Ladies Manual of Art

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Author

Anonymous

Title

Ladies' manual of art; or, profit and pastime. A self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature. pastel and crayon drawing, taxidermy, etc.

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Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament

Subject

Handicraft -- Technique

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57612

Release Date

July 31, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LADIES Manual of Art OR Profit and Pastime . A SELF TEACHER IN All Branches of Decorative Art, EMBRACING EVERY VARIETY OF Painting and Drawing On China, Glass, Velvet, Canvas, Paper and Wood THE SECRET OF ALL GLASS TRANSPARENCIES, SKETCHING FROM NATURE. PASTEL AND CRAYON DRAWING, TAXIDERMY, Etc.
2. 2.Preface
3. 3.INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
4. 4.Contents
5. 5.Sketching FROM NATURE — A LESSON IN DRAWING. — THE EFFECTS OF THE DRAWING IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS OF THE HORIZONTAL LINE.
6. 6.Colors in NATURE .
7. 7.PEN AND PENCIL DRAWING, — THE USE OF THE PENTAGRAPH. — COPYING WITH TRANSPARENT PAPER.
8. 8.PASTEL PAINTING, — PORTRAITS.
9. 9.Landscape Painting WITH CRAYON COLORS. — MATERIALS FOR PASTEL DRAWING. — PREPARED PASTEL PAPER. — STUMPS USED.
10. 10.DIRECTIONS FOR DOING THE MONOCHROMATIC DRAWING.
11. 11.WATER COLORS. — INSTRUCTIONS. — Colors Used for Skies and Distances.
12. 12.THE ART OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING IN OIL COLORS. — MATERIALS USED. — MIXED TINTS.
13. 13.THE OIL-PHOTO MINIATURE. — IMPROVED METHOD. — DIRECTIONS FOR COLORING. — SECOND METHOD. IVORY-TYPE OR MEZZOTINT.
14. 14.THE ART OF COLORING PHOTOGRAPHS IN WATER COLORS.
15. 15.RUSSIAN, OR EGYPTIAN METHOD
16. 16.HOW TO MAKE PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE Gelatine Dry-Plate Process
17. 17.DRAUGHTSMEN’S SENSITIVE PAPER, FOR COPYING DRAWINGS.
18. 18.THE NEW WOOD PAINTING.
19. 19.TRANSPARENCIES.
20. 20.THE Crystal, or Oriental Painting. — INSTRUCTION.
21. 21.ANTIQUE Italian Landscape Painting
22. 22.THE GRECIAN OIL PAINTING.
23. 23.ORNAMENTAL GLASS SIGN WORK.
24. 24.VITREMANIE. — FOR THE EASY AND INEXPENSIVE DECORATION OF WINDOWS, CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND PRIVATE HOUSES.
25. 25.DIAPHANIE.
26. 26.PAINTING ON SILK, SATIN AND VELVET,
27. 27.Staining Wood AND IVORY.
28. 28.TO PRODUCE A CRYSTALLINE SURFACE ON PAPER, WOOD AND GLASS .
29. 29.CHINA PAINTING. — Colors Used, and the Process of Burning them in. — PORCELAIN AND EARTHENWARE.—COMPOSITION, USE AND MIXING OF THE COLORS. — SPECIAL INFORMATION CONCERNING PAINTING COLORS.
30. 30.MONOCHROME PAINTING ON PORCELAIN OR EARTHENWARE. — INSTRUCTION.
31. 31.China Painting. — PAINTING THE HEAD IN COLORS ON PORCELAIN.
32. 32.CHINA PAINTING. — STYLE OF BOUCHER. — DIRECTIONS FOR PACKING DECORATED CHINA, — FIRING GENERALLY DONE TWICE A WEEK.
33. 33.TERRA-COTTA PAINTING. — ENAMEL PAINTING ON TERRA-COTTA. — OIL PAINTING ON TERRA-COTTA. — WATER-COLOR PAINTING ON TERRA-COTTA.
34. 34.BURNING IN, OR MINERAL DECALCOMANIE. — DIRECTIONS.
35. 35.PRESERVATION OF NATURAL FLOWERS.
36. 36.PAPER-FLOWER MAKING. — THE ARRANGEMENT OF BOUQUETS, MATERIALS USED, ETC. — CRIMSON RHODODENDRON. — WHITE CAMELLIA. — ROSE. — PINK FUCHSIA. — ARRANGEMENT OR GROUPING OF FLOWERS. — LIST OF MATERIALS, TOOLS, &c.
37. 37.THE FRENCH ART. — A BEAUTIFUL AND PRACTICAL PROCESS FOR DECORATING WOOD, LEATHER, SILK AND OTHER FABRICS.
38. 38.WAX ART. Flowers and Fruit — WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING THE WAX AND MOLDS, MATERIALS USED, ETC.
39. 39.THE NEW SPRINKLE WORK — FOR THE BEAUTIFUL DECORATION OF WOOD AND CHINA ORNAMENTS.
40. 40.Pearl Embroidery
41. 41.FEATHER FLOWERS,
42. 42.LUSTRAL BRONZE PAINTING. — GILDING.
43. 43.JAPANESE ART.
44. 44.THE ART OF PAINTING —OR— STAINING GLASS.
45. 45.GILDING THE BORDERS OF GLASS,
46. 46.ETCHING ON COPPER.
47. 47.KENSINGTON PAINTING.
48. 48.ARRASENE AND RIBBON EMBROIDERY.
49. 49.PORTRAITURE IN BLACK CRAYON.
50. 50.ANALYSIS OF COLORS — THEIR NATURE AND QUALITY.
51. 51.TAXIDERMY — SKINNING. — SKINNING, PRESERVING AND MOUNTING BIRDS. — SKINNING. — THE ART OF MOUNTING BIRDS, DRIED SKINS, FEATHERS, ETC. — COLLECTING AND PRESERVING BIRDS’ EGGS AND NESTS. — SKINNING, PRESERVING, AND SETTING UP REPTILES, AND MOLLUSCOUS ANIMALS, ETC. — TORTOISES AND TURTLES. — CROCODILES AND LIZARDS IN GENERAL. — SERPENTS IN GENERAL. — FROGS AND TOADS. — PRESERVING SPIDERS, GALLY-WORMS, AND INSECTS. — SPIDERS. — INSECTS. — SETTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS. — METHOD OF RELAXING DRIED INSECTS. — METHOD OF BREEDING INSECTS. — SHELL FISH, TO PRESERVE—AND THE ART OF POLISHING SHELLS. — THE CHASE AND MANNER OF COLLECTING ANIMALS. — QUADRUPEDS AND BIRDS. — INSECTS. — BRITISH INSECTS.
52. 52.RECIPES — SOLUTION OF CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE. — Mr. Waterton’s Method. — ARSENICAL SOAP. — Invented by Bécœur, Apothecary, Metz. — Mr. Laurent’s Recipe. — SOLUTION OF PEARL-ASHES. — ANNEALED IRON WIRE. — CEMENT. — GUM PASTE. — FLOUR PASTE. — SOLUTION OF GUM-ARABIC. — PAPER PASTE, GUMMED. — POLLEN POWDER. — RED VARNISH. — LUTING FOR RENDERING BOTTLES AIR TIGHT. — TOW AND FLAX SLIVERS. — METHOD OF MAKING ENAMEL-EYES FOR ANIMALS. — ARTICLES REQUIRED FOR SKINNING AND MOUNTING QUADRUPEDS, BIRDS, REPTILES, AND FISHES.
53. 53.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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