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In this Work of Painting with Oil, begin with the Sky and Sun beams, and the lighter parts, and then the Yellow, which must be done with Masti∣cot and White, the next your Blue Sky with Smalt, leaving no part of the Ground uncover∣ed,
but lay the Colours smooth ••ll over, working the Sky downwards, towards the Hori∣••on, still suffering it to grow fainter as it enclines nearer to the Earth, and work the tops of Mountains and other Objects very remote, so faint as they may appear lost in Mist or Air, and as for the nearest and lowest Ground, it must be a dark brown Earth colour, enclining a little to Yellowish and Green, as the nature of it requires, the next a light Green, and so proceed gradually as they lose in their distance you must lessen their Colour, observing not to make any thing that is to be seen at a great distance, perfect or really, because you must imagine it is at such a distance that you can∣not well discern it, but express it in Colours weakly and faint∣ly; as your Eye Judges it may
be, always taking notice to place the Light opposite to the Dark, which will very much ex∣tend the prospect, and do it so that the Shadows may lose in their proportion of distance, their force by little and little, as they remove from the Eye, observing always to put in the strongest Shadows nearest; put no Moon nor Stars but in a Night-piece, for they are not otherways naturally proper, be∣cause they cannot be well seen in the day; if you imitate an over-cast Sky, where black Clouds threaten a Storm, the Shadows may be on the meeting parts of the Clouds, this may be also done with Colours mix∣ed with Water wherein Gum-Arabick has been dissolved.
If in any fair▪ Landskip you express the Light of the Sun, always observe throughout the
whole piece, that you cast the lights of your Trees, Rocks, Hills, Buildings, Ruines, and all other things expressed in it that way; observe also to lessen your Bodies proportionable, as they are nearer or farther distant, and carry it off so far that the Earth and Sky, or Water seem to meet, Rivers as they run to a distance must lessen their Streams, so Ships or Boats, and the like.
As for Living Creatures, Beasts, Fowls and Serpents, or Insects you must consider their proportion, shape and colour, and get Draughts or Patterns, which will be better than Print∣ed Directions, and these kinds being numerous, for brevities sake I must omit to treat of them.