. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 112.—Design for sides of Portfolio suggested by the Peacock. to these lattices would be a very attractive feature in a grape portion might be cut out of pine, and then thelattices, say of mahogany, might be glued on to the back orfront, or if the design be cut out all in one piece, then I seeno reason why the grape portion should not be stained, theleaves in green, the stems in brown, and grapes in purple. ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. Transparent oil-colours, such as Prussian blue, raw sienna,burnt sienna, Vandyke brown, gamboge, vermilion andmadder brown,
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 112.—Design for sides of Portfolio suggested by the Peacock. to these lattices would be a very attractive feature in a grape portion might be cut out of pine, and then thelattices, say of mahogany, might be glued on to the back orfront, or if the design be cut out all in one piece, then I seeno reason why the grape portion should not be stained, theleaves in green, the stems in brown, and grapes in purple. ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. Transparent oil-colours, such as Prussian blue, raw sienna,burnt sienna, Vandyke brown, gamboge, vermilion andmadder brown, thinned down with turpentine, would do, oryou can get liquid stains. Such a design as this grape oneshould be carried out fully natural size, above rather than. | No. 113.—Design for opening and closing Portfolio Stand withfretwork sides, the detail of which is seen in No. 112. below it. It would be enough merely to colour the bars,leaving the design plain. A portfolio stand might be composed of two fret-cut sides,and such a design as the wild rose, No. rn, would be suit-able. The stem, as will be noticed, is made a distinct FRETWORK. 167 feature, and was the firstconsideration in makingthe design as it was inthe vine, the flowers andleaves being to a greatextent after considera-tions, or at all eventsdependent upon the dis-position of the design is symme-trical, which emphasisesthe ornamental charactergiven to it by the one side I haveshown how the effect canbe helped by veining theleaves, etc., but this vein-ing must be kept verysimple; one down thecentre of each leaf wouldbe enough. The dis-position to become toonaturalesque should bechecked, as the orna-mental character inse-parable from fretworkshould be preserved, n
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