Landscape Painting from Nature - - in Australia ■ - A. J. DAPLYN. My .v:*f ■ A Maooal for the Studeot ii> Oil ai?5 Water Colours . . . . W. C. PENFOLD 4 CO. SYDNEY. 4 I MORNING ON THE HAWKESBURY RIVER, N.S.W. Landscape Painting from Nature in Australia . A MANUAL FOR THE STUDENT IN OIL AND WATER COLOURS BY A. J. DAPLYN (Secretary to the Art Society, N.S.W.), \ With a Coloured Frontispiece and Illustrations hy the Author , AND SIX FULL-PAGE REPRODUCTIONS OF PICTURES BY W. JLISTER LISTER, PRESIDENT OF THE ART SOCIETY, N.S.W., TRUSTEE OF THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY, N.S.W. Sydney : W. C. PENFOLD «fe CO., General Printers, 183 Pitt Street. 19 0 2 . Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/landscapepaintinOOdapl PREFACE. The advancement of Art in Australia has of late years been so rapid, that a work written from an Aus- tralian point of view has become a necessity. Art, of course, is universal, but there are many schools, each one embodying conditions not found in the others. Should an Australian school arise — and this is prob- able — its characteristic will be a vivid rendering of light, an element which differentiates Australia from most other parts of the world. This quality has been much dwelt upon in this work — my brother artists may say to excess; but the work is not written for artists, but rather for the student, though it is hoped that all may find some- thing to interest them. Truth at any cost and the doctrine of hard work is inculcated, so that those young people who take to Art because it is “easier than music” will be disap- pointed ; but the earnest student, to whom hard work at his favourite study is sufficient pleasure, will thank me for having brushed away a few of the difficulties in his path. Should any remain, the author will be happy to assist in their removal, and will gladly answer letters on the subject addressed to him care of the Publishers of this book. introducticTn. During the last 40 years Landscape Art has undergone great changes, so much so that a strict adherence to the old methods would be a mistake in a work having any pretensions to be up to date. In the interval the open air school has arisen, begun by the naturalists and realists, and continued to-day by the impressionists. The difference between the older and the newer schools is practically this. The adherents of the former are more occupied with the subject, and rely greatly on their powers of composition for the effect of their picture. The latter care little for subject, and disdain all composition as artificial, their great aim being to render on canvas light and air. With Goethe they desire “Light ! Light ! More light.” Formerly pictures often showed miles of country in the style of a panorama; now the artist, instead of taking his point de vue from the top of a mountain, and in consequence being obliged to content himself with a slight sketch, to be elaborated afterwards in the studio, makes his studio in the open air. The subject, far from embracing miles of country, is likely to be the corner of the field, his aim not so much to call forth feelings of awe and rapture, by displaying Nature in her grander mood, but to translate for our benefit the beauty that lies in familiar things. No need for him to scale the mountains or pierce the clouds with eager VI. gaze; his subject awaits him in the cool shade of the forest, by the side of the creek, river, or even in the garden. Perhaps he has chosen the familiar corner that we have passed by a hundred times without be- stowing on it more than a hurried glance. There is the old tree whose quaint twisted branches and gnarled trunk have overhung the path since we can remember, a little patch of blue sky, a glimpse of distant houses showing through the trees, long grass flecked with sun- shine, perhaps a homely figure, and the picture is com- plete ; not so grand, you will say, as the fifty miles of lake and mountain of the old school, but what a fresh open air effect, and how brilliant are the tones. With nothing to remind us that it is only a picture : no dark heavy foreground, made so to give contrast to the dis- tance, no dirty brown trees to give value to the sky; the eye is not dazzled by shining varnish, and all is bright and fresh. The school which has cast aside tradition, and de- voted itself to investigating the beauty of familiar things, has had a hard struggle, and even now is much misunderstood; it is said to have no appreciation for beauty, and to be low in aim. Now this is surely somewhat illogical, for is it not more reasonable to conclude that those who discover beauty in common objects, are more open to its influence than those who are obliged to wander from country to country in search of it? Australia being pre-eminently a land of sunshine, which allows of painting in the open all the year round, it is not surprising that those susceptible to art in- Vll. fluences should be attracted to the method practised by the plein airistes, or painters in the open air, in prefer- ence to those of the older school, which are generally heavier in style and darker in tone. Curiously enough, the general public does not share this predilection for colour and light, and often prefers the more sober effects of the old school. The cause of this may be that, as many are from the old country, their taste both for scenery and pictures is coloured by early memories. There is much to be said in favour of both schools, but writing for Australian students, and considering the character of the scenery to be depicted, the methods of the French impressionist are inculcated, though it should rather be called the open air school, for so many horrors are perpetrated in the name of impressionism that the term is apt to mislead. Australian scenery has been greatly maligned by writers, tourists, and others ; far too much is heard of its sadness, its want of colour, and its monotony ; cer- tainly it is not so paintable as the old country, for there are no venerable ruins clothed with ivy, no old churches or castles, or quaint red tiled cottages ; in fact, one does not encounter pictures ready made, and that only require transferring to the canvas. But, on the other hand, the scenery is more original, and has not been painted by generations of artists, till one is surfeited by repetition ; the intense light makes also for greater finesse of colour ; this is especially observable in the tree forms, which require a lighter touch and more subtle tone than the thick foliaged trees of the old country. Vlll. Of Australian trees the Eucalyptus is, of course, the most common. We often hear of the “everlasting gum tree,” but its merits have rarely been acknow- ledged. Few trees are, in truth, so graceful in form and of such variety. This latter quality is quite lacking in European trees, where the oaks are oaks, and the elms, elms, and are always alike. Now the gum is hardly ever the same, and twenty species may be found growing in the space of a few acres. Some shoot up into the air straight and smooth like a ship’s mast ; others have rough and shaggy bark, and the trunks twist and turn in endless convolutions ; many are of a bright red colour, or spotted like the leopard, while others shed their bark, which hangs round them in weird festoons, revealing, so to speak, the creamy- white flesh. The branches shoot out from the trunk at all man- ner of unexpected angles, and go twisting and turning at their own sweet will, seeming to rebel against all laws that control the growth of branches in general. And the foliage — how gracefully it hangs in feathery clusters, not giving much shade, it is true, being more ornamental than useful, and in this much resembling a fine lady, which the Eucalyptus may be said to personate in the world of trees. Of course, if we view them in dense masses as they appear on the shores of Sydney Harbour, we are con- scious of a certain monotony, but could we penetrate the mass, and note the characteristic forms of the dif- ferent species, this would disappear. IX. Besides the different species of Eucalyptus, there are in Australia many trees which add greatly to the picturesque character of its scenery. The Honeysuckle, for instance, would have rejoiced the heart of Corot, could he have seen it ; for in most of his pictures you find trees identical in form. How delicate is the tone of its clusters of star-shaped leaves shining in the sun- light. The She-oak, too, as it fringes the creek or river, its feathery foliage only a shade or two darker than the sky. The Tea-tree, with its parchment-like bark; and the various species of Figs, clothed in their mantles of dark green. All these Australian trees, and there are many more, require in painting a finer and lighter treatment than those of other countries. Painting being com- paratively a new thing here, the student has not the help of text-books giving the experience of genera- tions, but has to a great extent to investigate, and trust to his powers of invention for overcoming difficulties ; it is for the purpose of helping him that this work has been written by one who has painted for more than twenty years in the open air in Australia. INDEX. Aims of Landscape Painter i Analysis of Distance 15 Analysis of Tone 15 Anecdotes 61 Artist and Countryman 60 Artist, Temptations of the 2 Artistic Vision, The 14, 39 Beaumaris 63 Black Spur 63 Blackall Ranges 63 Blue Mountains 63 Boldness 36 Branches 30, 55 Breadth 34 Brisbane 63 Brushes, To Clean 5 Brushes, To Cut 34 Brushes, Water Colour 45 Buildings 57 Canvas 4 Carolus Duran 16 Cape Schank 63 Chess-board 41 Chiara Oscuro 38 Chinese White 47 Choice of Subject 3, 14, 16 Clouds Si, 52 Colourist 37 Coloured Greys 21 Colours, Reasons for Fading 7 Colours, Their Durability 7 Composition, Practice in 9, 16 Cook’s River 63 xii. Detail 38 Distance 15, 24, 53 Drawing in Transparent Colour 20 Effacing 48 Entering into a Picture 16 Erasures 49 “Ever Restless Sea” 67 Execution 16 Feeling 37 Finesse 35 Finish 36 Foliage 31, 54, 55 Foot Hills 63 Foreground, The 15 Freshwater Beach 62 Grass 29 Grey Tones 31 Ground, Tones for 28, 56 Harbour, Sydney 62 Harmony 38 Healesville 63 Heidelberg 63 Herbage 56 Ideal, Unrealised 62 Ignorant, The, Not to be Studied 3 Illustrations 6, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18 Ink Eraser 49 Juxtaposition of Tones 23 Kilcunda 63 Landscape in Sunlight 58 Landscape Painter, The Aims of 1 Lane Cove River 63 Lights, To Take Out 48 Lights, When to Accentuate 25 Lilydale 63 Lister Lister, Wm 65, 66, 67 Local Colour 36 Manly 62 Materials Used in Water Colour 44 xiii. Mediums 9 Middle Distance 24, 27 Millet, Jean Francois 18 Modest Attitude, A 32 Mosman’s Bay 62 Mountain Summit 63 Mountain, Tones for 22 Narrabeen 62 National Gallery 33 Nature a Kaleidoscope 21 Nature, Sketching from 60 Nature, To Sketch from 60 Newport 62 Open Air Study 11 Paint Box 6 Painting the Sea 26 Painting Skies 52 Palette, To Prepare 7 Plaster Casts 9 Panels 4 Paper, O. W 46 Paper, Stretching the 47 Picture — A View from One Place 15 Picture, Sir E. Poynter 33 Pointillistes 24 Precepts of Carolus Duran 16 Process in Water Colour 45 Professor at Liverpool 43 Purple Tones 31, 54 Richmond 63 Rigger, The 5, 30 Roads 57 Rocks, Tones for 28, 59 Ruskin 35 Salle, The Picture by 33 Sand, Tones for 27, 28 Sandringham 63 San Remo 63 Scumbling 35 XIV. Seagulls 59 Seascape, To Paint 26, 27, 58 Secrets, Nature 31 Silver Clouds 51 Sketching Grounds 62 Sketching, Lead Pencil 9 Sky, The Blue 50 Sky Brilliancy to be Preserved 20 Sky, Highest Light in 15 Sky, Tones for 21, 22, 52 Smoke 59 Sponge, The 49 Still Life, Group 11 Stretching the Paper 47 Stones 57 Sunset 52 Technique 21, 32, 34 Temptations of the Artist 2 Terms and Processes 32 Tones 33 Trees 29, 54 Tree Trunks 55 Turner 35 Turpentine 9 Tweed Heads 63 Values 25, 32, 52 Washing Down 50 Washes, Flat 41 Washes, Graduated 41 Water Colour 40 Water, Tones for 25, 57 Wynn Prize . 66 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. Morning on the Hawkesbury River, N.S.W. Frontispiece By A. J. Daplyn. Page “The Moon is up and yet it is not night” - - i By A. J. Daplyn. The Hunter River at Singleton, N.S.W. 20 By W. Lister Lister. The Rivals -------- - 2 6 By W. Lister Lister. Entrance to Sydney Harbour ----- 30 By W Lister Lister. Where the Tides ebb and flow - - - - 50 By W. Lister Lister. The Last Gleam --------54 By W. Lister Lister. Breakers - -- -- -- --62 By W. Lister Lister. ♦ ■' A. J. DAP LY N THE MOON IS UP AND YET IT IS NOT NIGHT. Landscape Paintingfrom Nature in Australia. THE AIMS OF THE LANDSCAPE PAINTER. The landscape painter has, or should have, two great aims ; firstly, to give to the spectator a truthful conception of natural objects, the second, to guide his mind to the contemplation of objects or scenes most worthy his attention ; also to inform him of thoughts and feelings produced in the mind of the artist himself. In the first case, the painter sets the spectator before the landscape and leaves him to follow out his own thoughts and feelings, and no new ones are forced on his attention. But in the second case it is different; the painter not only shows him the landscape, but speaks to him, guides him to' all that is beautiful, fills him with enthusiasm, and leaves him elated, not only at having beheld a new scene, but at having com- muned with a new mind and a more penetrating intelligence. The student, from his lack of experience, cannot hope to be included in this class, which is ex- tremely limited ; but the painter who renders natural objects truthfully has his mission and his reward ; it 2 is for him to select from Nature’s stores her most im- portant truths, which perhaps are not those seen only in time of stress and storm, but those which we see around us every day, and which appeal to all our hearts ; their interest is inexhaustible and affects all alike — the rich and the poor, the educated and the illite- rate. This is the class of painter the student with faith and power of will may hope to become. The aspira- tion is not perhaps so lofty, but it is more attainable. The other way may lead to bitter failure, and is only to be trod with success by a very few gifted minds, and in either case the beginning must be hard study from Nature. A mistaken choice is responsible for all the bad art with which we are afflicted ; the great allegori- cal or historical picture which no one can understand, not even the author, is the terrible result. Think of working year after year to stir the minds of the people with new truths, and to be met only with misunder- standing and ridicule. This even might be borne, for martyrdom is attractive to some minds, but it necessi- tates faith, and our would-be great man has it not — only vanity. The danger of misapplied ambition has been pointed out, but it must not be supposed that the painter of Nature in her ordinary moods is exempt ; his temptations to go wrong are not the same as those in the first case, but are equally numerous; of these we will mention three which the student must espe- cially guard against: — No. i. Want of originality, or repetition. No. 2. The sacrifice of truth to mere prettiness. No. 3. Laziness, or the habit of being satisfied with the nearly right. The first is the beset- 3 ting sin of many English artists, and the Royal Acade- micians are perhaps the most guilty. Year after year they repeat themselves, with the same subjects, the same manner, and the same models ; no searching after new truths or original ways of expressing old ones for them ; this is left to outsiders, and happily for English art the mission is accepted. The public is greatly to blame for this, for, like the audience at a circus, it welcomes the old jokes, which it understands, more warmly than the new and unfamiliar, of which it is not certain. Art, however, cannot stand still ; it must pro- gress or cease to exist. No. 2, the sacrifice of truth to mere conventional prettiness is the besetting vice of the student ; though he may see the truth him- self, he fears to offend the prejudices of his friends and the public by setting it forth in a plain and unadulte- rated manner. They are so used to seeing it disguised that it would not be recognised. The opinions of the public on matters of art are strange, and the earnest student should not pay too much attention to them, for he must know that the opinions of a person igno- rant of the subject on which he pronounces judgment are of no weight with one who has made it his special study. In choosing a subject and in the painting of it, do not be influenced by its likeness to somebody else’s work, or the probability of its pleasing your friends. If you are to do any good, it must please you ; there must be something in it you have not seen before and that you wish to study — some new truth you wish to express. This must be your motive, and in this lies the difference between good and bad art. The excel- 4 lence is not in the subject, but in the aim which guides the painter’s efforts. An old fence overgrown with weeds painted with loving care will appeal to us more than the historic scene done without heart or con- science. The artist is not great because he paints roughly or smoothly, with a palette knife or with small brushes, delicately or boldly, but because he has by these means aroused our emotions to the great truths of Nature. No. 3, laziness, or the satisfying ourselves with something not quite but nearly right, must be earnestly fought and conquered at the beginning; cul- tivate an artistic conscience, which should give no peace until every effort has been made of which you are capable to attain truth ; the approbation of friends should cause no satisfaction if you feel at heart that greater exertion might have been used, and a nearer approach made to perfection. In the study of values particularly one is tempted to hurry on, putting down at random any tone, and trusting to the general effect or to the ignorance of the spectator. This should not be, and we must not paint for the ignorant spectator, but for ourselves ; the man of honour does not act up to the standard of the ignorant, but up to his own, and so it should be in painting. THE MATERIALS. CANVAS AND PANELS. Oil colours are generally used on canvas or on wooden panels. The second quality canvas is good enough for sketches, but it must not be smooth, the grain of the canvas being a great help in painting, and 5 having the quality of holding the colour, which a smooth surface has not. For studies of still life, etc., a yard or two may be bought, cut to the required size, and attached to a board with drawing pins. Of panels those made of white wood are the best, being light and portable, but the colour will sink in unless they are prepared to receive it. This may be done in various ways. A favourite one is to apply a coat of size, i.e., glue and water; rubbing oil on the surface also will answer, but perhaps the best is a thin coat of Flake White and turpentine. The panel must of course be quite dry before being used. BRUSHES. The brushes should be flat hog’s-hair, and as a clean brush must be used with each tone, it will be necessary to procure at least a dozen — two of each of the following: Nos. i, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10. A sable brush about an inch long, called a “rigger,” is useful for out- lines, etc. The smaller brushes should be seldom used ; acquire the habit from the beginning of working with large brushes, and do not let the paint dry on them, or they will be spoiled ; wash them after each sitting with common soap, rubbing the brushes well into the soap and pressing with the fingers until all the paint has been got rid of; then dry with a cloth and press into shape. Do not shorten your brushes on any pretence, as they are made long so that you should be able to use them while standing a long distance from your work, and are to be held in the middle two or three inches above the tin ferrule. 6 PAINT BOX AND CONTENTS. The box should be at least a foot long, and as there are so many styles in the market there will be no Fig. ia. difficulty in choosing. The palette should be made of mahogany or some hard wood, and be about a foot in length. You cannot without confusion use a 7 smaller one, for when it is set with ten or twelve colours round the edge there is very little room left to mix the tones, which must of course be kept distinct from each other. Before using, oil must be placed on the surface and allowed to soak in to prevent the colours being imbibed by the dry wood. The palette knife is absolutely necessary ; also a dipper, t.e., a small tin receptacle for turpentine. The umbrella is usually made of white calico, the stick being in two pieces. While not absolutely indis- pensable it is very useful, especially in this country, to shade the artist and his picture from the sun. The sketching-stool is handy, but it is better to stand when possible. The attitude of the young lady in the illustration indicates that she steps backward at every stroke to watch the effect. COLOURS. As regards the colours, it is very difficult to make a choice, as every artist has his own favourites, and experience enables each to obtain a similar effect with different means. The student is told by some authori- ties never to use certain colours, as they turn black or fade. This is possible, as accidents will happen in the best-regulated families ; but when it is explained that most colours are imperishable, and all will last for many years, he need not let this trouble him to any great extent. The chief reason for colours fading is, that too much oil or medium is mixed with them, or too many are mixed together. There is a saying that three colours make a tone, four make mud ; which is truth expressed in homely language. A simple palette 8 is the best ; ten or a dozer to have in use at one time, very useful for landscape, Flake White Lemon Yellow Yellow Ochre Raw Sienna Cadmium Vermilion Emerald Green Cerulean Blue l colours should be sufficient The following will be found etc. : — Cobalt Blue Ultramarine Blue (French) Prussian Blue Raw Umber Burnt Sienna Rose Madder Crimson Lake Ivory Black SETTING THE PALETTE. It will be noticed that brown and green are omit- ted. The browns can be made by mixing black and burnt sienna or other reds ; the greens by mixing the blues and yellows. The student “should set the palette” before beginning to work — not as some do by placing on it three or four colours ; this is as useless as trying to play the piano with half the notes absent — but with about ten. These should be set around the edge of the palette from light to dark in the following order, which must be always the same, so that one need never be at a loss to find a colour : — Flake White, Lemon Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Cad- mium, Vermilion, Blues, Burnt Sienna, Rose Madder, Ivory Black. THE EASEL. A good sketching easel has yet to be invented, but those marked L.D. in Winsor and Newton’s Cata- logue will be found useful. 9 Mediums, as they have a tendency to turn colour dark, are not nowadays indispensable. Many never use anything with the pigment ; but turpentine should always be carried to mix with the brown tone in draw- ing; also cleaning palette, etc. PRELIMINARY STUDIES. PLASTER CASTS. Before making any attempt to paint landscape from Nature, the student should of course have ac- quired a knowledge of drawing and some acquaintance with his materials. For drawing, the best practice is the copying of plaster casts, which will give him a good knowledge of light and shade — a very valuable thing, and useful in all branches of art. Let him also sketch with the lead pencil at every opportunity. Of course, with this medium he will not be able to get effects in tone, nor should he try to, but only note down the prin- cipal lines. For practice in composition, it is well to set down on paper a square or oblong form, and draw the scene within the limits ; it will be found that a sub- ject having little effect as an oblong will look well as an upright, and vice-versa (see Figs, i and 2). Do not rub the paper with the pencil, but rely on line, pay- ing attention to the contours of the masses, and not to the details contained within them. The student should always carry about him a sketch-book and pencil (an H.B. is perhaps the most useful), and let him not imagine that sketching is an easy thing or unworthy his attention ; on the contrary, it is very important, and he should give it every care, for he may be sure that 10 Fig. 2. II painting- a landscape without the ability to draw is an impossibility. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are reproduced from pencil sketches, and will give an idea of the subjects to choose and a simple method of execution. The shad- ing is produced by thick and thin parallel lines, and by varying the interval between them. STILL LIFE. To obtain a knowledge of the materials of paint- ing, i.e., canvas, colours, brushes, etc., the student will find nothing so useful as the study of still life. Let him arrange a group of familiar objects, such as a few books and an inkstand, which will make an interesting subject, and the light and shade will remain without change. The subject should be painted the size of Nature, and in a room lighted from one window only. Make many of this character, as the familiarity of the objects will enable you, or even any inartistic person, to perceive the faults. Let the background be quiet in tone, and reserve the high lights for the foreground objects, paying great attention to the values, for by these atmosphere is introduced into the work, which would otherwise tend to flatness. See that the objects are made to stand apart from each other, each on its proper plane, and be very particular to get the true tone of the background ; above all, be sure not to make it too dark, for if you do, it will be nearly impossible to detach the objects from it. Do not be in a hurry to leave this class of study for work out of doors; there your difficulties will be increased a hundredfold. Instead of half a dozen strong tones in a good light, you will see hundreds of 12 Fig. 4. 13 Fig. 14 indescribable delicacy continually changing, and you will be annoyed by heat or cold, or, worse than all, by insect plagues. Perseverance in the course of study indicated above will enable the student to go to Nature with some chance of success ; to do so without any prelimi- nary exercise would be to court disaster, and dis- courage him from making further efforts. CHOICE OF SUBJECT. The student being able to draw reasonably well, and having acquired some command of his materials, may now think of painting a landscape study from Nature. Beginners usually choose subjects that would task the powers of an experienced artist, instead of some- thing very simple. They should for the moment put away all thoughts of making a picture, giving their whole attention to placing on canvas the tones seen in Nature ; and of course the simpler the composition the more chance of success. The student when choosing a subject should half close the eyes , or shut one of them, which has nearly the same effect. The landscape will now become sim- plified, the grand masses more prominent, and the thousand and one details which distract the attention eliminated. Nature paints on a grand scale, and it is manifestly impossible to render on a small canvas all that is seen in a stretch of country perhaps miles in extent ; but by 15 the process of half closing the eyes truth to Nature becomes possible and you will learn by it more than any master can teach. Now observe in the landscape thus seen there is only one highest light (probably the sky) and one deepest dark, and all the other tones are subordinate ; this you must reproduce exactly. Observe also that the tones have more finesse and are simpler, and in the distance especially are nearly flat ; be very careful to render this, for on it depends whether your picture will possess perspective, or, in the modern phrase, atmo- sphere. The analysis of tone obtained by half closing the eyes is of the utmost importance in the teaching of the modern school. As seen thus the choice of subject is greatly facilitated, and the landscape resolves itself into two or three planes — the sky, the distance, and middle distance. The “motif” will be generally found in the latter, for if there is nothing striking here it will be well to look elsewhere. It will be observed that the foreground has not been spoken of, and the reason is that in modern pic- tures it is often conspicuous by its absence ; and rightly so, for, if we look at the sky distance and middle dis- tance, we look over the foreground and see it very vaguely, and it should be thus rendered. Let the student realise once for all that a landscape picture is a view from one place only, not half a dozen obtained by turning the head in different directions. For this reason the corners are not painted so forcibly as the middle, where the “motif” of the picture is generally found. A foreground worked up to the very frame, i6 besides being untrue, is an obstruction to the eye, pre- venting it from entering. This sensation of entering a picture is obtained by keeping the foreground simple and light in tone, and avoiding any obstruction, such as fences or rows of bushes touching the frame. Of course, the art of composing* a picture cannot be learned by recipes, like puddings ; it is the applica- tion to special instances of general truths of form and colour, and the laws of perspective. Here are a few of them as laid down by M. Carolus Duran, president of the New Salon : — 1. A subject ought to be complete in itself, with- out the possibility of adding anything to the sides or top or bottom. 2. Arrange the composition in the mind before placing on the canvas. 3. Art means choice. It is the artist’s business tO' select from Nature — his great difficulty what to leave out. 4. Objects introduced into a composition without necessity damage it. 5. Let not one colour predominate. 6. Repetition of forms is to be avoided. 7. Simplify the colouration and vary the values. 8. The masses must be accentuated, the details contained in them simplified. 9. Never be satisfied with the nearly right. 10. True observation of values is more essential than brilliant colouring. Many more but for the limits of space might be added. M. Carolus Duran practised what he preached, and his sermons were generally on the observation of Fig. 6. i8 values, varied by exhortations not to be satisfied with the a pea pres, or nearly right. By following these precepts some of his pupils have attained great emi- nence ; John S. Sargent, R.A., is an instance, and yet, when in Duran’s atelier, he was often found fault with by the master for being only “nearly right.” Fig. 7. Fig. 8. The great French painter, Jean Francois Millet, held the same views, and in an interview with the author, expressed himself strongly as to the import- ance of No. 2; he went further, and insisted on the subject being completely drawn before the canvas was touched with paint. 19 The application of the above precepts may not be understood by the beginner, but as he advances he will discover their value. In Fig. 6 an endeavour has been made to illustrate precept No. i — That a subject should be complete in itself without the possibility of adding anything to the sides, top, or bottom. This compo- sition would lose were it altered in any of the ways mentioned. In Fig. 7 the rock is too much in the centre, and in Fig. 8 an endeavour has been made to improve the composition by placing it at the side and showing the sky over the top. It will perhaps be as well to indicate the sort of subjects the beginner should look for. If the sea is near, let him go down to the beach and he will prob- ably find subjects like Fig. 9 (see Water Colours). The composition is generally very simple, and the same may be said of the tones. An old shanty forms a capital subject, and one not too difficult ; so does an old fence overgrown with weeds ; an old cart or an old tree is found nearly everywhere, and is generally worth doing. The traces of age are not only fine in tone, but they harmonise the object with its surroundings and evoke our sympathy. New things do not do this, being often crude in colour and painfully angular in form ; neither are they endeared to us by association with man in his daily labour. It is sympathy with all that relates to the lives of our fellow men which makes us seek in landscape signs of his presence ; this absent, the beauties of Nature fail in interest. The purple mountain remains to us a purple mountain and no- thing more. The primeval forest may stretch before 20 us for miles, and our only sensation be of infinite monotony ; but the clearing at once arrests our atten- tion, and we view with delight even the primitive attempts of the savage to make for himself an abiding place in the little hut at the foot of some giant of the forest. The signs of man’s life are in some parts of Aus- tralia conspicuous by their absence. The parched land will hardly support the lower animals, much less man, and yet the would-be critic asks why the artist does not seek his subjects in the great “interior.” He would not find them there if he went, and for the above reason. THE SKY. FINAL DRAWING IN TRANSPARENT COLOUR. Having chosen a simple subject, it must be drawn on the canvas with charcoal, taking great care with the composition. In France it is usual when the work is of any importance to carry the drawing further in the following manner ; — Mix a tone of Ivory Black and Burnt Sienna or Lake, and dilute with turpentine ; this tone being perfectly transparent and without any body, may be used as water-colour. Dust off the charcoal, and with the “rigger” outline the principal lines, at the same time correcting the drawing, and indicating the parts in shadow by rubbing on the tone lightly with a hog’s-hair brush. Do not use much turpentine in the shadows ; the brush should be nearly dry. We have then a monotone drawing of the sub- ject, with the light and shade indicated. 3 THE HUNTER RIVER AT SINGLETON, N.S.W. 21 Should the sky be a prominent part of the sub- ject it is well to commence with it, and the sky being the source of light, the utmost care must be taken to preserve its brilliancy. The painter in the open is in- clined to make everything too dark, for the intense open-air light makes his tones seem lighter than they really are, and when seen indoors he is disappointed to find that they are heavy and dark; he should remember this, and at all hazards secure brilliancy. This is particularly necessary in Australia, and for this reason the painter in the open should make but little use of the darker colours. Leaving the blacks and browns for the studio, let him work with the Light Blues, Lemon Yellow, and Madders; for Nature has no use for strong colours, being, so to speak, a kaleidoscope of coloured greys. Should the reader be inclined tO' doubt this, let him look out of the window, and say if there is any- thing black or brown or any hot crude colour there. Surely he will see nothing but subtle tones of various coloured greys, which unite in perfect harmony. For example, the black hull of the ironclad be- comes a bluish-grey, and the newly tarred fence a greyish-purple ; in a word, the clear Australian atmos- phere acts the part of a good fairy, and changes the coarse and common into things of beauty. To secure the effect of light something more is necessary than the employment of light pigments ; for brilliancy is obtained quite as much by good technique, i.e., the method of handling the brush and the placing the tones on the canvas. It is not possible to give definite rules for this, being the result of intuition and 22 experience, but it is certain that the more you rub the paint about the more dead and colourless it will be- come. Mix the tones with the palette knife on the palette, apply them to the canvas with a large flat brush in broad touches; do not rub them together — a slight movement to unite the edges is all that is neces- sary. If after one or two touches you find the tone wrong, scrape it off and make another, though you should not begin to paint before you are reasonably certain of having found the right one ; this done, apply it boldly. The following tones will be found useful in paint- ing skies, but beware of making them too blue ; they are generally of a luminous grey of infinite finesse. Tones for Skies. — Cerulean Blue and Lemon Yel- low, Cobalt and Lemon Yellow, Cobalt and Rose Mad- der or Vermilion, Emerald Green and Cobalt. Grey Clouds, dc. — Cobalt and Vermilion, Cobalt and Rose Madder, Cobalt, Vermilion, and Lemon Yel- low. Dark Clouds, dc. — Cobalt and Vermilion, Cobalt and Light or Indian Red, Ultramarine and Vermilion. Very Dark. — Ultramarine and Rose Madder, Ultramarine with Indian Red. Very Light Clouds. — Lemon Yellow and Rose Madder and plenty of Flake White, Lemon Yellow and Vermilion, Yellow Ochre and Cobalt. Distant Mountains. — The same tones as for the sky, but darker. Smooth Water. — The same as the sky, but a little darker. 23 Flake White must be used freely with all the above. With these the student will be able to render an infinite variety of skies, but he will require something more for success than a mere list of tones — viz., in- telligence. If he have this he will find no difficulty in aoportioning the right amount of colour to each tone, and varying the same according to his needs. It is a thing that cannot be taught by books, expe- rience being the only guide. Let him acquire this by constant practice, and not be deterred by failures, which every good artist has had and profited by. In fact, it is one of the secrets of success, with “an in- finite capacity for taking pains.” In painting skies it should always be remembered that you are painting air, which is impalpable and transparent and not to be rendered by the ordinary flat tone with which you would paint a house. Some- times it is well to allow almost imperceptible particles of pure Lemon Yellow and Rose Madder to remain; these serve to break up the flatness of the tones, and at a distance will not be noticeable, but the effect will be much enriched. This method of the juxtaposition of tones is much practised by the new school, of which Manet, Claude Monet, and Degas are the acknowledged masters. The idea is as follows: — Tones of different colours, but of the same value, placed in juxtaposition and viewed at a little distance, are united without the in- tervention of the brush by the eye alone ; and being nearly pure are much more brilliant than those tor- mented by the brush. 24 Still another school has arisen in Paris — that of the Pointillistes, who place on canvas points of abso- lutely pure colour, trusting- for the effect to the eye of the spectator and that distance which “lends enchant- ment to the view.’’ The student, however, need not concern himself with these theories, although they will show him how great an importance is attached at the present time to the expression in art of air and sunlight. DISTANCE. The distance being seen through a volume of air is more or less of a bluish tone, not a great deal darker than the sky. As the beginner is apt to make it too heavy, thus bringing it too near, let him half close the eyes and analyse it. As he looks it will become finer and finer. This is the crux of the picture, and should the distance be made heavy and dark, all illusion will be destroyed. Analyse well the various tones in Nature, so as to obtain the true value of each, and the distance, however dark it looks at first, will be found one of the finest. The student will understand why the above has been dwelt on when he sees that in making the dis- tance too dark, the trees, etc., against it will have to be too dark, in order to gain relief, the middle distance and foreground forced still more, until he finds he has exhausted his resources, and his study becomes heavy and black — a flat plane altogether wanting in Nature’s finesse and tender harmony. 2 5 The non-observation of values is the cause of all this, and half closing the eyes the cure, with a fixed resolve to get the right tone, and not to be contented with the merely pretty. When the study appears monotonous in tone, and the various planes do not detach themselves, the stu- dent is tempted to darken the darks. This is very dan- gerous, for in nine cases out of ten it is rather the lights that require heightening. The faintest greys acquire prominence when relieved against a lighter tone ; but the beginner prefers to pile on the darks, thinking to acquire force ; instead he becomes coarse. Preserve the light. This is the essential. When we think that this must be done with a few poor earthly pigments, and that with these the light of heaven must be imi- tated, the necessity of this is apparent — also the diffi- culty. At first it would seem insurmountable, but by attending to the values the relative light and shade may be rendered. WATER. The beauty of a landscape is greatly heightened by the introduction of water, which should be painted with the tones of the sky, somewhat lowered. The reflections repeat the objects above them, but they must be broken by horizontal lines indicating ripples, etc., in order to show that the water is a flat surface. It is difficult to get the correct tone of still water, as it often appears colourless until we contrast it with something a little lighter — a floating leaf or twig, for example — when we find that it is darker than we expected. 26 RUNNING STREAMS. When water is ruffled by the breeze i't becomes lighter and greyer in tone, still repeating those of the sky. In brooks and running streams the water is of a yellow tone, or looks so owing to the bottom being formed of rocks or covered with weeds. The irregu- lar forms are got by dexterous handling, the cut brush (see Terms and Processes) being invaluable; the tones by using the transparent colours. THE SEA. In painting the sea we must remember that the light from the sky is reflected on its surface, and that any semblance of solidity or opacity is quite out of place. Sometimes it is made to look as solid and perpendicular as a wall, instead of liquid and thin. The horizon cutting the sky is dark by contrast, but its true value must be ascertained by half closing the eyes, and it will be seen to be a subdued purple-grey. Nearer, the tone is more broken, and the markings of waves should be horizontal ; but do not make them following one another in rows. There is always one larger than the rest ; study this one, making it promi- nent in your picture and subduing the others. Intro- duce if possible the hollow curve of the wave just be- fore it breaks ; this is often transparent and full of colour, generally of a greenish tone, but sometimes nearly pure emerald, at others almost purple. The foam must not be too white (a common fault), but the tone should be laid on thickly, especially in the more prominent parts. The cut brush will here be found THE RIVALS. 27 useful, filled with plenty of Flake White with a little Cobalt and V ermilion. TONES FOR WATER. Reflections take the same colours as the object reflected. Still Water in Shade. — Raw Umber and Flake White (sometimes Cobalt), Raw Sienna and Rose Madder, Burnt Sienna and Cobalt (for greens), Cad- mium and Cobalt. Still Water in Light. — The same tones as the sky ; a little Flake White may be used with these in the lights. The Sea, Horizon. — Cobalt, Rose Madder or Ver- milion; Ultramarine and Vermilion. The Sea, Middle Distance. — Cobalt and Lemon Yellow, Cobalt and Yellow Ochre, Terre Verte. The Sea, Hear the Shore. — Cerulean and Yellow Ochre, Cerulean and Lemon Yellow, Emerald Green. A little Flake White in most of the above. Foam. — Flake White (high lights), Cobalt and Lemon Yellow, Cobalt and Vermilion, Yellow Ochre. Flake White must be used freely with the above. SAND AND ROCKS. The colour of sand is very subtle and varies greatly, as it is acted upon by clouds and reflects the light of the sky. In a large expanse, in consequence of all being so brilliantly light, it is difficult to express the distance. Analyse it well and compare it with that nearer, and it will be found a shade darker, to be rendered with a trifle more blue and vermilion. The 28 wet sand sometimes gives exquisite reflections, but they must be rendered very delicately, or they will attract too much attention. In some parts of Australia rocks form a feature of the bush, and they are welcome to the artist, as their fine grey tones and irregular forms give relief to the green of the trees. Though not covered with the rich mosses and lichen of damper climates, their lovely tones, graduating from pale yellow to deep red, give to the bush a character of its own. Near the sea their forms are more rounded, but they are otherwise much the same. In painting, the ensemble should be ren- dered, and all markings added afterwards. Here are a few tones which will be found useful : — Light Rocks . — Cobalt and Yellow Ochre, Cobalt and Raw Umber, Cobalt and Vermilion or Light Red, Rose Madder and Cobalt, Lake and Cobalt or French Blue. Dark Rocks . — Burnt Sienna and Ivory Black, Ivory Black and Lake, French Blue, Cadmium and Lake. Flake White to be used with all. For Sand . — Yellow Ochre and Flake White, Yel- low Ochre, Vermilion and Flake White, Orange Cad- mium and Flake White, Cobalt, Vermilion and Flake White. THE GROUND. The ground varies SO' much in different localities that it is difficult to give any advice on the subject, except that it must be kept light in tone. When we remember that the light of the sky falls on it every- 29 where, and is reflected by every blade of grass and glossy leaf, the reason for this is seen. In painting grass, it, of course, should not be rendered too green, as it will be found generally much finer than was thought. Reddish tones will be visible, being the complementary, but often they may be accounted for in the fallen leaves, dead blades of grass, or the colour of the earth. Let the reddish tones remain on the can- vas distinct from the green ; the eye will assimilate them ; whereas if you mixed all together with the brush, the result would be dirty, instead of pure and crisp. Patches of earth showing through the grass in places break the monotony, but they must harmon- ise with the green and be of the same value. Ver- milion, Yellow Ochre, and White will be found useful here. In roads or paths, Raw Umber and Yellow Ochre and Flake White may be employed. The traces of wheels or ruts should not be made out too much, or they will look like tramway lines. The eye, it must be remembered, generally looks over them to the landscape beyond. Bushes and shrubs for the same reason should be generalised, and an open space kept in the middle of the picture, so that the eye may enter, as explained in the Choice of Subject. TREES. The characteristics of Australian trees have been touched upon in the introduction, so, though sorely tempted, we will not dilate further on their grace and beauty. These very qualities make it very difficult to adequately render them on canvas. As has been said of the sky, something more is necessary to do 30 this than a list of tones. The student must enter into the spirit of the landscape, feel a keen delight in the twisting and turning branches, and the play of light through the feathery foliage. If he have this feeling he need not despair, for the hand, however inex- perienced, will find a way of expressing it. The right tone and the right touch — which is equally important — will be found in time, but this consummation so devoutly to be wished for must be accelerated by con- stant practice. In painting light foliage, such as the eucalyptus, the brush should be held lightly and given free play. It is just as well to have for this purpose one or two that have been cut (see Terms and Processes). The branches, whose long and slender curves re- quire sympathetic treatment, may be rendered as follows. Mix two tones : one of White and Raw Umber and perhaps a little Blue, the other Black and Burnt Sienna. Dip the “rigger” in turpentine, and charge one side with the light tone and the other with the dark. Holding the brush in the middle with a free movement, draw the branches. In this way the light and shade will be produced at one operation, and with the decision so absolutely necessary. Of course the light side will be uppermost. The “rigger” is also useful for the fine branches seen darkly against the sky, some of them mere threads. A tone of Black or Burnt Sienna or Lake, with plenty of turpentine, will render all varieties, and being transparent and without body, may be manipu- lated with ease, and removed or half effaced with a rag, thus making various greys. ENTRANCE TO SYDNEY HARBOUR. 31 The masses must not be treated in too solid a manner. Greys must be introduced sometimes, con- sisting- of patches of sky, which when seen through intervening foliage are more or less dark. Also tones of reddish or bluish-purple; these vary the monotony, and help to give the effect of distance. Towards the horizon, and in certain effects of sunlight, these pur- plish-greys are very apparent, especially in Australia, where the intense light, flooding everything with yel- low, causes purple, its complementary colour, to appear. This is not so apparent when looking at Nature inartistically — i.e., with the eyes wide open ; but let the student half close them and analyse the tones, and it will be easily discernible. Some artists carry this idea too far, and their pictures seem to be composed of Cadmium Yellow and Purple, ignoring entirely all the neutral tones and delicate greys. They seem so elated at realising that these colours are part of Nature’s scheme of colouration, that they become blind to the more modest and useful tones. It may be taken as an axiom that nothing should appear in a picture that cannot be seen in Nature. The student must bear this in mind, and refrain from introducing tones he cannot see; but he must not conclude from this that they do not exist. Nature does not reveal her secrets to the tyro before his undergoing a long apprenticeship and much preparation. The true artist has undergone this and sees more things on earth and sky than the student ; and of course infinitely more than the ordinary man, who may be said to have eyes and yet see not. 32 TRUE TECHNIQUE. A modest attitude is the most fitting for the student. Let him assume it if he have it not, and re- frain from tricks of technique, or imitations of fads of the moment, intended to show his own cleverness. The finest technique is that which is unobservable, and when our attention is called to marks of the palette knife or square brush, it only destroys any illusion as to the truth to Nature of the scene. If they are in- tended to captivate the public they are indeed out of place, being quite “caviare to the general.” It must not be supposed from the above that tech- nique is condemned ; it is only the abuse of it, or when it takes the place of truth to Nature. In painting trees it is especially useful. By a certain movement of the brush the characteristics of the various trees and their foliage are obtained. Where this is loose and irregu- lar, the cut brush and the “rigger” will be invaluable. If the mass is too heavy, it may be advisable to intro- duce a light branch or two, or perhaps a slender trunk, and be careful not to render the foliage as a flat, solid mass. The light and air penetrates between the leaves, and is expressed by bluish tones painted in with the local colour. Remember to get the value of the trees, i.e., the place they occupy, whether near or far, and beware of making them too heavy and dark. TERMS AND PROCESSES. VALUES. Values is a term often employed at the present time, as insistence on the true rendering of values is one of the laws of the new school. It means the exact 33 amount of light and shade, either in Nature or paint- ing, and is quite distinct from tone, with which it is often confounded. Tones may be very beautiful in themselves, but all wrong in value, i,e., out of place. In painting, for instance, they may destroy the repose of a shadow by being too bright. True values make for exact truth to Nature as seen with half-closed eyes. There is one highest light and one deepest dark and their intermediate tones, all unnecessary details being lost. False values are very noticeable in certain pic- tures of the English school, where the composition or subject is everything and the chiaroscuro utterly ne- glected. There is no repose for the eye, and insignifi- cant details attract attention to every corner. This is more or less so in Sir Edward Poynter’s large picture, “The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba,” in the National Gallery of N.S.W. It has no doubt great qualities of learning and arrangement, but it is utterly wanting in effect ; the eye wanders wearily over its surface, but finds no- satisfaction ; everything is painted up to the same monotonous level, and one wonders how the eye, that should be occupied with Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, sees so well the bunch of grapes in the extreme right-hand corner, or the capitals of the pillars near the roof. In contrast with this, the picture by Sall& in the same gallery, called “The Anatomy Lesson,” is a wonderful study of values. All the details are there, but subordinated to the effect. TONE. Tone is composed of two or more colours united. A cold tone is when the cooler colours, such as white 34 and blue, predominate ; a warm one in which the reds or yellows assert themselves. A high tone when the bright colours predominate, and a low when the more sober ones are in the majority. Thus, in a low-toned picture, even the highest light is subdued, and the rest in harmony; in fact, the effect of evening or a dark cloudy day. When it is remembered that time — and a very short space of it — darkens all pictures, the neces- sity of striking a high key-note is apparent. TECHNIQUE. Technique is a term much heard nowadays, and may be said to be the obtaining of truthful effect by the dexterous use of the materials ; in other words, by knowing exactly what to do and doing it quickly. As it is usually acquired by experience, and rarely by in- tuition, the student should not trouble himself about it. Let him see that his tones are true to Nature, and he will acquire it in due time. Nothing is more absurd than the brush marks and palette knife scratches some- times seen on beginners’ work, in imitation of some- body else. Technique, like style, is a personal quality, and each must invent it for himself. BREADTH. Breadth means the combination of large masses of light and shade, which must not be broken up by the introduction of obtrusive detail. If due attention is paid to the values, breadth will be secured. TO MAKE A CUT BRUSH. With a penknife, cut half through the bristles close to the tin, this renders those that remain 35 very flexible, and they should be nearly an inch long. Brushes cut in this manner are very useful for the light foliage on the outside of the mass. They may be thickly filled with paint when putting on high lights, or with nearly transparent colour for the shade tones. A slight touch or scumble is all that is necessary, and if the sky is already dry the operation is facilitated. GLAZING. Glazing is the painting over a solid colour when quite dry with a transparent one; but it is little used at present, and should not be attempted by the student. SCUMBLING. Scumbling is sometimes used to modify effects by rendering them cooler or greyer, and is practised by charging a thin brush with a whitish-grey tone, and dragging on lightly over the tone beneath, which must be dry. FINESSE OF TONE. All great art is delicate art, and all coarse art is bad art, as Ruskin puts it. Greatness in art depends upon its truth, which is obtained by delicate handling and finesse of tone. Coarseness is fatal to good paint- ing, but it must be estimated by the distance from the eye ; sometimes touches which seem coarse when seen near are more delicate than the closest handling. A stroke by Turner, done in an instant, and looking to the uninitiated a mere violent dash of colour, is really modulated with such delicacy that no single grain of 36 colour could be taken from it without injury. Culti- vate this feeling for finesse; take care of the fine tones — the coarser will take care of themselves. Boldness is a good thing, but sometimes “fools step in where angels fear to tread,” and the boldness of a mas- ter based on knowledge is very different to that of the student based on ignorance. EXECUTION. Execution means the mechanical use of the means of art to produce a truthful effect, and may be said to be synonymous with technique. To acquire good execution one must acquire accurate knowledge, and the result will be fineness and precision of touch. With this will come many other qualities, such as simplicity, for the more unpretending the means the more impres- sive the effect ; mystery, for Nature is often inexplic- able; and velocity, for, other things being equal, a quick touch is better than a slow one, and will possess more of the qualities of Nature — gradation, certainty, and variety. LOCAL COLOUR. Local colour is the natural colour of objects. The artist, of course, sees them under various effects of light and shade, but the uninitiated think of an object as of one colour only. The truth is that, like the chameleon, it changes continually according to the light, and is rarely the same. FINISH. This quality is much in demand by the ignorant in art, and with them is a mere question of patience and sand-paper — a polishing process where all truth 37 and originality is lost. The master finishes without effort, by the perfection of his work, due to profound knowledge ; but the work of the student, not having the knowledge, is imperfect, even as t'he uneducated man may discover great truths, but be unable to clothe them in graceful language, and the truths be none the less valuable. A determination to arrive at the truth will produce all the finish that is necessary. Beware of the polishing process ; by employing it you stand in danger of spoiling anything good in your work. COLOURIST. Colour is the most precious property of the painter. Every other gift may be cultivated, but this cannot be learned, being intuitive. If a man can colour he is a painter, though he may be unable to do anything else ; but this is nearly impossible, as a sense of colour carries with it power over form. The artist who gives all the bloom and transparency of a bunch of grapes in lovely colour paints it better than he who only dwells on their rounded forms. Colour is meant for the comfort and delight of the human heart ; all completely organised men enjoy it, and it is richly be- stow r ed on the highest works of creation, as rainbows, sunsets, roses, violets, butterflies, and birds. FEELING. Feeling is shown in the spirit in which a work is wrought. It cannot be learnt, but, like colour, is in- tuitive, and is the manifestation of the better part of ourselves. A simple picture of roadside weeds and stones by a master possessing this quality is greater 38 than the immense canvas of a meaner mind, though the latter may be an historic subject, elaborated with the utmost care. HARMONY. The chord of colour appointed in the Tabernacle, as we learn from Scripture, was blue, purple, scarlet, with white and gold. This chord has been the fixed basis of all colouring with great artists. In a colour harmony the slightest alteration of any one hue is fatal to the whole. In the works of Nature is perfect har- mony: it is only when man’s work is seen in conjunc- tion with it that discord arises. A newly-tiled roof or a newly-painted fence will destroy the harmony of the most beautiful scene. The study of values in this con- nection will greatly help the student, it being founded on absolute truth to Nature, which is never wrong. CHIARA-OSCURO. Chiara-oscuro is often wrongly translated as light and shade. It really means light in shade, and is the art of representing light in shadow and shadow in light, so that objects in shadow have the clearness of those in light, and the latter the depth and softness of those in shadow. The skilful treatment of chiara-oscuro is extremely difficult, but essential to the proper ren- dering of scenes from Nature. Mere form is not sufficient, nor colour alone; but all must be combined to form a harmonious whole. The study of values with the artistic vision will in this connection be invaluable. DETAIL. The rapid and powerful artist looks with contempt on those who see minutiae of detail, rather than breadth 39 of expression. He has had so frequently to blot this same detail from the encumbered canvas of the student that he looks upon it as synonymous with weakness ; and so it is when obtrusive and unreferred to the final purpose ; but in its place, and contributing to this, very necessary, and the sign of complete work. THE ARTISTIC VISION. A phrase invented to describe the act of looking at a landscape with half-closed eyes. Nature seen in this way reveals itself freed from obtrusive detail ; the true value of the tones are manifest, and the artist has only to transfer them faithfully to the canvas. Landscape Painting in Water Colours, PRELIMINARY STUDIES. EXERCISES ON PLAIN WASHES. The reference to the necessity for preliminary studies made in the previous portion of this work applies equally to water-colour painting; in fact, good drawing and composition make for excellence in this medium more than in oil, as a picture in water-colours badly composed cannot become a work of art by rely- ing on manipulation. Continuous work with the pen- cil and sketch-book is necessary, selecting the form most suitable to the subject, either the square, hori- zontal, or perpendicular. In making the outlines for a water-colour, the lines must be sharp and clean and not too dark, or they will show through the washes. An F.or H.B. pencil is generally used, and no unneces- sary lines must be made. Towards the foreground the lines should be sharper and bolder, or they will not be seen through the darker washes generally found there. The student has, it must be supposed, some little ex- 4i perience in using the materials, even if it is only in copying coloured prints. He should certainly know how to lay on a flat or graduated wash ; if not, the fol- lowing practice will be useful : — In a small saucer mix with plenty of water a tone of transparent colour — Prussian blue will do ; then draw on paper, squares to form a chess board ; fill a large brush with the liquid, and draw it along the top of the left-hand corner square until about half of it is covered ; then replenish the brush and continue it down to the bottom, keeping within the limits, and do the same with every alternate square. This is for practice in keeping a flat wash within certain limits. At first you will be apt to trans- gress them, but two or three attempts should enable you to make them cleanly, with the washes perfectly flat. The colour will be apt to settle darker at the bot- tom, but you can correct this by reversing the board and repeating the washes. Two inches should be about the size of each square, and you can get more practice by drawing on the middle of the darkened squares small figures of flowers, stars, or letters ; these of course will be a tone darker than the ground, and may be rendered for variety as follows : — Draw the form with pencil, and with a brushful of clean water cover it ; then with the point of a brush dipped in a dark tone spot into it in several places, playing it ac- cording to the form, and when dry it will be perfectly flat. You may also try a flat wash of atom a toot square as follows : — Mix the tone in a saucer ; then fill a large brush and quickly run it along the top, drawing it down about half an inch ; then replenish the brush and connect, drawing it down another half inch, 42 repeating the operation till the end of the paper, be- ginning always at the right hand, and taking the same quantity of water each time. This operation must be performed with quickness and plenty of water, or the paint will dry in ridges. GRADUATED TONES. A graduated tone may be made as follows : — Draw with the pencil two lines about two inches apart, and say a foot long ; begin at the top with a pretty dark tone, carry it down about an inch, take a drop of water on the point of the brush, mix it with the tone and continue for another inch, re- peating the operation till the end ; taking exactly the same amount of water each time, and mixing it with the tone in the saucer; each inch will be a little lighter than the preceding, but if well done you will not per- ceive where the difference begins. At the finish the tone must be continued with clean water, and if the gradation is very extended it will be necessary tO' have two columns. These exercises will prepare the student for operations in the field, though he must not hope to succeed so well, as there all the conveniences will be absent. The light is very trying, and of course there is no sloping desk; but these are the conditions of sketching in the open, and he must make the best of them. If he can get a view from a window, or even in a garden, he will find it easier for a commencement. Before going to the open, practise the tones and com- binations given in this work ; make a chess board of them, and write the ingredients underneath each square. Some critics will tell you, no doubt, that these 43 tones are not right, and that others are better. The author, though well aware that the same effects may be produced by quite other means, has practised these, and can recommend them, until the student has dis- covered a system for himself. He will have much to discover for himself besides, and will find that though the world is full of beauty it must be looked for, and is not all contained in a Greek statue or a blue mountain, but may be found in a heap of rubbish or a side of mutton in a butcher’s shop. This may not sound poetical, but the modem poet seldom gets his inspira- tion from Nature — he prefers to read other poets ; the artist, on the contrary, gets his direct. BAD PICTURES. The student who has studied Nature earnestly for a few months understands and speaks a language the superior person who lectures him has never heard. But this consciousness of knowledge should cause him to take his art seriously and set himself a high standard. To show his imma- ture attempts would only be an exhibition of vanity, and bad work is bad, not only for the artist, but for all who see it. This should be taken note of by Aus- tralians, for one sees in their houses, amidst the grand- est furniture, awful daubs of pictures. Oh for a man to tell them the truth of the matter, as was done by a professor of art at Liverpool. The professor being invited to luncheon at the house of a merchant prince, was placed at table directly opposite a dreadful picture of the cheap auction school. He immediately covered his eyes with his hand, crying out at the top of his 44 voice, “Take it away! Oh, take it away before it makes me ill!’’ “Take what away, my dear sir?” cried his host in alarm ; “is it any of the dishes?” “No, no !” cried the professor ; “it is that horror on the wall,” pointing to the picture. “I cannot eat till it is re- moved.” The merchant tried to justify its presence by stating the price, but this did not mend matters, and the professor carried his point, the picture being re- moved in disgrace. MATERIALS USED IN PAINTING IN WATER- The colours most used are those in earthen- ware pans, and as there are thirty or forty to choose from it is obvious that a selection must be made. The following will be found most useful for landscape : — COLOURS. Burnt Sienna Brown Madder Prussian Blue Lemon Yellow Yellow Ochre Cadmium Rose Madder Ivory Black Vermilion Light Red Emerald Green Cobalt Cerulean French Ult. Blue Indian Yellow Aureolin Chinese White (in bottle) THE BOX. These had better be contained in the ordinary japanned iron paint box, with a depression in the lid for mixing the tones. 45 BRUSHES. LARGE BRUSHES TO BE USED. The brushes made of brown sable are the most useful, with black handles and white metal ferrules ; but they should not be kept in the box, as they are too long without cutting, and this must not be done. Nos. i, 4, 6, 8, or 9 may be purchased ; also a large flat brush of camel’s-hair, about an inch broad, for flat tones. The smaller brushes are seldom used, as the finest work may be done with a large brush (No. 9, for instance), the point being as fine as the smallest, and the large quantity of liquid it contains making, for freedom of working. The washes should be as fluid as the requi- site attention to the drawing will allow, in order that the interstices of the paper be filled and breadth of tone obtained. In colouring, the student must pay great attention to the form of the washes, leaving no un- meaning blots ; every tone should have a decided in- tention, calculated to render the form of the object. PROCESSES, ETC., USED IN WATER- COLOURS. Contrary to the general opinion, changes may be made in water-colour as easily as in oil painting; but the student should not trust to this, but try and obtain his effect in a direct manner. He should not, however,' in a fit of disappointment destroy his drawing on the spot. If he has earnestly endeavoured to set down the truth of Nature, however imperfectly, something valu- able will remain. His first attempts will be, of course, slight sketches of one sitting, but as he advances he 46 may require to make alterations. In this connection the details of the necessary processes have been set forth; they should, however, be used with great cau- tion, as if apparent, they destroy all illusion, and impart a muddled and made-up appearance to the drawing, destroying that spontaneity and freshness which ought to be characteristic of water-colour. Unfortunately the student is apt to set greater store by these “dodges” and makeshifts than by the fundamental principles. Alterations are seldom required if the subject be chosen with attention to the requirements of the me- dium. This demands breadth of treatment, with plenty of air and light, produced by broad flat tones such as would be used in depicting a large expanse of open country bounded by distance. When the view is shut in by near trees or rocks, and the foreground close at hand, full of detail, it is more adapted to the heavier medium of oil. In a word, when the interest of the subject consists in light and atmosphere, use water; when in thoroughness of construction, strength, and absolute truth of tone, use oil. For this reason it is perhaps advisable that the student have some know- ledge of oil-painting. THE PAPER. The paper should be selected with great care ; that generally used — Whatman’s Imperial medium rough — is very good, but the best paper in the market is the O.W., which is a paper manufactured specially for an association of the first water-colour artists. It bears their stamp and watermark, and no paper that has failed to pass the society’s analyst can be thus stamped. 47 It was first introduced in Australia by Messrs. W. C. Penfold & Co., 183 Pitt Street, Sydney. It may be had in three surfaces, but perhaps the middle one is the best, for if paper be too smooth the result is a dulness and flatness very disagreeable ; if too rough the effect be- comes coarse, and it is impossible to execute the de- tails with the necessary precision. Blocks — i.e., several sheets of paper pressed and forming a solid pad, may be used, and are very useful out of doors, but the paper is not always to be relied on, so it will be well to stretch yours as follows : — TO STRETCH PAPER. Place the paper on a drawing-board with the face upwards — i.e., the side on which the maker’s name can be read from left to right on being held to the light ; make a pencil mark on it so as to be sure, then wet the paper with a flat camel’s-hair brush or soft sponge, or it can be placed under the tap ; roll it in a damp cloth, and let it remain for a few minutes to dry. A corner of the paper bent down will tell if this is sufficiently accomplished; if the bent corner, having preserved its elasticity, does not spring back, the paper has probably imbibed sufficient mois- ture. Care must be taken not to rub or scrape the surface, or when the colour is laid on the damaged part it will become a dark blot. The paper being still damp may be stretched in the mahogany frame or on a com- mon drawing-board, when the edges must be turned under and fastened to the back ; some use glue, but a dozen or two cheap drawing pins will answer the pur- pose. When dry, it will be found, if these instructions 48 are followed, perfectly flat. Another way is to mount the paper on a thick straw-board ; but it is an awkward operation to manage, and the paste or glue seems to have a bad influence over the colour. TO MAKE CORRECTIONS. LIGHTS. Effacing is generally practised when too great decision of tone is to be corrected. Lights may be made by this means, or merely half lights. The method is as follows : — Wet the tint where the light is required, then apply a piece of blotting-paper to absorb the superfluous moisture ; this removed, rub with bread- crumbs. For some lights a leather or handkerchief may be used as follows : — With the brush wet the part to be acted upon, then firmly press the handkerchief to it, hold a moment, and rub hard from left to right. The finest lines, such as branches, etc., may be made in this way, but sometimes they will have to be tinted if too much colour has been removed. Of course the tones must be perfectly dry before attempting this, or ugly smears will be the result. Lights may be taken out by means of the eraser or a sharp penknife, but it is not easy to accomplish, and is generally too apparent ; this is a great fault, as an illusion destroyed is not forgiven. Chinese White is useful for corrections, laid on some- what solidly and when dry tinted to the required tone, but it must be done with great taste, or the artifice will be seen. The spectator should not see how the effect is produced and Chinese White being apt to betray its presence, must be used sparingly or not at all. 49 Should it be necessary to entirely remove the colour and recover the white paper, a soft sponge filled with water may be used. To protect the adjacent parts from injury it is usual to employ it as follows : — In a piece of cardboard cut a hole the size of the required light, place it in position, and on it the sponge, which, with a quick movement, work from left to right. If the paper remains still slightly soiled, it may be covered with Chinese White diluted with water ; on this surface, when quite dry, the colour will work as easily as on clean paper. To give the effect of distance, etc., the tones are sometimes rubbed with ink eraser; this removes the colour from the highest parts of the surface, leaving it untouched in the recesses. It is not advisable to use it on very rough paper, which, however, should not be used by the novice, as it is most difficult to manage. Plenty of water should always be employed ; otherwise the tone will appear dry and smeary. This is a quality which may be made use of in straggling foliage, broken clouds or water, and rocks. In fact, the water-colour painter must be full of resource and invention, ready to take advantage of accidents and even faults, into which, in consequence of the instability of the medium, he is bound to fall. The great difference between water and oil colour is that the former is followed, the latter commanded ; consequently more absolute truth is to be obtained in the latter, and more of the joyousness and freedom of Nature in the former. PAINTING FROM NATURE. This portion of the book will occupy far less space than that devoted to painting in oil ; not that the me- 50 dium is inferior or easier to work, but because the principles are the same in both cases. Truth to- Nature must be our aim in either — the only difference the medium used. In water-colour we seldom obtain our results by direct painting; they are only to be got by repeated washings, and time must be allowed for each to dry before applying the other, which makes the operation somewhat tedious. This medium, however, is very suited to the Australian scenery by its trans- parency and the white surface of the paper, which make for light and air. In oil painting the light has to be made — in water to be preserved. This renders it ex- tremely easy to spoil a drawing, as the light once lost over a large surface is seldom regained. Small lights may be, by taking out or applying Chinese White, but a sky made too dark is spoilt, and had better be aban- doned. For this reason it is necessary to proceed with great caution, making each wash only a little darker than the preceding one. Of course, washing down with clean water will lighten tones, but this has many dis- advantages, though it may be often practised in the studio. In the open the effect should be obtained at once, or with as few washes as possible, for the follow- ing reasons : — The limited time for sketching at our disposal makes it necessary to economise it to the ut- most ; also each wash requires time to dry, and in damp weather will not do so. Make it a point, then, to keep the tones light ; they may be rendered darker at the finish if necessary, but light once gone is not to be re- covered. THE SKY. The paper is often prepared to receive the blue tone of the sky by a wash of Aureolin, sometimes mixed WHERE THE TIDES EBB AND FLOW, 5i with Rose Madder. This is to counteract the coldness of the blue. As before pointed out, too many washes in the open are out of place, and the same effect, or one perhaps better, may be obtained by washing on the blue tone with plenty of water, and while this is still wet “spotting” it with two brushes, one containing Rose Madder, the other Aureolin. The colours thus “spotted” on will mix more or less with the blue, which must be pretty wet, and the additional colours must be put on with a fine-pointed brush. The opera- tion requires dexterity, and of course is only suited to a bright sunny effect, but when successfully accom- plished gives a depth and finesse of tone which a flat wash of blue does not possess. Beginners, however, should not trouble about these processes, for they will find plain washes quite difficult enough to manage. CLOUDS. Clouds are produced generally by leaving vacant spaces in the general wash and afterwards tinting them. Light clouds will require very little work. Cover the space left with water ; then dip the point of a brush into a light grey tone (Cobalt, Vermilion, and sometimes Lemon Yellow) and spot it into the plain water about the middle of the cloud ; then a darker tone, and some- times it is necessary to take up the moisture at the bot- tom of the cloud with a dry brush. This will answer for small drawings, but large ones require that the grey and dark tones should be washed in. Plenty of water is necessary as a rule, but light scattered clouds may be rendered by a sideward movement with a somewhat dry brush. Do not try to make too many clouds, but select one or two and try and get the shape. 52 Cobalt and French Blue are the most useful blues, both washing well. Other blues are apt to sink into the paper; with Cobalt nearly every sky can be ren- dered ' SKIES AND CLOUDS. Grey Skies . — Cobalt, Vermilion, and Lemon Yel- low; Cobalt and Water. Daylight Shies. — Cobalt ; Cobalt and Rose Mad- der; Cobalt and Lemon Yellow; Cobalt and Aureolin ; Cobalt and Lemon Yellow and Vermilion; Cerulean, with the above instead of Cobalt. Sunset. — Cobalt and Rose Madder ; Cobalt and Light Red ; Cadmium and Rose Madder ; Cobalt and Yellow Ochre. Clouds, Light. — Cobalt, Vermilion, or Light Red; Cobalt, Vermilion, and Lemon Yellow. Darker Clouds . — Light Red, Rose Madder and Cobalt; French Blue and Rose Madder; French Blue, Light Red, and Yellow Ochre; French Blue and Brown Madder. Silvery Tones. — Yellow Ochre and Rose Madder; Light Red and Cobalt ; Lamp Black, Light Red, and Cobalt. Sunset Clouds. — Cadmium Y ellow ; Y ellow Ochre ; Indian Yellow and Rose Madder. Slate Colour . — Cobalt and Indian Red. Neutral Green . — French Blue and Yellow Ochre; Cobalt and Lemon Yellow. The student should make himself acquainted with the above, as a knowledge of the tones will be gained, and his memory stocked with that which will be found useful. Water is the principal ingredient in grey tones. S3 As a rule it is better to begin with the predominat- ing colour when mixing the tints, and to add the others to it. For evening skies the first tones should be bril- liant ; they may be subdued by passing slightly darker tones over them. DISTANCE. It should be remembered that strength is not obtained by strong colours, but is produced by con- trast. Lemon yellow is a fine colour, but placed beside warm green or red it has no effect ; but surrounded with purple or blue becomes very brilliant. There are few warm tints in the extreme distance, therefore blue should predominate. This makes for atmosphere, and when a picture is found wanting in this quality, it may generally be ascribed to the absence of greys of a bluish tone. Transparency, or that quality of being seen through or into, must be main- tained at all costs ; and is effected by keeping the colour pure and liquid, and laying on thin washes of a deter- mined character. The forms of the washes should not be lost, and each one should be smaller than the pre- ceding. By putting on the tones at once at their full strength, and washing down, we should obtain a result of opacity and heaviness. As we approach nearer, colours such as Yellow Ochre, Cobalt, and Rose Mad- der may be employed with effect, as they are always light, even at their greatest intensity, and can be painted into when wet, which they remain some time. Small lights on trees, etc., should not be noticed at this stage, but may be arranged afterwards by one of the processes indicated, the darks will then be added, the important thing at present being to get the values correctly. 54 Half close the eyes and observe the infinitely delicate bluish tones of the distance ; then the slightly firmer ones of the nearer distance, and the trees or other ob- jects blending in the general tone ; then comes the middle distance, which is probably the subject of the picture, firmer and darker, but still appearing a long way off. Try and keep all these gradations, not by hard lines, but by finesse of tone. TREES AND FOLIAGE. In this part of the picture the character of the foliage will command attention. The peculiarities of each tree must be studied ; not so much the leaf as the outward form of the mass, with the branches. Trees are painted in various ways, according to the inspira- tion of the moment ; sometimes the local colour is given, the shadow tone laid, and we have the light and shade ; the markings are then placed and the high lights made, the outside forms extended loosely, and the branches rendered, sometimes by taking out. The drawing of the trunks and branches demands great care ; they must appear to pass behind the foliage and we should be able to trace them through all the intri- cate leafage. Another method of treating foliage is that of working the colour thickly, and painting into and finishing when wet. The colours used must possess a certain degree of opacity and turbidness, such as Indian Yellow — which gives most of the opacity — Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Cobalt, French Blue, etc. Do not make the shadows too solid, and remember to look for the blue or purple tones caused by the sun. The brush i THE LAST GLEAM, 4 55 must be used sideways, and handled somewhat loosely, leaving here and there little angular openings of pure white ; these serve to introduce air, and they can be tinted afterwards. The point of the brush charged with pure colour must be used to give depth to the deepest shadows. To paint trees well they must be loved and felt — from the strong grey trunk to the branches spreading out from the parent stem, bearing feathery masses of foliage. Foliage . — Emerald Green and Lemon Yellow; Aureolin and Cobalt ; Yellow Ochre and Cobalt; Aure- olin and Prussian Blue; Indian Yellow and French Blue; Indian Yellow and Prussian Blue; Brown Pink and Prussian Blue ; Burnt Sienna and Prussian Blue ; Burnt Sienna, Madder Lake and Blue. Trunks and Branches . — Brown Madder and Co- balt; Cobalt and Light Red; Cobalt and Vermilion; Burnt Sienna and Ivory Black. The above tones will be found useful, but it is im- possible to say which tones are to be applied without seeing the landscape. The student should make a table of those tones and keep it by him for reference. The lighter ones are generally placed first, but all de- pends on the quantity of water used. Practice is the only way to acquire this or any other knowledge. You will at first spoil much paper, even as the young child beginning to speak makes nothing but mistakes. He, however, does not stop for that, but continues to make them, and acquires the art of speaking in due time. Do not hesitate too much. Delicacy is a great thing, but it may be purchased too dearly. Dare some- times ; it will do yoii good. If your work is spoiled, it S6 will at least teach you how not to do it. Get up every now and then and take a look round ; a fresh eye is the best master, for if you gaze too long at one thing the eye loses its power. THE GROUND, BUILDINGS, ETC. As has been said before, the ground must be kept light. Analyse it, and you will see that it is one of the lightest tones in the landscape ; this is accounted for by its nature, also' by the way it reflects the light of the sky. If grass is the principal constituent, broad washes of Aureolin, and a little blue will render it. The bushes and herbage will be probably darker, so make a diffe- rence between them and the flat ground. In roads the washes should be clear and flat; the inequalities, ruts and stones must not be made too much of; they are but details in a whole. Deep shadows should be ren- dered by two or three washes, not by one dark tone. Buildings are very welcome in the landscape — of course at some distance. They give value to the green, and they are an excuse for introducing the cool greys which balance the warm tones. As they are generally light in colour, the darker tones must be laid round them, leaving their shape white, to be afterwards tinted. The following tones may be used : — Ground . — Aureolin and Vermilion (in washes); Yellow Ochre; Emerald Green; Yellow Ochre; Burnt Sienna (for dead leaves) ; Cobalt and Aureolin. Herbage . — Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna ; Prus- sian Blue and Indian Yellow. 57 Roods . — Yellow Ochre; Yellow Ochre and Light Red; Yellow Ochre, Light Red, and Cobalt Raw Umber. Stones and Buildings . — Yellow Ochre; Yellow Ochre and Vermilion; the same with Cobalt; Raw Umber. Use plenty of water with the above. WATER. The observations made relating to water in that part of the work devoted to oil painting should be studied, as the principles are the same, and the follow- ing table of tones will enable you to render them in the lighter medium. As has been said before, water gene- rally repeats the tones above it; in calm water this is easily verified, and even when it is rough the sky makes its influence felt, for if the sun is shining and the sky blue, this is repeated in the rough water by light ; but should it be grey, the reflection will be darker. The sea on the Australian coasts, being generally lit up by a brilliant sun, is remarkable for the variety of its tones. Green and purple patches near the shore are mixed with opaline tones of grey. The hollows of the curling waves show transparently, varying from emerald green to purple. The soft, creamy white foam is reflected on the wet sand, which is a shade darker than the dry, spreading before us light and brilliant. In the middle distance a dull green may be the prevalent tone, losing itself in the soft purple of the horizon. As such scenes are very attractive to the sketcher, and may be easily reached, the details of colouring suited to such a pic- ture are given, with a rough sketch (see Fig. 9). 58 TO PAINT A LANDSCAPE IN SUNLIGHT. Wash on the blue for the sky (see Skies), bringing it below the horizon, but not as far as the waves in the foreground. Whilst it is drying, any patches of green or purple may be done — the Green with Cerulean and Lemon Yellow or Aureolin, the purple with Rose Mad- der and Cobalt ; a touch of Emerald Green also may be used sometimes. The sky being dry, commence the horizon with a tone of Cobalt and Rose Madder, not too dark ; bring it down a little and lighten with water, Fig. 9. adding green tones of Cobalt and Yellow Ochre; lighten as it approaches the front, carrying it over the patches of purple and green already made, stopping of course at the foam, which must have decided form. The hollow of the wave being somewhat transparent, Cobalt and Lemon Yellow or Emerald Green will be useful; keep it light, and try for it with a quick movement of the brush. At the darkest part touch on with a point of a brush dark green and purple (Madder Lake and 59 Blue). The foam must be left light until the last ; then indicate the shadows — which require attention to be seen, as they are very delicate — with water coloured with a little Cobalt and Vermilion or Rose Madder-. Tone down the whites of the wave left in the distance. In the water between the breaking wave and the shore leave plenty of white paper for the delicate tones, and work with a somewhat dry brush. Any rocks may be indicated with Cobalt and Vermilion, or Brown Mad- der, but keep them grey, even when they appear dark, as this can always be added. The brilliant sand may be made with Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna, but Chinese White mixed with Orange Cadmium will produce the best effect. For the wet sand near the water, which is darker, a tone of Raw Sienna or Brown Madder may be used. Cliffs or hills in the distance must be made to appear a long way off; do not exaggerate their height, and see that they are washed in with quiet tones, like Yellow Ochre, Cobalt, Brown Madder, or Light Red. If the general tone is not deep enough, go over again with the same, but beware of making sea or sky too dark, as it is a fatal fault. Remember that the great expanse of sea is flat, and extends for miles reflecting all the light of the sky, and that though it may sometimes appear dark it cannot be so. Every now and then a wave breaks which is more conspicuous than the rest; select that one and subdue the others. The white wings of sea- gulls are appropriate objects, and may be made by taking out and retouching with Chinese White. A steamer may be indicated on the horizon — of course, a mere dot; do not make it distinct. The smoke, how- 00 ever, occupies some space, and may be rendered as follows : — With a brush full of water wet the space required ; then with the point of the brush charged with light grey, spot it about the middle; then another darker spot towards the bottom. Use a dry brush to take off the edges if likely to dry hard, and let some of the smoke remain uncoloured, especially the upper part, which of course is lighter. SKETCHING FROM NATURE, AND WHERE TO GO. That love of life in the open which has caused Australians to obtain such renown in cricket, and we may add on the field of war, is perhaps responsible for the number of sketchers who, with painting traps and luncheon baskets, betake themselves into the country on a holiday morning. The fair sex is in the majority, but the sterner is well represented. Generally two or three join together to have the benefit of mutual criti- cism; others, like the solitary “Hatter,” always walk alone. The latter will probably penetrate into Nature’s secrets further than the former, but every man must work out his own salvation in his own manner. Ladies generally go in parties, thinking perhaps that union is strength. Not that there is anything to be afraid of, except perhaps the criticisms volunteered by the passer-by, which are sometimes disconcerting. Imagine the feeling, for instance, of the artist when the country- man complimented him thus: — “Well, mister, you’re a mighty clever man to paint two pictures at the same time, but I’m thinking I like the one on your thumb the better of the two,” pointing to his palette. Or that 6i other, whom the village painter accosts with, “Hullo mate ! Why, we’re both in the same line ; but I don’t bother with them small jobs ; I’m wholesale, I am — paints fences !” The sketcher has much to put up with, but he must at all hazards keep his temper, a discreet silence being the best weapon. Boys are a great nuisance, but happily it is impossible for them to re- main long in one place. “Come on, Bill ; it’s only one of the unemployed,” a youth was heard to remark as he dragged his companion away. But with the girls it is another matter, especially if they are nursing baby brothers and sisters ; then they come to stay, and the sketcher must make up his mind to “grin and bear it.” The benevolent old gentleman, too, with nothing to do and much time to do it in, is also rather trying. He will recall anecdotes of all the people he ever met who did a “bit of painting,” and his highest praise is that your picture is nearly “good enough to frame.” The labourer fresh from the plough is amazed at your patience, and says he wouldn’t like to work as hard as that ; he is also extremely anxious to know “how much you expect to get for it,” and if you mention, say, ten guineas, will wink and smile incredulously, muttering something about Ananias. This intercourse with all sorts and conditions of men is not without its attraction ; but perhaps it is better to seek a spot “far from the madding crowd.” The non-artistic lover of Nature, however enthusiastic, can only gaze at the scene for a few moments ; but the sketcher continues for two or three hours, each minute revealing new beauties, his only regret that his per- formance fails to realise his ideal. Let him not be 62 discouraged ; the result may be insignificant, but it is not all on the canvas ; some of it is within ; he has stored his mind with images of beauty, he has dreamed dreams, seen lovely harmonies, and is morally a better man. The difficulty of finding a subject to sketch is fre- quently felt by beginners, and this is because they expect to find one ready made. This is rarely found in Australia; it is the artist who creates the subject, and makes it tell its story and interest the spectator. To some it comes by intuition ; to others by hard work and experience, gained generally by many failures. The great thing is to work — to succeed if possible, but in any case to work ; for it is in that, the real pleasure lies. And now to say a few words as to the places near the great capitals where sketching may be had. SKETCHING GROUNDS. Some of the finest subjects are to be found on the shores of Sydney Harbour ; not for large pictures per- haps, but for picturesque “bits” it is unequalled. Mosman’s Bay is being rapidly spoilt by the builders, but Balmoral Beach will still repay the visitor. Manly too is not to be despised, and Freshwater Beach, a mile or so further on, will afford a great variety of seascapes and studies of cliffs and rocks. In a few miles we come to Narrabeen, where every sort of subject may be found, from the still waters of the lagoon, with its fringe of reeds and she-oaks, to the reefs and sands which form a barrier to the blue waters of the Pacific. Bay- view and Newport, a few miles further, are less inter- esting, but the Hawkesbury River, not far away, should BREAKERS. 63 not be missed. The best parts for the sketcher are, however, some thirty or forty miles up, near Wiseman’s Ferry. Up the Lane Cove River, near Jenkins’ Or- chard, are some pretty bits ; also on Cook’s River, near Tempe. A few miles out, we have Richmond, with its orchards and old farm-houses ; and still further, the Illawarra, from Stanwell Park to Wollongong and Kiama. The Blue Mountains cannot be recommended for sketching purposes ; the scenery is on too large a scale, and the immediate foreground somewhat barren and stony. One of the favourite sketching grounds in Victoria is the country from Healesville to Lilvdale, and particularly the Black Spur and its vicinity. On the coast, Kilcunda, San Remo, and Cape Schank. Nearer town, Heidelberg, and the coast from Hampton to Sandringham and Beaumaris. The river Yarra near Kew was pretty once, but building operations have not improved it. In Brisbane, charming “little bits” may be sketched along the river bank, particularly on the North Quay. From the hills surrounding the city, extensive views may be obtained of the winding river and distant sombre forest. A few hours’ journey by rail brings one to the Blackall Ranges, or in another direction to the Tweed Heads. Adelaide has many attractions for the artist ; in spring the profusion of wild flowers, with their bright yellow blossoms, en- livens the landscape greatly. Fine views may be ob- tained from the “mountain summit,” also at the foot of the hills. THE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. THE FRONTISPIECE— Morning on the Hawkesbury River, N.S.W. BY A. J. DAPLYN. A Water Colour by the author, and a re-produc- tion of it forms the frontispiece of this work. As the method employed in painting may be of interest to the student a rdsumd of the tones is here given : — The Sky. — Cobalt Blue, with plenty of water, the light clouds taken out by pressing a dry brush on the wet wash. The Hills. — Cobalt Blue and Vermilion, with perhaps a little Rose Madder, and plenty of water. The Water. — The tones of the hills, but a little darker, in fact both might have been washed on at one operation. The Trees. — Aureolin and Cobalt, or Leitch’s Blue for the lighter foliage, and sky showing through in places; to be tinted upon afterwards. India Yellow and Leitch’s Blue, and sometimes Burnt Sienna for the shadow side. In the thick foliage low down to the right, French Blue and Madder Lake was dotted into the wet mass in the deep shadows. The Light Herbage in the Foreground. — Yellow Ochre was found useful, touched into when wet with Cobalt or Vermilion to prevent monotony. 65 The Bushes . — Aureolin and Leitch’s Blue for the foliage in light; Leitch’s Blue and Indian Yellow, with Burnt Sienna in the darker, spotted here and there when wet with Madder Brown and French Blue for the deeper darks. A little washing with a large soft brush and water harmonises the tones, or partly effaces them to allow of re-touching, but great care was used, or the drawing would have presented a worried appearance. “The Moon is up and yet it is not night.” Oil. — Size, 28 x 22 in. This picture by the author was exhibited in the Art Society’s Exhibition, 1900, and was purchased by the Trustees for the National Gallery, where it now is. The drawings in line made especially for the work by the author, have been mentioned in their place, so we will proceed to Mr. Lister Lister’s pictures. CSU-. «JV_S Mr. LISTER LISTER’S PICTURES. The Hunter River at Singleton, N.S.W. Size, 9 x 6 ft. This fine work, now in the National Gallery of N.S.W., illustrates the remarks made in this work as to the peculiarities of Australian scenery. The river, sadly reduced in volume by the intense heat of summer, flows slowly from water-hole to water-hole between high banks of clayey soil. In the middle distance to the right, a few stunted trees, of a fine purple tone, are 66 conspicuous, and, to complete the effect, we have a wonderfully brilliant sky, which almost dazzles us with its glare. The scene has few of the conventional elements of landscape beauty, but, without them, the artist has succeeded in producing a powerful work, and one unmistakably Australian. The Last Gleam. Size, 9 x 4 ft. This picture was first exhibited at the Art Society of N.S.W. Exhibition of 1898, where it gained the Wynn Prize (value about £40), which is annually allotted to the best picture of the year. The illustra- tion gives an excellent idea of the drawing of the tree forms and herbage, delineated with so much skill and loving care ; but we miss, of course, the rich sombre colour of the foreground, which, in the original, brings out with striking effect the cliff, lighted up with the last rays of the setting sun, and the glowing opalescent tone of the evening sky. The Rivals. Size, 9 x 6 ft. In this spirited landscape, Mr. Lister Lister’s wonderful knowledge of all that appertains to the sea and shipping is finely displayed. The tug boat “Champion,” under full steam, is on her way to render assistance to the ship in the distance, and, in all probability, will arrive long before the rival tug seen to the right, which is on the same errand. The slow movement of the great wave, which bears 67 so easily the little vessel on its oily surface, is admirably suggested, as is the clear morning sky, with its delicate cloud forms. Entrance to Sydney Harbour. Size, 7 x 4 ft. This picture is a successful combination of land and seascape. In the foreground various species of eucalyptus are seen in all their glory; beyond a grand expanse of blue sea (painted with great finesse), dotted here and there with the white sails of yachts and other craft, and, above, a wonderfully luminous sky, flooding the whole with light. Breakers. Size, 7 x 4 ft. Few men paint the sea like Mr. Lister Lister, and he is particularly happy in depicting the waves that break on the reefs surrounding the Australian coast. “The Ever Restless Sea,” the well-known picture now in the National Collection, is a case in point, and in “Breakers,” we have a variation of the same effect, but, in the present instance, the sea is rougher, and the waves have entirely covered the reef. Where the Tides ebb and flow. Size, 9 x 6 ft. It is a typical representation of the Australian coast scenery. 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Size 13 x 9 in., If in. deep, containing 20 Colours, Sable and Hog-Hair Brushes, Badger Softener, Chalk, Portcrayon, Palette Knife, Dipper, Oil, Turpentine, and Mahogany Palette. Price complete, 31 6 The Box empty, 9/- No. 2 quality, complete, 23/6 The Box empty, 7/3 See page 27. “ DOUBLE COMPANION,” With Flat. Double Companion Box: Size 13x9 in., 2f in. deep, contain- ing 20 Colours, Sable and Hog-Hair Brushes, Badger Softener, Chalk, Portcrayon, Palette Knife, Dipper, Oil, Turpentine, Mahog- any Palette, and 3 Prepa r ed JM i 1 lboar d s 12 in. x 8 in. Price complete, 36/- The Box empty, 13/- IMPORTERS OF COMMERCIAL STATIONERY. \v. C. PENFOLD & CO.. 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY, POET ABLE POX. Portable Box : Size 13* in. by 9, If in deep ; contain- ing 23 Colours, a general selection of Sable and Hog- Hair Brashes, Bad- ger Softener, Chalk, Portcrayon, Oil and Turpentine, Palette Knife, Capped Dip- per and Mahogany Palette. Price Complete, 42/- The Box Empty, 14/6 DOUBLE POET ABLE BOX. Double Portable Box: 13f inches by 9, 2 \ inches deep; containing 24 Colours, a general selection of Sable and Hog-Hair Brushes, Badger Softener, Cnalk, Portcrayon, Palette Knife, Capped Dipper, Oil, tur- pentine, Mahogany Palette, and three Prepared Millboards, 13 by 8 in. IMPORTEBS OF FANCY STATIONERY, 24 GrENTS FOR W1XSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. ACADEMY BOX. i W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. ACADEMY BOX: Size 12f inches by 9, 4£ inches deep, containing 30 I Colours, with a general selection of Sable and Hog-Hair Brushes, Badger Softener, Chalk, Charcoal and Portcrayon; Palette Kn*fe, Double Capped Dipper, Mastic Varnish, Pale Drying Oil, Linseed Oil, Turpentine, Mahogany Palette, and 3 prepared Millboards 12 inches by 8. Price complete, 52/- The Box empty, 22/6 STUDIO BOX, No. 1: Size 12 1 inches by 10, 4 inches deep; containing 32 Colours, with a general selection of Sable and Hog-Hair Brushes, Badger Softener, Chalk, Charcoal, and Portcrayon, Steel and Ivory Palette Knives, Capped Dipper, Mastic Varnish, Pale Drying Oil, Linseed Oil, Turpentine, Mahogany Paletie, and 3 prepared Millboards 12 inches by 9. Price complete, 62/- The Box empty, 27/- STU DIO BOX.— No. 2. STUDIO BOX, No. 2: Size 15 inches by 11, 4 inches deep, contaioing 40 Colours, including the following:— Aureolin, Cadmium Yellow, Vermilion, Rose Madder, Rembrandt’s Madder, Brown Madder, Cobalt, French Blue, Viridian and Oxide of Chromium, with a general selection of Sable and Hog-Hair Brushes. Badger Softener, Chalk, Charcoal, Fortcrayon, Steel and Ivory Palette j Knives, Double Capped Dipper, Mastic Varnish, Pale Drying Oil, Linseed Oil, Turpentine, Mahogany Palette, and three prepared . Millboards 14 inches by 10. Price complete, 85/- The Box empty, 33/6 IMPORTERS OF BANKERS’ STATIONERY. 26 AGENTS FOE WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. WmSOE & NEWTON’S No. 2 Series Japanned Tin Boxes FITTED WITH BEST QUALITY COLOURS AID MATERIALS FOE OIL PRINTING. Box 10 x 5| inches, containing 12 Oil Colours in Tubes, one bottle each Linseed Oil and Turpentine, Brushes, Palette Knife, and Mahogany Palette. Price complete, 10/6 The Box empty, 3/6 Box 10J x 7^ inches, containing 18 Oil Colours in Tubes, one bottle each Linseed Oil and Turpentine, Brushes, Palette Knife, Mahogany Palette, and Dipper. Price complete, 15/- The Box empty, 5/- Box 12| x 8 tt inches, containing 2L Oil Colours in Tubes, one bottle each Linseed Oil and Turpentine, an assortment of Sable and Hog-IIair Brushes, Palette Knife, Mahogany Palette, and Dipper. Price complete, 23/6 The Box empty, 7/3 IMPORTERS OF ARCHITECTS’ & SURVEYORS’ MATERIALS. 27 W. C. PENFOLD & CO.. 183 PTTT STREET, SYDNEY. WINSOR & NEWTON’S “ PATENT SPRING ” JAPANNED TIN BOXES, FOE MOIST WATER COLOURS, IN CHINA PANS. Messrs. Winsoe k Newton, Limited, have much pleasure in calling attention to the above improved Box for MOIST WATER COLOURS. The Pans of Colour are fastened by the employment of a V spring in each partition of the Boxes (which method has been secured to Messrs. Winsoe k Newton, Limited, under Letters Patent in Great Britain, the principal Kingdoms in Europe, and in the United States of America) ; they are thus held firmly, the long-felt inconvenience of cementing the China Pans to the box is removed, and with it the annoyance incident in taking out the empty ones. The convenience and gain is evident, as any colours can be at once changed for others to suit the convenience of the Artist. IMPORTERS OF WEDDING STATIONERY. 28 AGENTS FOR WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. WINSOR & NEWTON’S EMPTY PATENT SPRING- JAPANNED TIN BOXES, FOR Moist Water Colours in Half Pans. ■ 6 Half Pans 3/9 Empty Box for 16 Half Pans 6/6 8 4/6 18 71 - 10 5 /.- 20 716 12 5/6 „ 24 „ 8,6 14 6/- 30 j» 9/6 EMPTY PATENT SPRING JAPANNED TIN BOXES, FOR Moist Water Colours Empty Box for 6 Whole Pans 4/6 P in Whole Pans. hnpty Box for 16 Whole Pans, 71 - „ 8 5/- 18 7/6 „ 10 5/6 20 8/6 „ 12 61 - 24 9/6 14 6/6 30 1 1 ,/6 These Boxes can be fitted to suit Purchasers. JAPANNED TINT BOXES FOR MOIST WATER COLOURS IN TUBES . Having Folding Japanned Palette Lids (white inside). Empty Box to hold 12 tubes of Colour ... 8/6 each IMPORTERS OF PARCHMENT. 29 W. c. TENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. WINSOR & NEWTON’S “PATENT SPRING” JAPANNED TIN BOXES FITTED WITH MOIST WATER COLOURS, IN HALF PANS. 6 Half Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Yellow Oclire, Light Red, Crimson Lake, Prussian Blue, and • Vandyke Brown, Price 6/- 8 Half Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Light Red, Crimson Lake, Cobalt, Indigo, and Vandyke Brown. Price 7/9 10 Half Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Light Red, Crimson Lake, Cobalt, Indigo, Vandyke Brown, and Brown Pink. Price 9 - 12 Half Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Vermilion, Light Red, Crimson Lake, Brown Madder, Cobalt, Indigo, Vandyke Brown, and Brown Pink. Price 10/6 14 Half Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Vermilion, Light Red, Indian Red, Crimson Lake, Cobalt, Indigo, Neutral Tint, Vandyke Brown, Brown Pink, and Lamp Black. Price 11/3 16 Half Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Cadmium Yellow. Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna. Burnt Sienna, Vermilion, Light Red, Indian Red, Crimson Lake, Brown Madder, Cobalt, Indigo, Neutral Tint, Vandyke Brown, Brown Pink, and Lamp Black. Price 13/3 18 Half Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Vermilion, Light Red, Indian Red, Crimson Lake, Rose Madder, Brown Madder, Cobalt, Indigo, Neutral Tint, Vandyke Brown, Emerald Greeri, Brown Pink, and Lamp Black. Price 14/6 BOOKBINDERS & PAPER RULERS, 30 AGENTS FOR WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. Fitted “Patent Spring 1 ” Boxes of Moist Colours in Half Pans— Continued. 20 Half Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna. Vermilion, Light Red, Indian Red, Crimson Lake, Rose Madder, Brown Madder, Cobalt, French Blue, Indigo, Neutral Tint, Vandyke Brown Emerald Green, Oxide Chromium, Brown Pink, and Lamp Black. Price 17/- 24 Half Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna. Burnt Sienna, Vermilion, Light Red, Indian Red, Crimson Lake, Rose Madder, Purple Madder, Brown Madder, Cobalt, French Blue, Prussian Blue, Indigo, Neutral Tint, Vandyke Brown, Sepia, Emerald Green, Oxide Chromium, Brown Pink, and Lamp Black. Price 21 - WINSOR & NEWTON’S “ PATENT SPRING” JAPANNED TIN BOXES, FITTED WITH MOIST WATER COLOURS, IN CHINA PANS. 6 Whole Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Raw Sienna, Light Red, Crimson Lake 0), Alizarin Crimson G)> Prussian Blue, and Vandyke Brown. Price 8/6 8 Whole Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Light Red, Crimson Lake G)> Alizarin Crimson G), Cobalt, Prussian Blue, and Vandyke Brown. Price 11/6 10 Whole Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Light Red, Crimson Lake G), Alizarin Crimson G), Cobalt, Prussian Blue, Vandyke Brown, and- Brown Pink. Price 12/3 ILLUMINATORS AND DESIGNERS. 31 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY Fitted “ Patent Spring ” Boxes of Moist Colours in Whole Pans — Continued. 12 Whole Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Light Red, Ver- milion (2), Indian Red (i), Crimson Lake ( 4 ), Alizarin Crimson (2) Cobalt, Prussian Blue, Payne’s Grey, Vandyke Brown, and Brown Pink. Price 13/6 14 Whole Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Light Red, Ver- milion (2), Indian Red (i), Crimson Lake (i), Alizarin Crimson (}), Brown Madder, Cobalt, Prussian Blue, Payne’s Grey, Vandyke Brown, Sepia, and Brown Pink. Price 18/3 16 Whole Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Lemon Yellow (2), Cadmium Yellow (2), Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Light Red, Vermilion (2), Indian Red (2), Crimson Lake (2), Alizarin Crimson (2), Rose Madder, Brown Madder, Cobalt, Indigo, Payne’s Grey, Vandyke Brown, Emerald Green (2), Viridian (2), and Brown Pink. Price 21/6 18 Whole Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Light Red, Vermilion ( 1 ), Indian Red (2), Crimson Lake (2), Alizarin Crimson (2), Rose Madder, Brown Madder, Cobalt, Indigo, Payne’s Grey, Vandyke Brown, Sepia, Emerald Green (2), Viridian (i), Brown Pink, and Lamp Black. Price 23 - 20 Whole Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Light Red, Vermilion (2), Indian Red (2), Crimson Lake (2), Alizarin Crimson ( 4 ), Rose Madder, Brown Madder, Cerulean Blue, Cobalt, Prus- sian Blue, Indigo, Payne’s Grey, Vandyke Brown, Sepia, Emerald Green (2), Viridian (i), Brown Pink, and Lamp Black. Price 27/6 24 Whole Pan Box of Colours, containing— Gamboge, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Aureolin, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Light Red, Vermilion (/>), Indian Red (2), Crimson Lake (2), Alizarin Crimson (2), Rose Madder, Brown Madder, Cerulean Blue, Cobalt, Prussian Blue, Indigo, Payne’s Grey, Vandyke Brown, Sepia, Emerald Green G), Oxide Chromium (i), Viridian, Olive Green, Brown, Pink, and Lamp Black. Price 32/6 A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF PURSES, CARD CASES, &c. 32 AGENTS FOR WIXSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. ARTISTS’ POCKET BOXES, FOR OUTDOOR SKETCHING. FITTED WITH MOIST 8 Colours ... ... 5/- each 12 Colours ... ... 7/6 each 18 Colours THE "WATER BOTTLE’ Boxes in. long, containing l! Boxes 10 in. long, containing 1! WATER COLOURS . 10 Colours 6/3 each 16 Colours 9/6 each . 1 0/6 each BOX MOIST COLOURS. Colours ... ... 1 2 6 each Colours ... ... 14/6 each CHEAP SERIES Moist Water Colours in Japanned Tin Boxes. Box containing 6 Colours and Camel-Hair Brush ... ... ... 6d Box containing 12 Colours and 3 Camel-Hair Brushes ... ... ... 1 /- Box containing 12 Moist Cake Colours and 2 Moist Colours in Tube (Sepia and Chines^ White), and 2 Camel-Hair Brushes ... ... 1/9 No. 33. — “Compact” Japanned Tin Colour Box, fitted with 12 Half Pans Rowney’s Moist Water Colours, and 3 Brushes ... ... 4 /- No. 30. — “Student's” Japanned Tin Colour Box, fitted with 14 Half Pans Rowney’s Moist Water Colours, 3 Brushes, Water Bottle and Sketch B.'ock. Box can be usel as a Palette... ... 6/6 No. 31. — “ Advanced Student’s” Japanned Colour Box, fitted with 22 Half Pans and 2 Tubes Rowney’s Moist Water Colours, and 4 Brushes; Enamelled.Flap to use as Palette... ... ... ... 8,6 MANUFACTURING STATIONERS. 33 W. 0. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. JUVENILE OIL COLOUR BOXES. JAPANNED TIN BOX. Containing 7 Tubes Fine Oil Colours ... ... 1/- box. .JAPANNED TIN BOX. Containing 7 Tubes Fine Oil Colours, 2 Brushes, Bottle Linseed Oil, and Flap to use as Palette. 2/6 box. JAPANNED TIN OVAL BRUSH GASES. No. 1 — 8| inches long ... ... ... 3/- each No. 2 — 14 inches long ... ... ... 3/6 each This Oval Brush Case has a sliding metal division with strong elastic bands attached, which keeps the brushes on both sides in position, and protects their points. 5^onnd Japanned Inn J&vnsfi Cases. 14 inches Long Pull-off End ... ... 1/3 each WITH HANDLE. JAPANNED TIN OIL BOTTLE, 1/3. SCREW TOP. ACCOUNT BOOK MAKERS. 34 AGENTS FOE WIXSOK & NEWTON’S AETISTS’ MATEEIALS. A NEW Water Colour Sketching Case Including Colours, Brushes, Pencil, Sketch Block and Palette, particularly convenient for outdoor sketching. The materials are of best quality, and the price is 15s. Postage, lid. extra. It contains 12 half pans Colours, 2 Sable Hair Brushes, 1 Pencil, Blockfof Whatman’s Paper (12 sheets) and 6-division Palette. Covered Brown Jean. LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS. 35 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. A STUDENT’S Water Colour Japanned Case Containing 14 half-pins Colours, 4 Brushes 1 Sketch Book (32 sheets), and Water Bottle. The Case measures 7 in. by 51 in. With Thumb-hole arrangement. Price, 6s. 6d. Posted, 7s. 2d. LETTERPRESS PRINTERS. 36 AGENTS FOR WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. THUMB-HOLE PALETTE CHALK BOX. For Students, Schools of Art, etc. The lid of this Box is covered inside with Wash Leather, which forms a Stumping Palette, and the thumb-hole is arranged to allow of the Box being held on the hand as easily as an ordinary Palette. The Box contains four each of Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Square Black Crayons ; two each Nos, 1 and 2 Lemoine’s Round White Crayons ; a bottle of Stumping Chalk (Valous a Sauce) ; two White Paper Stumps ; one No. 2 White Leather Stump ; four each White and Grey Tortillon Stumps, and a Portcrayon. The size of the Box when open is 10J x 6| inches „ „ ,, closed is 6§ x 5^ ,, Price complete, 3/6 each ; Posted, 3/10 This Box complete weighs under 8 ounces, which is about the weight of -an ordinary 12 -inch Palette. COPPERPLATE PRINTERS. W. c. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. THE HANDY CHALK BOX. The Sliding Lid of the Box is lined inside with Wash Leather, and fitted with a Stump Strap, forming a convenient Stumping Palette. THE BOX CONTAINS — Six Conte Black Crayons Four Conte White Crayons A Stick of Stumping Chalk Two White Paper Stumps Six Tortillon Stumps A Brass Crayon Holder And a Drawing Pencil. A SPLENDID BOX FOR BEGINNERS. Price complete, 1/9; Posted, 2/1 ENGRAVERS & DIE SINKERS. 38 AGENTS FOR WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. WINSOR & NEWTON’S BRUSHES FOR OIL PAINTING. FINEST RED SABLES IN TIN FERRULES, With 12-in. Polished Red Cedar Handles, Flat or Round. FLAT. ROUND. No. 0 .. . 4d. No. 5 .. . 1 0d. No. 0 .. 4d. No. 5 .. . 1 0d. „ 1 .. ,. 4d. „ 6 .. 1 /- „ 1 . .. 4d. * 6 .. • 1/- „ 2 .. .. 5d . „ 7 .. • 1/4 „ 2 .. .. 5d. „ 7 .. . 1/9 „ 3 .. .. 6d. „ 8 .. . 1/9 „ 3 . .. 6d. ,, 8 .. . 2/3 „ 4 . .. 8d. „ 9 .. .. 2/3 „ 4 . .. 8d. „ 9 .. . 2/9 The above Illustrations are the exact size of the Brushes. IMPORTERS OF COMMERCIAL STATIONERY. 39 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. WINSOR & NEWTON’S BRUSHES FOR OIL PAINTING (Continued). BROWN FITCH HAIR BRUSHES. Tu Nickel Ferrules, with 12-inch Polished Cedar Handles. No. 1 ., 3d. No. 5 7d. No. 9 .. 1 /- 2 3d. „ 6 . 9d . „ 10 .. • 1/1 „ 3 .. .. 4d. „ 7 . .. 1 0d. „ H .. . 1/2 ,, 4 .. 5d. „ 8 .. lid. „ 12 .. . 1/3 These Brushes are very good substitutes for Red Sables. BRIGHT’S RED SABLE BRUSHES. In Nickel Ferrules, with 12-inch Red Polished Cedar Handles. (For firm, square touching and general Landscape Work.) SHORT HAIR— FLAT ONLY. No. 1 ... 4d. No. 4 8d. No. 7 ... 1/4 „ 2 ... 5d. „ 5 . 1 0d. 1 „ 8 ... 21 - „ 3 ... 6d. „ 6 .. 1/- 1 „ 9 ... 2/6 RED SABLE RIGGER ” BRUSHES IN NICKEL FERRULES. LONG THIN HAIR. With 12-inch Polished Red Handles. Made in Nos. 0 to 6. No. 0 ... 4d. I No. 2 ... 6d. I No. 4 ... 8d. „ 1 ... 5d. I „ 3 ... 7d. | „ 5 ... 1 0d. No. 6 ... 1 /- IMPORTERS OF FANCY STATIONERY. 40 05 V» AGENTS FOR WIXSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. BRUSHES FOR OIL PAINTING— Continued. HOG HAIR IN TIN FERRULES (B Quality). With 12-in. Polished Red Cedar Handles. FLAT OR ROUND. 4/9 per doz. 5/3 „ 6/3 „ 7/3 „ 8/6 „ 9/6 „ IMPORTERS OF LEGAL STATIONERY. | 3d . No. 1 „ 2 £ 3d . each- 2/9 per doz. 3 4d. each. 3/9 per doz. No. 7 — 5d. each. „ 8— 6d. „ „ 9- 7d. „ „ 10— 8d. „ „ U- 9d. „ „ 12— 10d, „ 41 W. G. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. Winsor & Newton’s Brushes for Oil Painting (Continued). Extra Fine Hog Hair in Tin Ferrules. (A QUALITY) MADE OF THE SOFTEST LYONS HAIR. WITH 12-INCH POLISHED YELLOW HANDLES. Nos. 1 to 12, Flat or Round, all sizes. No. 1 .. .. 4d. No. 5 ... 7d. No. 9 .. lid. „ 2 .. 4d. n 6 ... 7d. „ 10 ., .. 1/1 „ 3 . .. 6d. ,, ■ 7 ... 8d. „ 11 .. 1/3 „ 4 .. .. 6d. „ 8 ... 9d. „ 12 .. 1/6 “ Fan " Hog Hair Brushes in Tin. FOR LIGHT GLAZING, SOFTENING, SCUMBLING, HAIR, FOLIAGE, &c. With 12-inch Yellow Handles. No ' g j ... 6d. each. ' N °' 4 | 9d. each. Nos. 5 and 6 ... 1/- each. LANDSEER’S HOG HAIR BRUSHES. FINE LONG HAIR. With 12-inch Polished Red Cedar Handles. FLAT ONLY. Nos. 1, 2 and 3 ... 4d. each. ,, 4, 5 and 6 ... 6d. ,, 7 ... . ... 8d. „ •„ 8 8d. „ No. 9 ... ... 9d. each. „ 10 9d. „ „ 11 ... ... lOd. „ „ 12 ... ... lOd. „ IMPORTERS OF BANKERS’ STATIONERY. 42 AGENTS FOE WIXSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. Brushes eor Oil Painting — ( Continued ). French Shape Hog Hair Brushes. SHORT THIN HAIR. 1 •^-inch Unpolished Handles. FLAT ONLY. Nos. 1, 2 and 3 ... 2d. each. Nos. 7 and 8 ... 4d. each. 4, 5 and 6 ... 3d. ,, ,, 9 and 10 ... 5d. ,, Nos. 11 and 12 ... 6d. each. IHOC3- HAIR BRUSHES. In 12-inch Cedar Handles. FLAT OR ROUND. Nos. 1 , 2 and 3 ... 2d. each Nos. 7, 8 and 9 ... 4d. each ,, 4, 5 and 6 ... 3d. ,, ,, 10, 11 and 12... 6d. each NEWMAN ’S JIfllRi BE In Tin Ferrules. Short Thin Hair. l2-ineh Yellow Polished Handles. Flat only. No. 1 Gd. each. No. 6 8d. each. No. 1 1 . .. 1/6 each. „ 2 ... 6d. „ „ 7 . .. lOd. „ „ 12 . 1/9 „ 3 ... 6d. „ „ 8 . - 1/- » „ 14 .. • 2/9 „ ., 4 ... 8d. „ „ 9 . .. 1/2 „ „ 16 .. • 3/9 „ » 5 ... 8d. „ „ 10 . .. 1/4 „ „ 18 .. ,. 4/9 „ IMPORTERS OF ARCHITECTS’ & SURVEYORS’ MATERIALS. 43 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY WINSOR & NEWTON’S Finest Round Badger Hair Softeners. FOE OIL COLOUBS. POLISHED EED HANDLES. Flat Hog Hair Varnishing Brushes. IN TIN FERRULES. Made of the softest Lyons Hair. With Polished Cedar Handles. 1 inch wide, 1 - inch wide, 1/6 2 inches wide, 2/- IMPORTERS OP WEDDING STATIONERY. 44 AGENTS FOR WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. WINSOR & NEWTON’S BRUSHES FOR WATER COLOURS. FINEST SABLES IN ALBATA FERRULES. With 6-inch Polished Ebony Handles. BROWN OR RED SABLE HAIR, Flat or Round. Nos 0 and 1, 9d ; 2, 1 /- ; 3, 1 /2 ; 4, 1 /4 ; 5.1/8; 6, 2/3 ; 7, 2/6. The Brushes are the size of the above Illustrations. SECOND QUALITY, RED SABLES IN NICKEL FERRULES. 6 in. Polished Walnut Handles, Flat or Round. Nos. 0 4d ; 1, 5d. ; 2, 6d. ; 3, 8d ; 4, 1 Od ; 5, 1 /- ; 6, 1 /2. FLAT. ROUND. No. 7, 1 /6 No. 10, 2/6 No. 7, 1 /9 No. 10, 3/3 „ 8, 1 /9 „ 11, 3/3 „ 8, 21 - „ 11, 4/- „ 9,2/- „ 12,-4/- „ 9,2/6 „ 12,4/9 IMPORTERS OF PARCHMENT. 45 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. WINSOR & NEWTON’S BROWN FITCH HAIR BRUSHES POE WATEE COLOUE PAINTING. With 6-in. Black Polished Handles. PLAT or ROUND. No. 1,3d. No. 4, 5d. No. 7, lOd. No. 10, 1 /I „ 2,3d. „ 5, 7d. „ 8, lid. „ 11,1/2 „ 3, 4d. „ 6, 9d. „ 9,1/- „ 12,1/3 These Brushes are very good substitutes for Red Sables. WINSOR & NEWTON’S BRUSHES FOR WATER COLOURS. FLAT RED SABLE BRUSHES IN ALBATA FERRULES, FOR BROAD WASHES. 1 inch wide, 1/9 1 inch wide, 4/6 2 inches wide, 8/6 * „ 3/6 H „ 6/6 2} „ 10 /- WASH OR SKY BRUSHES. Made Flat or Round. wash dyed sables in albata. (Size of the Brushes.) WASH BRUSHES, SIBERIAN HAIR, IN TIN FERRULES. Large— 1/6 each. Small— 1/3 each. BOOKBINDERS & PAPER RULERS. 46 AGENTS 1'OE WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. WINSOR & HEWTOH’S BRUSHES for WATER COLOURS. Finest Sable Brushes in Quills. TIED WITH COLOURED SILK AND GOLD WIRE. Large Middle Small Extra Small Extra Goose. Small Duck. Crow. Swan. Swan. Swan. Swan. Goose. Goose. The Brushes are the sizes of the above illustrations. Prices are on the opposite page. ILLUMINATORS & DESIGNERS. 47 W. C. PINFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. WINSOR & NEWTON’S BRUSHES FOR WATER COLOURS. BROWN SABLE HAIE. Crow COLOUR OF SILK. Blue r ACH. 4a. In Long Quills— COLOUR OF SILK. KACH. Duck Magenta 8 . Extra Small Swan Blue ... 3/6 Small Goose Green ... 1/- Small Swan Magenta 4/6 Goose ... Pink ... 1/3 Middle „ Green . . . 6/6 Extra Goose ... Amber ... 1/9 Large „ Pink ... 86 See Illustrations on opposite page for sizes of Brushes. RED SABLE HAIR. Crow COLOUR OF SILK. ... Blue ... EACH. 4d. In Long Quills— COLOUR OF SILK. EACH. Duck Magenta 8d. Extra Small Swan Blue ... 3/6 Small Goose 1/- Small Swan Magenta 4/6 Goose ... Pin k ... 1/3 Middle „ Green... 6/6 Extra Goose Amber... 1/9 Large ,, Pink . . . 8/6 See Illustrations on opposite page for sizes of Brushes BEST SIBERIAN HAIR IN QUILLS. Tied with Coloured Silk and Silver Wire. COLOUR OF SILK. EACH. In Long Quills— Crow ... Blue 2d. COLOUR OF SILK. Extra Small Swan Blue ... Duck ... Magenta 3d Small Swan ... Magenta Middle „ ... Green... Goose . . . Pink . . . 4d . Large „ ... Pink ... See Illustrations on opposite page for sizes of Brushes. 9d. 1 /- 1/9 2/3 EXTRA SERIES. FINEST SABLES IN ALBATA FERRULES, With 9-lnch Polished Ebony Handles. FOR WATER COLOURS, FLAT OK ROUND. No. 1, 5/6. No. 2, 6/6. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF PURSES, CARD CASES, &c. 48 GENTS FOR WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. WINSOR & NEWTON’S Best Quality Artists’ Stretched Canvases. 9 in. x 6 in. ... lOd. 18 in. X 16 in. ... 2 4 26 in. x 20 in. ... , 3/8 10 „ x 7 ,, ... 1 - 20 59 X 10 „ ... 2/2 28 „ x 12 55 * * ' 8/9 10 „ x 8 „ ... 1 - 20 59 X 12 „ ... 2/3 28 „ x 14 95 * 4 ' . 4/- 12 ,. x 8 „ ... 12 20 95 X 14 „ ... 2/4 29i„ x 2H„ ... . 4/4 12 „ x 9 „ ... 13 20 55 X 16 „ ... 2/6 30 ,, x 18 55 * * ' • 4 /“ 12 „ x 10 „ ... 1/4 22 55 X 10 „ -. 2/4 30 „ x 20 55 * * ' . 4/4 13 „ x 9 „ ... 1 4 22 59 X 12 „ ... 2/6 30 ,, x 22 59 • • ' . 4/8 14 „ x 8 „ ... 1 4 22 55 X 14 „ ... 2/6 30 ,, x 24 5 5 • • ' . 4/11 14 „ x 9 „ ... 1/6 22 59 X 16 „ ... 2/8 30 ,, x 25 55 • * . 4/11 14 „ x 10 „ .. 16 22 5 9 X 18 - 2/9 . 34 „ x 20 95 * * • 5 /“ 14 „ x 12 , ... 17 24 55 X 12 2/6 5 5 • • • ^ 1 W 36 „ x 18 59 * * ' . o/3 15 „ x 11 .. ... 18 24 55 X 14 „ ... 2/9 36 „ x 20 99 * * ' . 5/6 16 ,, x 8 „ ... 1 6 24 59 X 16 „ ... 8/- 36 ,, x 24 55 * * 4 • 6 I~ 16 ,, x 10 ... 1/8 24 59 X 18 „ ... 3/3 36 ,, x 26 55 * * ' . 6/3 16 „ x 12 „ ... 1 10 24 55 X 20 „ ... 3/6 36 „ x 28 59 * * . 6/6 16 ,, x 14 „ ... 2/- 26 55 X 12 „ -. 3/2 36 ,, x 30 59 • ■ v- 18 „ x 10 „ ... i 10 26 55 X 14 „ ... 3/3 40 ,, x 20 59 * * . 9/6 18 „ x 12 21- 26 99 X 16 „ ... 3/4 18 „ x 14 „ 2 2 26 55 X 18 ,, ... 3/6 Special Sizes Made to Order. 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X 6 in. ... 8d. 18 in. x 16 in. ... 1/10 27] in. x 20 in. ... 3/1 10 „ X 7 „ ... lOd. 19 „ x 13 „ ... 1/7 27 „ x 22 „ 3/1 10 „ X 8 „ ... lOd. 19 „ x 15 „ ... 1/9 28 „ x 12 ,. ... 8/- 11 „ X 9 „ ... 1 - 20 „ x 10 „ ... 1/6 28 ,, x 14 „ ... 3/3 12 „ X 8 „ ... lid. 20 „ x 12 „ ... 1/6 x 2i4 -„ ... 3/3 12 „ X 9 „ ... 1/- 20 „ x 14 „ ... 1/8 30 „ x 18 „ ... 3/3 12 „ X 10 „ ... 1/- 20 ,, x 16 „ ... 1/9 30 „ x 20 „ - 3/4 13 „ X 9 „ ... 1/- 21 „ x 14 „ ... 1/7 30 „ x 22 „ -. 3/6 14 „ X 6 „ ... lid. 21 ,, x 17 „ ... 1/9 30 „ x 24 „ ... 3/9 14 „ X 7 „ ... lid. 22 „ x 10 „ ... 1/6 30 „ x 25 4/- 14 „ X 8 „ ... 1/- 22 „ x 12 „ ... 1/8 34 „ x 20 „ ... 4/- 14 „ X 9 ... 1/1 22 „ x 14 „ ... 1/10 36 ,, x 18 ••• 4/2 14 „ X 10 „ ... 1/1 22 „ x 16 „ ... 1/10 36 „ x 20 „ ... 4/3 14 „ X 12 „ ... 1/2 22 „ x 17 „ ... 21- 36 „ x24 „ ... 4/6 15 „ X 11 „ ... 1/2 22 „ x 18 „ ... 2/2 36 „ x 28 „ ... 4/6 15 „ X 12 „ ... 1/2 24 „ x 12 „ ... 1/10 36 „ x 30 „ ... 4/9 16 „ X 8 „ ... 1/2 24 „ x 14 „ ... 21- 37 „ x 13 „ - 4/2 16 „ X 10 „ ... 1/2 24 „ x 16 „ ... 2/4 40 „ x 24 „ - 6/9 16 „ X 12 „ ... 1/4 24 „ x 18 „ ... 2/4 40 „ x 28 „ - 7/6 16 „ X 14 „ ... 1/6 24 „ x 20 „ ... 2/6 40 ,, x 30 „ ... 8/6 17 „ X 13 „ ... 1/6 26 „ x 12 „ ... 2/4 42 „ x 24 „ ... 7/6 17 „ X 14 „ ... 1/7 26 „ x 14 „ ... 2/6 42 „ x 28 „ ••• 8/6 18 „ X 10 „ ... 1/3 26 „ x 16 „ ... 2/6 44 „ x 34 „ ... 10/- 18 „ X 12 „ ... 1/5 26 „ x 18 „ ... 2/8 48 ,, x 36 „ - 12/- 18 „ X 14 „ ... 1/7 26 ,, x 20 ,, ... 2/9 50 ,, x 30 „ ... 13/- Canvas in Rolls of 6 yards, Second Quality. Per yard. Per yard. Per yard. 27 in. wide ... 2/2 38 in. wide . .. 3/6 54 in. wide ... 5/- 30 >> 99 ... 2/6 42 „ „ . •• ih 62 99 9? ... 6/- 36 99. 9J ... 3/- 45 „ „ . ..4 6 . 86 9? 99 . ... 8/- Any Sizes not in this page have to be made to order. Prices on application. ACCOUNT BOOK MAKERS. 50 ENTS FOR WINS OR & NEWTON'S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. Well-seasoned Poplar Wood Panels. Carefully Prepared by WINSOR & NEWTON for Painting in Oil Colours. 12x8 in. ... 1/- 14x10 in. ... 1/6 20 x 14 in. ... 3/- 13x8 „ ...13 16x12,, ...2- 20x16,, ... 4/- Unprepared White Wood Panels, FOR PAINTING IN OIL COLOURS. *9 x in. . .. 3d. *12 > i 9 in. ., .. 5d. *16 x 12 in. . .. 9d. 10 x 6 ,, . .. 3d. 13 > ^ 8 „ .. .. 6d. 18 x 10 „ . . . lOd. 10 x 7 ., . .. 4d. 14 ? c 8 „ .. .. 7d. 20 x 12 „ . .. 1/2 12 x 8 „ . .. 5d. *14 i : 10 „ .. . 8d. 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Academy Boards, 24Jin. x 18 J, 1/2 Half Boards, 18J in. x 12|, 7d. Quarto Boards, 12J in. x 94 in. 4d. Students’ Academy Boards. 244 in. x 184, 9d. 18J in. x 124, 5d. 124 in. x 9|d, 3d. The “ Winton ” Gradated 4\rt ^Panels. E/N GtXjXSH 3VEA.KE. Prepared in Five Tints, viz. : Green, Rose, Azure, Brown and Grey. 9 x 54 in. 10 x 7 12 x 8 14 x 6| 14 x 10 in. 16 x 8 „ 7d. 18 X 10 „ ... ..: 1/6 9d. 20 X 10 „ ... ... 1/7 11 - 20 X 12 in. ... ... 1/8 1/2 20 X 14 „ ... ... 1/10 1/3 24 X 12 „ ... ... 2/3 1/5 28 X 12 „ ... ... 2/6 The “Winton” Art Panels are manufactured and prepared solel}- by Winsor & Newton, Limited. The surface is carefully gradated by hand, and affords an especially suitable ground for painting in Oil Colours, Flowers, &c., or for copying Madame Vouga’s Studies, obtainable at W. C. Penfold & Co.’s. LETTERPRESS PRINTERS. 52 .GENTS FOE WINSOR & NEWTON’S AETISTS’ MATEEIALS. WINSOR & NEWTON’S SOLID SKETCH BLOCKS Of Prepared Paper for Painting m Oil Colours. Each Block containing 24 Sheets thick Paper. 16mo. Imperial, 7 in. x 5 2 3 8vo. Royal, 9 in. x5| 3 6 8vo. Imperial, 10 in. x 7 3/6 4to Royal, 1 1| in. x 9 ... 6mo. Imperial, 14 in. x 6| 4to Imperial, 14 in. x 10 5/3 5/6 HALF-BOUND SKETCH BOOKS. NOT BLOCKED. FOR WATER COLOURS. Leather Back, Cloth Sides, Elastic Band to fasten. Made of Whatman's Paper. 30 Leaves. 32mo. Imperial 5 in. x 21 ... Is. 3d. 24mo. ,, ... 7 ,, x 2£ ... Is. 9d. 16mo. ,, ... 7 ., x 5 2s. 6d. 8vo. ,, ... 10 „ x 7 3s. 9d. 4to. ,, ... 1H „ x 10, 20 leaves 4s. 3d. THE STUDENT’S SKETCH BOOKS. Made of Best Drawing Cartridge Paper, hound Holland Covers with Elastic Band. in Brown Size — 5 in . x3| in., 40 leaves in each book 6d. eacl 7 ,, i x 4^ ,, 40 ,, ,, Is. „ 10 ., , x 7 ,, 32 . Is. 6d. „ iH, , x 9 „ 32 .; 2s. „ 14 , , x 10 ,, 30 ,, ,, 2s. 6d. „ THE SKETCHER’S POCKET BOOKS. For Water Colours, Pen and Ink, and Pencil Drawing. 60 Leaves. With Elastic Band. No. 1 Sue 5§ x 4 in., 9d. each No. 3 Size 1\ x 4^ in., Is. each ,, 2 ,, 6^ x 3| in., 9d. ,, ,, 4 ,, 8| x 5J ,, Is. 3d. ,, SCHOOL DRAWING BOOKS-3d., 4d , 6d., 9d., Is. each. COPPERPLATE PRINTERS. W. C. PENFOLD & CO., lKj PITT STREET, SYDNEY. WINSOE & NEWTON’S SOLID DRAWING BLOCKS, Made of WHATMAN’S Thick Drawing Paper, 90 lb. Imperial and 60 lb. Royal, ROUGH OR SMOOTH SURFACE. These Blocks contain 32 Sheets, the upper sheet of which can he easily removed by inserting the point of a penknife under it. Solid Blocks with Half-Bound Covers and Pocket. 32mo. Imperial 5 inches by 3^ 2 /- l6mo. Imperial 7 „ 5 2/6 8vo. Royl 9 „ 5 3/- ,, Imperial ... 10 „ 7 4/- 4to. Royal 1H „ 9 5/6 „ Imperial 14 ,. 10 9/6 Special Sizes made to Order. PREPARED R1ZALINE CARDS. For Painting on in Oil Colours. ENGRAVERS & DIE SINKERS. 54 4EXTS FOR WIXSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. WINSOR & NEWTON’S SOLID DEAWING BLOCKS. MADE OF WHATMAN'S THICK DRAWING PAPER, EACH CONTAINING 24 SHEETS. 32mo. Imperial ... « 5 in. x 3J Is. 3d. 24mo. „ 7 x 3J Is. 3d. 16mo. ,, 7 „ x 5 Is. 6d. 8yo. Royal 9 „ x 5i 2s. 6d. 8yo. Imperial 10 „ X 7 3s. 9d. 4to. Royal 111 „ X 9 4s. 6d, 4to. Imperial 14 „ x 10 7s. 6d. Half Imperial 20 „ x 14 14s. 6d. Rough and Smooth Surfaces. BLOCKED SKETCH BOOKS, Made of Whatman's Thick Drawing Paper. 24 Leaves. Brown Hoi 1. Covers and Elastic Band. 32mo. Imperial 5 in. x 3J Is. 3d. each. 24mo. ,, 7 „ x3| 2s. 16mo. „ ... 7 „ x 5 3s. ,, 12mo. ,, ... 10 „ x 4| 4s. 8vo. ,, ... 10 „ x 7 5s. 4to. Royal ... ... 11J ,, x 9 5s. 9d. ,, HE STUDENT’S SOLID DRAWING BLOCKS Made of Best Drawing Cartridge Paper. Each containing 20 sheets. Size — 9| in. x 6 in. 6d. each’. 12 „ x 9|„ ... .. Is. 6d. „ 12 „ x 9|„ in l cover ... ... 2s. 3d. „ SKETCH BLOCKS made to order, any size. IMPORTERS OF COMMERCIAL STATIONERY. 55 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. WATER COLOUR SKETCHING PANELS. Boards Covered with Whatman’s Water Colour Paper. 5 1 x 4| in. ...2d. each. 9x5| in. ...3d. each 12 x 8 in....6d. each. 7 x 5£ „ ...2d. „ 10x7 „ ... 4d. „ 14x6t„...8d. „ 18 x 12 in. ... lOd. each. Special Sizes Made to Order. CARDS FOR PAINTING & SKETCHING. The Farringdon Box of 18 Cards, Assorted Tints and Shapes, 1/3 per box. CARDS FOR WATER COLOUR PAINTING. Covered with Whatman’s Paper. 1/3 per Box of 8 Cards, Assorted Sizes. Gilt edges. RIZALINE CARDS FOR PAINTING. In Packets of 12 Cards. Assorted Shapes and Sizes, 1/3 per packet. Size 6| x 4^ inches, Fancy Borders, 3d. each, 2s. 9d. per dozen. GILT EDGE CARDS. Specially Prepared for Water Colours. 4| x 3 in. ... Id. each, lOd. doz. 5J- x 4J in. ... 2d. each, 1/6 doz. 4 x 3|„ ... Id. „ lOd. ,, 6 x ,, ... 2d. ,. 1/9 „ OIJL SKETCHING IPjAHSTEKiS. Rough Surfaces. (Millboards Covered with Oil Sketching Paper to imitate Canvas.) H in. X 41 ... 2d. 7 >> x ... 3d. 9 x 5i ... 5d. 10 x7 ... 6d. 12 >5 x 8, ... 8d. 14 in. x 6f ... ... 8d. 14 „ x 10 ... ... 8d. 16 „ x 10 ... ... 9d. 16 „ x 12 ... ... 9d. 18 „ x 12 ... ... 10J. 20 in. x 14 ... ij- Special Sizes Made to Order. IMPORTERS OF FANCY STATIONERY. AGENTS FOR WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. RIZALINE CARDS For p »r Zl m Suitable for Birthday, Christmas and New Year Cards. “ LA SUPERBE ” PACKET, containing 15 beautiful shapes, includihg Fans, Shields, Crescent Ovals, Crosses, &c., assorted with transparent and opaque borders. Price, 1/9 ; posted, 1/11. The “KENSINGTON ” PACKET of One Dozen new and very pretty designs in elegantly lithographed wrapper. A most attractive packet. Price, 1/2 ; posted, 1/4. The “ARTIST’S” PACKET, containing 14 Cards, in four sizes — small, large, double small, double large — assorted opaque and transparent borders. Price, 1/2 ; posted, 1/4. The “RECHERCHE” PACKET, containing 12 Cards, assorted fancy shapes — Ivy Leaf, Vine Leaf, Hearts, Victoria Cross, Fan, &c. — forming a charming collection. Price, 1/2 ; posted, 1/4. The “ IMPERIAL ” PACKET of 12 Assorted designs. Price, 1/2 ; posted, 1 4. The “CHARMING” PACKET of 12 new and pretty designs. Price, 1/2 ; posted, 1/4. The “ ACADEMY” PACKET of 12 selected designs. Price, 1/2 ; posted, 1/4 i The “VICTORIA” PACKET of 12 new shapes and designs.' Very pretty. Price, 12 ; posted, 1/4. The POPULAR PACKET of 7 choice Cards. Price, 8d ; posted, lOd. The “IMPERIAL ” PACKET, of 7 charming designs. Price, 8d ; posted, lOd. Each of the above Packets contains a DIFFERENT variety of Cards. IMPORTERS OF LEGAL STATIONERY. 57 W. C. PBNFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. BRISTOL BOARDS — Goodall’s Superfine. Foolscap Demy Medium Royal 15J in. x m ■■ 3-sheet. each 3d. 4-sheet. 5d. 6-sheet. 7d. 18J „ x 14* „ 5d. 7a. lOd. 21 „ x 16} „ 7d. lOd. 11- m „ x 18 9d. 1/- 1/2 WHATMAN’S DRAWING BOARDS. Imperial Size, 29 x 21| inches, Smooth, Rough and Extra Rough Surfaces, 1/9 each, 19/- per doz. BOARDS FOR BLACK & WHITE WORK. Thin Ivory Boards, Royal, 25^ x 20 inches 3d. each, 2/9 per doz. Dull Enamel Boards, 1 side, Royal, 25J x 201 , inches — 8d. each, 6/6 per doz. White Enamel Boards, 2 sides, Royal, 25J x 20 inches — 1/- each, 10/6 per doz. TvTOTTTTTIlNra- BOABDS. Best Quality Mounting Boards, Tinted both Sides. Royal, 25 x 20 inches, cut edges ... ... 5d. each, 4/6 per doz. Imperial, 28} x 21 J inches, cut edges ... 8d. ,, 6/6 ,, Double Elephant, 39 x 26 inches (White only) — 6-sheet 1/9 „ 19/- 8-sheet ... ... ... ... 2/3 ,, 25/- ,, Card Boards, White only. Royal Size, 25 x 20 inches, cut edges — 3-sheet ... ... 2d. each. 1/9 per doz. 18/6 gross, 4-sheet ... 2d. „ 1/9 „ 19/- „ 5-sheet ... 3d. „ 2/6 „ 27/- „ 6-sheet . . 3d. „ 2/9 „ 30/- „ 8-sheet ... 4d. „ 3/9 „ 39/- „ IMPORTERS OF BANKERS’ STATIONERY. 58 AGENTS FOR WIXSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. ]f[ichallet Freijch Hand-made Crayon Paper, Royal, 24 x 19 inches, 2d. per sheet, 1/6 doz., 2/6 per quire. WHITE OR TINTED. OIL SKETCHING PAPERS. Prepared Oil Sketching Paper In Four Different Surfaces, to imitate the Textures of Plain, Single Primed, Roman and Ticken Canvases. Imperial, 30 x 22 inches, 1 - per sheet. TRACING CLOTH IN ROLLS. IMPERIAL TRACING CLOTH. Xu Rolls S4 Yards. Dull Back. 18 inches 24 „ 27 „ 30 „ 36 „ 1 /- per yard, 21/- per roll. 13 „ 27- 1/3 „ 30/- 1/6 „ 32/6 1/9 „ 36/- 2/- „ 42/6 „ TRACING PAPER IN ROLLS. 38 inches wide, 1 - per yard ; 15/- per roll, 164 yards. 43 „ „ 6d. „ 9/6 „ 21 „ WINSOR & NEWTON’S COLORED CHARTS. Showing how to Mix Colours for Different Shades, Oil or Water Colour, 2/6 each. PASTEL PAPER. Size 25 x 19 French make ... 1/- per sheet. 10/6 dozen, „ 30 x 22 „ ... 1/6 „ 16/- „ IMPORTERS OF ARCHITECTS’ & SURVEYORS’ MATERIALS. 59 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 1S3 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. THE O.W. DRAWING PAPER. A Hand-made Paper Manufactured under the direction of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours . W. C. PENFOLD & CO. having imported a stock of the above Papers, are prepared to execute orders in the following sizes and prices IMPERIAL, 30 x 22 inches — Per Sheet. Per Quire. 72 lb. 6d. 10/6 90 1b. 9d. 16/- 140 lb. (thick) 1 /- m 200 lb. (extra thick)... 1/6 82/- DOUBLE ELEPHANT, 40 x 26f inches— 140 lb ' if 21/- 340 lb 21- Extract from the O.W. Co.’s Circular. “ The Paper is manufactured by hand, without bleach or chemical of any kind, solely for the Company and under their direction. It is subjected to rigid chemical and microscopical analysis, while every sheet, in addition to the water mark of the Company, bears the stamp of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours, as a guarantee of quality and purity.” IMPORTERS OF WEDDING STATIONERY. 60 I AGENTS FOR WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. DRAWING PAPERS. WHATMAN’S DRAWING PAPERS. Best Quality. Smooth and Rough Surfaces. S. d. S. d. Royal, 24 x 19^ in. ... 0 4 Dbl. Elephant, 40 x 27 in. ... 0 10 Imperial, 30 x 22 ,, ... 0 5 Antiquarian, 52 x 30^,, ... 4 0 „ ,, thick 0 9 “CONTINUOUS CARTOON” DRAWING CARTRIDGES. White, 54 and 60 inches wide. Is. per yard. Mounted on White Holland, 56 inches wide. 5s. 6d. per yard. CARTRIDGE DRAWING PAPERS. Imperial, Rough, 30 x 22 2d. and 3d. per sheet. „ ,, ,, Best Quality 4d. sheet, 3s. 9d. dozen. „ Smooth „ „ ... ... 6d. „ 5s. „ MOUNTED DRAWING PAPERS WHATMAN’S DOUBLE ELEPHANT DRAWING PAPER. Joined in Rolls 52 inches wide, being the width of two Sheets side by side. On White Holland. Per yard run, 7s. ; and 40 inches wide, 4s. 6d. per yard run. WHATMAN’S ANTIQUARIAN DRAWING PAPER. Joined iu rolls 52 inches wide, being the length of the paper. On White Holland. Per yard run. 8s. 6d. HAND-MADE TINTED CRAYON PAPER. Imperial, 30 x 22 in., in two tints only, Buff and French Grey, Is. per sheet MACHINE-MADE TINTED CRAYON PAPER. Imperial, 30 x 22 inches, 5d. per sheet, 4s. 9d, per doz. IMPORTERS OF PARCHMENT. 61 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. SPANISH MAHOGANY AND SATIN WOOD. No. 1 Shape. No. 2 Shape. No. 3 Shape. IP .A. LBTTBS. SPANISH MAHOGANY. Oval or Oblong. 8 inch ... 1/2 11 inch ... 2/- 14 inch ... 3/6 10 „ ... 1/9 12 „ ... 2/3 16 „ ... 4/- To fit Student’s Box, 2/- No. 3 Shape — 20 inch, 6/6 ; 24 inch, 8/6 MAHOGANY PALETTES.— No. 1 Shape Only. 8 inch ... 9d. 10 inch ... 1/- 12 inch ... 1/3 14 inch ... 1/6 OVAL CHINA PALETTES. 6 inch 9d. 8 inch ... 1/- 10 inch ... 1/3 OVERTON CHINA PALETTES. OVAL SHAPE. Having Wells to hold each Colour Separate. 7 inch ... 1/6 8 inch ... 1/9 9 inch ... 2/- OVAL. BOOKBINDERS & PAPER RULERS. 62 AGENTS FOE WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. •Artists’ China Ware. DIVIDED SLANTS. SLANT WELL SLABS. No. 32 ... 3 wells ... 4| x 2| inches ... 9d. „ 33 ... 4 „ ... 7±x4 „ ... 1/6 „ 34 ... 10 „ ... 13| x 3| „ ... 4/- TINTING SAUCERS, CHINA. 1 inch, 2d. 1^ inch, 2d. 2 inch, 2d. 3 inch, 2d. 4 inch, 2d. ARCHITECTS’ CABINET SAUCERS. IX NESTS OF SIX IN LEATHER CASES. No. 41 „ 42 „ 43 2| inch diameter 2 ^ 8 ” ” 3/- nest 4/6 „ ILLUMINATORS & DESIGNERS. 63 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. SHADED JAPANNED TIN PLAQUES (Circular). Brown, Terra. Cotta, Pale Blue, Pale Green. 6 inches in diameter ... 6d. 8 „ „ ... 8d. 10 „ „ ... lOd. 12 „ „ ... 1 /- 14 „ „ ... 1/3 16. „ „ ... 3/- SHADED JAPANNED TIN. Specially prepared for Oil Painting, with Rings at Back to Hang up. SHADED JAPANNED TIN TAMBOURINES. 7 in. ... ... 1/9 each. 10 in. ... ... 2/6 each. Si 2/- „ 12 ... ... 2/9 „ Prepared for Oil Painting. BEST OF ALL Drawing Pins. 8d., lOd. and 1/2 per doz. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF PURSES, CARD CASES, &c. 64 AGENTS FOK WIXSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. PALETTE KNIVES WITH BEST STEEL BLADES. No. 540 — Cocoa Handle, inch 8d. each. 4^ inch ... lOd. each 1 /- Knife No. l, 2/6 6d. each ... 2'W ,, 541 — ,, „ Balanced, 5^ inch... French Shape Palette (Thin Blade). S/- and S/6 each. SCRAPERS. No. 1 — Steel Scrapers ,, 2 — Steel Oil Colour Scrapers, Ebony Handles SPRAY DIFFUSERS. For use with Fixative. In Metal, Metal Mouthpiece... „ Bone 9d. each ... 1/6 „ MANUFACTURING STATIONERS. 65 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. LEATHER STUMPS. White or Chamois. No. l „ 2 o » o „ 4 2d. each No. 5 2d. ,, „ 6 3d. ,, ,, 7 3d. ,, . 8 4d. each 4d. „ 6d. „ 6d. „ PAPER STUMPS. White. 1 Id. each No. 5 2d. each 2 ... ... Id. „ ,, 6 ... 3d. „ 3 ... ... Id. „ „ 7 ... 4d, „ 4 ... 2d. „ „ 8 ... ... 6d. „ TORTILLON PAPER STUMPS. 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To Reduce a Picture. — Fix the lath (b e) at the holes marked, according to the required proportion ; place the pencil point in the lath (b e) at the corresponding hole, and the tracing point, which has to follow the lines of the original picture, at (f). Note. — The illustration shows the Pantagraph set to enlarge double the original size : as the lath (b e) is moved towards (a f) the enlargement will be smaller than double, and towards (c d) greater than double ; when making a reduced copy the proportions are reversed. Before commencing a drawing, care should be taken that all the points are of exactly the same length, and that the point in the lath (b e) is in the hole corresponding to the position of the lath itself. IMPORTERS OF COMMERCIAL STATIONERY. 71 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. ARCHITECTS’, SURVEYORS’ & STUDENTS’ MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. The largest and most complete 1 2 3 4 G 7 8 9 LO och to select from in Sydney . 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No. 109n „ 109d „ 109e ,, 109f Steel Spring Compass, takes a pencil of ordinary size, 4d. each Brass 4^-inch Pencil Compass, Bur Head, with Screw to Barrel ... ... ... ... 9d. ,, Brass Tubular 4-inch Pencil Compass, Screw Head, with Screw to Barrel ... ... 1 - ,, Brass 5-inch Pencil Compass, with Screw to Barrel, extra finish ... ... ... 1/3 ,, BOXWOOD SCALES -Plotting, Architects’, &c. 12-inch, Divided, J, f, f, 1, If, 3 inch ,, „ 1, f, 1 inch ... 133 inch ,, ,, 2’ S’ 4 111011 Plotting, 20-40 „ „ „ 30-60 „ Inch Rulers ... 2/- each 1/3 „ 1/3 „ i/- .. 1/8 „ 4d., 6d. and 1/- ,, SUNDRIES. Redgrave’s Manual of Colour, 1/-. Automatic Shading Pens, 4 different widths, 1/- each. Bottle Rubber, best Para Black, 3d, 6d, 9d and 1/- per piece. Drawing Pins, assorted sizes, 6d, 9d and 1/- per doz. Drawing Pencils, School Boxes, 1/- per box. Wood Pencil Boxes, Sliding Lids, Empty, 8d each. Koh-i-noor Drawing Pencils, in the following degrees: — B, 2 B, 3 B, 4 B, 1 H to 6 H, H B and F, 4d each. Johann Faber’s Drawing Pencils, all grades, 3d each. Artists’ Sight Measures, invented by John S. Rawle, F.S.A. This appliance claims the following advantages : — 1st. It enables the artist to decide exactly how a landscape of a given size will come upon his paper or canvas. 2nd. It determines what size should he selected for a given subject. Price, 2 6 each. IMPORTERS OF ARCHITECTS’ & SURVEYORS’ MATERIALS. 75 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. 1/- HAND-BOOKS OUST WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, &c. In ordering it is sufficient to mention the number ivhich is attached to each book. No. No. 1. — Half-hour Lectures on Drawing and Painting. 2. — The Art of Sketching from Nature. 3. — The Art of Landscape Painting in Water-Colours. 4. — System of Water-Col. Painting o — The Art of Marine Painting in Water-Colours. 6. — Hints for Sketching in Water- Colours from Nature. 7. — Practical Directions for Portrait Painting in Water-Colours. 8. — The Art ot Miniature Painting. 9. — The Art of Flower Painting in Water-Colours. 10. — The Art of Landscape Painting in Oil-Colours. 11. — The Art <">f Portrait Painting in Oil-Colours. 12. — The Art of Marine Painting in Oil-Colours. 13. — The Elements of Perspective. 14. — The Principles of Drawing Flowers and Plants. 15. — A Manual of Illumination. 16. — A Companion to Manual of Illu- mination. 17. — The Art of Figure Drawing. 18. — An Artistic Treatise on the Human Figure. 19. — Anatomy of the Human Figure. 20. — Anatomy of the Dog and Deer. 21. — The Anatomy of the Horse. 22. — The Anatomy of Cattle & Sheep. 23. — The Art of Drawing in Coloured Pastel Crayons. 24. — The Art of Mural Decoration. 25. — Transparency Painting on Linen 26. — The Art of Painting on Glass for Magic Lanterns, &c. 27. — The Principles of Colouring in Painting. 28. — The Principles of Form in Or- namental Art. 29. — The Art of Wood Engraving. 30. — Instructions for Varnishing, Cleaning, Lining, and Restor- ing Oil Paintings. 31. — Drawing Models and their Uses. 32. — Comparative Anatomy as Ap- plied to the Purposes of Ar- tists and Amateurs. 33. — The Art of Etching on Copper. 34. — The Art of Painting on China, with a Chapter on Terra Cotta Painting in Oil and Water-Colour. 35. — Rules of Perspective, with Letter of Approval from Professor John Ruskin, M.A., Hon. LL.D., &c., &c. 36. — The Sketcher’s Manual and Dic- tionary of Mixed Tints in Water-Colours for all Sub- jects in Landscape Painting. 37. — Flower Painting in Oil Colours, with Coloured Illustrations. 38. —Gothic Architecture for Artists, with Illustrations. 39. — Fruit and Still Life Painting in Oil and Water-Colours, with Coloured Illustrations. 40. — The Art of Pen and Ink Draw- ing, with Illustrations. 41. — Trees, and How to Draw Them, with Illustrations. 42. — Interior Decoration for Dwel- ling Houses, with Coloured Illustrations. 13. — A Description of Modern Water- Colour Pigments, Illustrated with washes of seventy-two Colours, graduated by hand on Whatman’s drawing paper p p. — Oil Painting on Glass, including Mirrors, Windows, &c., with remarks upon the principles of Painting and Decorative Art generally. IMPORTERS OF WEDDING STATIONERY. 76 AGENTS FOR WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. FINE ART STUDIES, WATER COLOR, OIL AND PASTEL STUDIES, PICTURES, Etc. IMPORTED BY W. C. PENFOLD L CO. FROM E. VOUCA, PUBLISHER, The Vouga Fine Art Studies are designed and reproduced for the purpose of being used either for Oil, Water Colour or Paste Painting, and are also suitable for framing. They are admirably adapted for Door Panels, Screens, Wall Decoration, China, Painting on Silk and Satin, Fan Decoration, and every purpose where decoration is desired or suggestions in decoration needed. SET 1 A. Size, 13 x 37 inches. No. 2. Flamingoes and Palm, 3. Grey Herons and Mauve Iris. 4. White Herons and Pink Water 11. Swans and Yellow Water Lilies. 12. Swans and White Water Lilies. Lilies. SET 1 A A. Size, 6| x 18 inches. No. 1. Storks and Bulrushes. 2. Flamingoes and Palms. No. 11. Swans and Yellow Lilies. 12. Swans and White Lilies. Price, 1/6 each. IMPORTERS OF PARCHMENT. 77 W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. SET 5 E. Size, 15 x 22 inches. Price 21— each. No. No. 11. Mauve and White Poppies 19. Tiger Lilies 12. Pink Peonies 20. White and Purple Iris SET 12 L. Size, 8^ x 1 3 inches. No. 1. Fed Poppies and Cornflowers Price 1/- each. No. 3. Yellow Iris and Bulrushes SET 14 N. Size, 10 x 24 in. Price 2/3 No. 2. Red Cactus 16. Red Poppies 18. Daffodils and Blackberry Branch SET 19 S. Size, 7x13 in. Price If* No. 2. Narcissus aud Buttercups 4. Carnations, Pink and Yellow 8. Daffodils 12. Iris, Lilac and Yellow SET 20 T. Size, 15 x 21 in. Price 1/9 No. 12. Victoria Lily (Water) SET 23 W. Size, 13 x 18 in. Price 2/- No. 1. Basket of Jonquils, Forget- me-Nots, Wallflowers, White and Pink Roses 2. Basket of Moss Roses and Reve D’Or Set 29, No. 501. SET 24—4. Size, 11 x 12 in. Price ]/- Nos. 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48. Old Saxon Porcelain, Plate Cup and Saucer. f ; BOOKBINDERS & PAPER RULERS. 78 SET 29. Size, 11 x 26 in. Price 2 9 No. 501. Sunflowers 508. Coleus, Leaves & Wheat 511. Narcissus 513. Purple Clematis 517. Anemones & Carnations 521. Small Sunflowers 522. Bunch of Poppies 525. Yellow Lilies and Foliage SET 33. Size, 11 x 31 in. Price 3 9 No. 652. Iris, Maure, Blue and Yellow 655. Castor Oil Plant and Tit- mouse 657. Poppies, Bed and White SET 36. Size 11 x 31 in. Price 4/6 No. 701. Stag, Winter Scene (See Illustration next page). 702. Stag at Sunset (Summer) 701. Beturning from Pasture 709. Contented Cow, Summer SET 37. Size, 10 x 40 in. Price 3/- No. 751. Mayflowers and Titmouse 752 Mayflowers and Titmouse 755. Bed & White Carnations 756. Bed & White Carnations SET 37. Size, 10 x 20 in. Price i/9 No. 757. Bed & White Carnations 758. Bed & White Carnations 79 Set 36, N<>. 702. Set 36, No. 701. SET 38. Size, 18 x 40 in. Price 51 - No. 803. October — pale pink Ch ysanthemums with Cross 804. December — Birds with Christmas Roses and Autumn Foliage 805. February-Tambourine, Camellias & Mimosa SET 40. Size 1 1 x 25| inches Price 3 /- No. 901. Morning Glories, Kingfisher and Cat- tails 908. Poppies, Pink 909. Virginia Creeper* and Clematis 912. La France Koses 913. Tulips,’ Red and Yellow SET 41. Size, 5J x 11 inches. Price 1/- No. 951. Ked Carnations 952. Anemones and Mimosa 953. Bunch of Violets and Canaries 957. Ked-Purple Pans’es and Pot 959. Pink Sweeb Peas 962. Red Poppies 964. Wild Koses 966. Dwarf Sunflowers 967. Violets 968. Mme. Berard Koses 970. Forget-me-nots 974. Christmas Koses and Violets 975 Pink and White Koses 80 I V GENTS FOK WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS, SET 42. Size, 12 x 36 inches. Price 3/9 each. No. 1001. Red and White Cactus 1003. Yellow Cactus and Palms 1004. Pink Cactus and Palms 1005. Sunflowors 1007. White, Pink and Purple Campanula 1008. Pink and White Chrysanthemums 1010. Dwarf Sunflowers Set 41, No. 953. Set 41, No. 952. SET 44. Size, x 14^ inches. Trice 1/- each. No. 1161. Violets with Vase 1 162. Poppies with Vase 1161. Pink Anemones 1166. Purple Pansies in a Glass of Water SET 40. Size, 1 2 x 32 inches. Price 3/9 each. No. 1301. Kingfishers and Water Lilies 1302. Water Linnet and Yellow Water Lilies 1303. Quail in Cornfield, with Poppies 1304. Pigeons on Wall, Snowballs and Daisies SET 59. Size. 17 x 19^ inches. Price 2 j- each. No. 2064. Gaillardias. Set 44, No 11GI. MANIJ FA CTU RING ST AT I ON E R S. SI W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 PITT STREET, SYDNEY. Size. 8^ x 25 inches. ‘ Price 2/9 each. No. No. 2181. Hyacinths, Pink and Cream 2188. Yellow and Purple Iris 2182. Gladiolus, Red and White 2199. White and Red Geraniums 2184. Hyacinths, White & Purple Size, 11 x 26 inches. No. 3001. Pink Peonies 3002. Lilies and Ferns Size, 10 x 25 inches. No. 3025. Rose Fortune 3026. Vicomtesse de Folkestone SET 64. Price 2/9 each. No. 3003 Peonies, Red and White SET 65. No. 3027. Baron de Rothschild Price 3/- each. Size, 9J x 22 inches. No. 3052. Early Spring SET 66. Landscape. Price 2/9 each. Size, 7J x 13£ inches. No. 3061. A Quiet Nook 3062. Autumn Scene SET 67. Landscapes. Price 1/6 each. No. 3063. A Pleasant Path Price 1/9 each. SET 68. Size, 7| x 16| inches. Seascapes. No. No. 3065. A Breezy Morning off the 3067. A Stiff Breeze (Moonlight) Coast of Brittany 3068- Moonlight by the Sea 3066. A Storm off the Coast of Brittany Size, 104 x 22 inches. SET 68a. Seascapes. Price 3/— each. No. No. 3054. Deserted (Evening) 3055. Fishing Boats (Sunset) 3056. Cliffs (Morning) Q . ’ . r SET 69, Size, 6^ x 12^ inches. No. ;■ No. 3071. Pink, White & Purple Asters 3075. Pink Roses and Bowl Price 1/6 each. ACCOUNT BOOK MAKERS. 82 AGENTS FOE WINSOR & NEWTON’S ARTISTS’ MATERIALS. SET 70. Size, 12^ x 31 in. Price 4/6 Dogs. No. 3081. Waiting for His Master 3082. *“ Roily,” Newfoundland SET 72. Size, 6| x 13| in. Price 1/- Coast of Brittany. No. 9. Falaises 16. Etang de Beaufort 21. La Cascade de la Verniere SET 84. Size, 1 5| x 36 in. Price 4/- No. 1. Sunflowers & Autumn Scenery 2. Sunflowers & Autumn Scenery 1. Set 84a. Sunflowers & Autumn Scenery SET 85. Size, 12| x 30 in. Price 4/- Watteau Louis XV. No. 1. The Minuet Dance 2. Venetian Fete Minuet Dance SET 86. Size, 7J x 15 in. Price 1/6 No. 1. Peasant Minuet Dance 2. Venetian Fete Minuet Dance 3. Music hath Charms 4. Companion to above Set 84, No. 1. LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS- 83 ^ 2 . ZTlr W, C, PENFOLD & CO., 188 PITT STREET, SYDNEY, Set 115, Mo. 5. SET 98, Size, 5+ x 14 in. Price No, 7, Iris, Lilao 8, Daffodils 9, Pansies, Violet 11. Poppies, Rod l/~ SET 97. Size, 12 x 86 in. Price No. 1, Dahlias, White and SET 99. Size, 8 x 22^ in. Trice No. 1. Poppies and Daisies 3. Daisies and Cornflowers 4/0 Red 2/6 SET 101. Size, 6^ x 14 in. Price 1/8 No. 1. Poppies, Pink and White 4. Poppies, White and Red SET 102. Size. 6J x 14 in. Price 1/3 No. 1. Dahlias, Red 4. Clematis, White and Lilac SET 109. Size, 1 3]/ x 19 in. Price 3/— Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4. Alpine Village Street (four sorts) SET 111. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Village Landscapes. SET 115. Price 2/ Price Nos. 1 & 2. Marine Views, Sunset No. 3. Marine View, Moonlight Price 2/6 Size, 7 x 21 £ in. SET 117. No. " No. 1. Dahlias, White and Purple 3. Tulips, Red and White 2. Petunias, Purple 4. Tulips, Pink and Foliage LETTERPRESS PRINTERS. 84 BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. IINSOR & NEWTON, LTD, MANUFACTURERS OF Tbe Finest . . . COLOURS . . . CAMVAS, BRUSHES, And Every Requisite for Oil an6 Water Colour Paiotiflg- N.W. Offices : RATHBONE PLACE, LONDON, W. WINSOR & NEWTON’S Artists’ Colours and Materials are stocked by W. C. PENFOLD & CO., 183 Pitt Street, Sydney, from whom illustrated Catalogues may be obtained; also by the principal dealers throughout the world.