Crayon portraiture; complete instructions for making crayon portraits on crayon paper and on platinum, silver, and bromide enlargements, also directions for the use of transparent liquid water colors and for making French crystals . the form of a circle about six or eightinches from the face, according to the subject, the upperline of the arc coming a little above the head. Thenmake the cast shadow and finish with the large rubbereraser, putting the lights, or cloud effect, as it is called, inthe background. When doing this, place the strainer highenough on the easel to bring the centre of the
Crayon portraiture; complete instructions for making crayon portraits on crayon paper and on platinum, silver, and bromide enlargements, also directions for the use of transparent liquid water colors and for making French crystals . the form of a circle about six or eightinches from the face, according to the subject, the upperline of the arc coming a little above the head. Thenmake the cast shadow and finish with the large rubbereraser, putting the lights, or cloud effect, as it is called, inthe background. When doing this, place the strainer highenough on the easel to bring the centre of the picture on alevel with your eyes, then standing in front of it and aboutsix feet off, decide upon your plan of light and you have put in the first of the lights, step back tothe former position, and see if it gives the proper this method of working until the background isentirely completed. Third Method of Making the Background. 67 THIRD METHOD OF MAKING THE BACK-GROUND—LINE EFFECT. With the cotton and crayon sauce as in the precedingmethod, put in the dark places and cast shadow, but notas dark as you want them when finished; then with thecrayon point No. 2 put in three sets of lines thus :—. BACK-GROUND. LINE EFFECT. From the Annual Encyclopedia. Copyrighted, i8gi, by D. Afifielton <5r» Co. Do not carry out the lines as far as the background will ex- 68 Crayon Portraiture. tend when finished. The lines should be one-quarter of aninch apart in life-size portraits, and a little closer in smallersizes. As a rule the lines are a little further apart in thebackground than in the face. These lines need not behorizontal, crossed by oblique ones at obtuse angles, butthey can be curved lines, if desired, provided they crosseach other so as to kave diamond shaped spaces. After thelines are in rub a piece of clean cotton over them all, usingpressure enough to subdue them to the degree of indistinct-ness desired; then finish with the large eraser and
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