uatedwash of color with a small brush. It is true that inequalities may be partially overcome by blending, but this practice is not recommended for all occasions.
Blending by means of a brush or pad, has its proper place, and is of vast assistance in many instances. When a large surface is to be covered, wither with a graduated or uniform tint, it is the only means of attaining the desired result ; and this process is recommended as the surest and easiest method of obtaining a perfect and satisfactory tint. But to depend upon it altogether, for all work , is a most pernicious practice, and should be abolished. Accustomed to it continual use, it is impossible to work without it. Suppress, or rather resist, the impulse to use a blender to smooth out brush-marks and even up tints. It is a bad habit (and, like all others, easy to acquire), with the inevitable result of flatness, until all designs look as though they had been stepped on or ironed out.
It is preferable to obtain the same result by the legitimate means of skillful handling of the brush, rather than by resorting to artificial methods. Intellegently used, it is of immense advantage. Used to conceal faulty manipulation, it is invariably bad. It sometimes result in a "woolly" appearance that is both unnatural and unattractive.
