Deseret Evening News | 1897-08-28 | Page 3 | Greetif Ro Day Fpahiting

Groul F23 ths toU The rctnnrknUu trrles 1 of portnits found In Earl 1 Ore dewrlbed lu Tim Monthly Illustrator nnd the uiethnuH of the old nrtlita employed TIio methods of these nnelcntdjya veto totnllv divert from those cf tile present day arid wero evidently lastly more dOIIhe Ianl 01 world Wlt Used 1 its 11111 chpycamore and cypre4q alma riiiek of 11ler fuddle Dud 0 onsinnilly thy werti formed b > gluing thru lhlckuen of tnmii together These Panda were tiunlly about 14 Inchii long by 7 inches wide Ihourtlt uscil liquid wax instead o oil to uilx Iho colors which were made not from vegetable bat from mineral substances Bad wire of innneloni brtllinurr md pcrmnnenet blue powdered 1 Inpis lazo I 1 green iiinlnchit red oxide of Iron 110 Thc colors wt eto laid on il patches Fruipwhnt titter the fashion rf u iiiwalo und niterward MrniliA with nn lasted I mint called Iliu ceslrum which nppcira I I tn have tncn n lancet shaped Epnttila 101 handled I with at one < ml u Curved point nt the ntber a fliitly dentated edge With tho toothed rdgo tire wax could bo equalized anti emcothed whllo the lclLI was used for placing highlights high-lights mnrUug lips eebro etc The final ptocLM which givers Iho nnuio eucluitla to tbltkiudof painting cnclol p3iuluJ was tho burning lu ot tho colprn Till I I I was done by tho application cl a h r I I surface to tile panel though Ucorgn in cm hole that In Egypt tho heat I r of tbo timvnq probably fiatwas Lccdcd to complete tho artists work I