Lessons in Figure Painting in Water Color

From the CONTENTS

Paintings by BLANCHE MACARTHUR
NORWEGIAN HAYMAKER.
AN OLD SALT
APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS
Paintings by JENNIE MOORE
THE MUSLIN CAP.
HANDS AND FEET
GIRL WITH BASKET
BOY'S HEAD
GIRL KNITTING

From the Instructions to the Plates "Hands and Feet" These instructions are much like the instructions for each of the other eight pairs of watercolors.

THE DRAWING.
See General Instructions. Before beginning to paint, satisfy yourself that the outline expresses the position, action, and character of the originaL For instance: the clasped hands and left foot are in action; the single hand and right foot in repose.

THE COLOURS.
Ten colours are used in this example, viz.

YELLOWS. 1. GAMBOGE. 2. RAW SIENNA.

REDS. 3. VERMILION. 4. ROSE MADDER. 5. VENETIAN RED.

BLUES. 6. COBALT. 7. ANTWERP BLUE. 8. INDIGO.

BROWNS. 9. VANDYKE BROWN. 10. MADDER BROWN.

THE UNFINISHED EXAMPLE.
Having first washed in your background (Antwerp Blue, Raw Sienna, and a touch of Venetian Red), begin by putting in the half-tones: Antwerp Blue against the lights, then Rose Madder; and for the reflected lights, Gamboge and Rose Madder. Be sure that one wash is dry before the next is applied, or the whole will become a dirty grey.

For the cast shadows and spaces between the fingers and toes, use Vandyke Brown and Rose Madder. Cover the whole with a rather strong wash of Rose Madder and Gamboge. I have purposely made this faint in the accompanying plates, in order that the washes underneath may be more distinct.

THE FINISHED DRAWING.
Take out the high lights with a small sable brush. If the paint should be difficult to remove, it is a good plan to push the brush rather than to drag it; by this means the thin surface of the paper comes off, leaving that part of the drawing pure and white. It is advisable to use a very small brush for the nails, &c., or the fine drawing may be lost on account of their size.

Beyond filling up spaces, and taking out spots, no stippling will be required.

Roundness and solidity will be obtained by strictly carrying out the above-mentioned rules.

From THE LITERARY WORLD
A Fortnightly Review of Current Literature.
VOL. XII. January- December, 1881 BOSTON E.H.Hames & Co. 1881
Painting Books for Little Folks. "The books of which we are now to speak are of novel plan and structure, being intended as guides to children in the art of water-color painting. One is Lessons in Figure Painting [$3.00], another Flower Painting [$2.00] ; their design being to lay before beginners simple instructions in water coloring, with a variety of examples to copy. Each book is, therefore, first, a text-book, short, plain and circumstantial ; and, second, a scrap-book, with pictures inserted on blank pages which the young student is to take as models. The lessons in figure painting, which are the more difficult of the two, are from designs by Blanche Mac- Arthur and Jennie Moore, both of whom are medalists of the Royal Academy; and are sixteen in number. Each design is fitted with special and minute directions, which in a measure take the place of a teacher, and which will suffice for any child who has had some practice in the use of the color box. Each subject is presented in two designs, one finished, the other unfinished; thus educating the eye into the separate stages of the work, and enabling it to distinguish between what is fundamental and what is superficial. The flower designs, which compose the second of the two volumes, are by- Edward Hulme, who is perhaps the most noted English flower painter of the day ; are simpler, and of course will demand less of the young student. The usefulness of these books, reinforcing their beauty, is certain to commend them to wide circulation. [Cassell, Peiter, Galpin & Co.]"

From THE PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
American Book-Trade Journal.
VOL. XX. July- December, 1881 NEW YORK F. LEYPOLDT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER 1881
"CASSELL, FETTER, GALPIN & Co. have a long list of attractive and important fall announcements, prominent among which is the sumptuous edition of Milton's "Paradise Lost," profusely illustrated by Dore', in the peculiar and notable style of that master of the pencil.
Following this should also be mentioned one of the most important works on landscape painting that has yet appeared, "A Course of Lessons in Landscape Painting in Oil," by A. F. Grace, a Royal Academician, with reproductions in color from Turner, Constable, and others. In the same line of attractive art publications maybe included "Flower Painting in Water-Colors," with twenty fac-simile reproductions, by F. E. Hulme; and " Figure Painting in Water-Colors," with sixteen beautifully colored plates, by Blanche MacArthur an; Jennie Moore, both English artists and" Medallists" of the Academy."

From THE LITERARY NEWS
A Monthly Journal of Current Literature.
[NEW SERIES] VOL. IV. 1883 NEW YORK, F. LEYPOLDT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER 31 AND 32 PARK Row 1883

Lessons in Figure-Painting in Water- Colors. "Sixteen colored plates from designs by BLANCHE MACARTHUR (Medallist, Royal Academy, 1877, for the best painting of a head from life) and JENNIE MOORE (Medallist for a drawing from the antique), with special instruction by the painters. Oblong 4to, cloth, $3.00.

Complete dialogue of Illustrated and Fine- Art Books, Juvenile and Educational Works, Water-Colors, etc., will be sent free by m ail to any address on application. FOR SALE BY YOUR BOOKSELLER."

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