pairing accidental damages. It is a little difficult at first to do at all ; but by practice, one is enabled to do it perfectly. The usual difficulty to overcome is the use of to much and too strong color. A similar brush, though longer than a stippling-brush, will be found useful for finishing. touches and deepest accents. These are called tracers (Cut No.9.) No. 1 is a useful brush ; and two will be necessary, -- one for color ; the other must be kept for gold.
A free handling of a tracer will produce graceful grasses and stems, and give better results for distant effects of these than any other.
A red sable liner No. 1 brush (cut No. 10) should be used for enamel, when it is to be applied as highest points of light-relief scrolls or ornamental dots. It is important to keep this brush only for this purpose, and not use it for anything else.
