-chanical to usecolour in this little practicewill soon makeanyone expert invarying the tintsad infinitum. Hold the stencilwith the left handand with the rightkeep knocking thebrush on the plate,working out thecolour in this wayrather than byrubbing it over thestencil. This par-ticularly applies toa freshly chargedNo. 165.—Arras Wall Hangings in stencil. brush, for when. STENCILLING. 223 you have taken up fresh colour you want to avoid gettingtoo much out in one spot—rather, distribute it over a largesurface. It will be understood that more than one stencil-brush isrequired if more than one distinct colour is to be used. It isquite possible with a little care to work two or more colourson the same plate. For instance, the design No. 152 couldhave the butterflies in one tint, the leaves in another, and theflowers in a third. The green of the leaves is, of course, aptto work into the flowers unless you are very careful to avoidtaking the green quite close up to the flowers; also you mustnot use brushes that are too large. Every now and then examine your stencil plate and cleanit on the back with a cloth, as with all your care colour willwork under the plate. When you have finished with itthoroughly clean off all colour with warm water or turpen-tine and place the stencil between boards so that it is keptflat. Should any of the ties get broken off repa
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