Water.--The light parts with white, the rest the same as the sky. If a bright scene, and with trees, of a greenish brown. Hair and Eyebrows.--Yellow ochre and vandyke brown, or raw sienna. Backgrounds.--The most agreeable tint is a greenish brown. White Background.--Flake and silver white. Buff Background.--Naples yellow. Orange Background.--Chrome yellow, with vermillion. Blue Background.--Flake white and Prussian blue. Gray Background.--White, Prussian blue, and vermillion. Pink Background.--White and vermillion. Crimson Background.--Vermillion and white, with carmine. Green Background.--Chrome yellow and Prussian blue. Paints for the front of the picture.--Drying oil must be used with all the colours on the front. Shading for the flesh on the front.--Carmine and vandyke brown laid on lightly, and the edges touched off with the finger. Cheeks.--Carmine; soften the edges carefully. Lips.--Carmine, with a touch of vermilion. Hair and Eyebrows.--Yellow lake and vandyke brown. Draperies.--These are always painted on the back, and shaded on the front with vandyke brown. Backgrounds.--If plain, glaze with yellow lake. Foliages.--Yellow lake and vandyke brown. General Directions.--First.--Lay the paint thickly on the back, and be careful to cover every part, but not to go over the edges. Second.--When the painting is finished let it dry four days, and then cover the front with a coat of mastic varnish. Materials required are a palette, palette-knife, flat varnish brush, three sizes of bristle brushes, three sizes of table brushes, drying oil, mastic varnish, spirits of turpentine, Grecian varnish. Colours used are oil colours in tubes. Those generally needed are silver white, Naples yellow, yellow ochre, brilliant yellow, vermilion, Prussian blue, raw sienna, ivory black, carmine, yellow lake, vandyke brown. If economy is an object, some of the above-mentioned materials can be dispensed with. 550. DIAPHANIE