little Pinke, and where you will haue the shaddow darke,
vse Vmber, where the light, Masticot.For Siluer, take Char-coale blacke and white Lead;
where you will haue it darke, vse more Char-coale, and
for the light, giue it a bold and suddaine stroke with your
white. And thus you make your Pearle. Note, that you
must grind your Sea-coale and Char-coale (of a sallow,
if you can get it) in faire water first, and when it is dry,
grind it in Oyle.For Skie and Landscape.For a Sky or Landscaps, that seeme a great way off,
take Oyle Smalt, or Bice if you will, and with Linseed
Oyle onely temper it on your pallet (for in grinding
Smalt or Bice, they vtterly lose their colour) with white
Lead, and where it looketh redde as the morning, vse
Lake, &c.Of Wood colours, Barkes of Trees, &c.Your Wood colours are compounded either of Vm∣ber
and White, Char-coale and White, Sea-coale and
White, Vmber blacke and white, or with some greene
added. Sometime adde a little Lake or Vermilion.Of sundry Greenes in Oyle.For a deepe and sad Greene, as in the in-most leaues
of trees, mingle Indico and Pinke.For a light Greene, Pinke and Masticot: for a middle
and Grasse-greene, Verdigreace and Pinke.Remember euer to lay on your Yellowes, Blewes,
Reds, and Greenes, vpon a white ground which giueth
them their life.To make cleane your Pencils, rub Soape hard into
them, and lay them by a while, after wash them in warme
water.To make cleane your grinding stone and Mullar, rub
it ouer with crums of bread.0
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