picture is there, and an exact reproduction in out line of the copy.
The next thing to do is to go over the entire tracing on the china with India ink, using water and a very fine and -pointed brush. This brush should be kept separate from the painting brushes, and use exclusively for this purpose ; and care should be taken to keep it straight and always to a point. This is done to secure the drawing, and provides beforehand against any unfortunate accident that necessitates wiping off the painting and commencing again.
The India-ink line should exactly follow the tracing in a delicate, uniformly even, thin line.
After this is accomplished, a good plan, before commencing to paint, is to cleanse the china and free it from every trace of graphite, and thus have a clean piece of china on which to work.
This is easily done by wiping it over with a rag slightly moistened with lavender . This evaporates immediately, and leaves the china in a beautiful condition to receive color.
This may seem a long, and perhaps even complicated, process ; but it is the only process possible for those who are without previous instruction in the elementary rules of drawing.
One of the essential features in all painting is first to obtain an accurate drawing ; and , uninteresting as it may appear
