PLATE LXXRAINBOW EFFECT. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, FROM BATTERSEA MARSHThe sky with indigo, lake, and gamboge, taking care to soften the edges of the rainbow with clear water; and when perfectly dry, colour the outer extremity of the rainbow with red; then soften in with it a yellow, which will produce an intermediate tint of orange. While the yellow is wet, run in a blue, which will give a green between the two colours; and under the blue, a little lake must be softened in. The tints upon the bushes on the opposite side of the water are varied with gamboge, burnt sienna, and indigo; the water, the same tint as the sky; the barge, lake and black, finished with Vandyke brown.
PLATE LXXRAINBOW EFFECT. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, FROM BATTERSEA MARSHThe sky with indigo, lake, and gamboge, taking care to soften the edges of the rainbow with clear water; and when perfectly dry, colour the outer extremity of the rainbow with red; then soften in with it a yellow, which will produce an intermediate tint of orange. While the yellow is wet, run in a blue, which will give a green between the two colours; and under the blue, a little lake must be softened in. The tints upon the bushes on the opposite side of the water are varied with gamboge, burnt sienna, and indigo; the water, the same tint as the sky; the barge, lake and black, finished with Vandyke brown.
PLATE LXX
RAINBOW EFFECT. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, FROM BATTERSEA MARSH
The sky with indigo, lake, and gamboge, taking care to soften the edges of the rainbow with clear water; and when perfectly dry, colour the outer extremity of the rainbow with red; then soften in with it a yellow, which will produce an intermediate tint of orange. While the yellow is wet, run in a blue, which will give a green between the two colours; and under the blue, a little lake must be softened in. The tints upon the bushes on the opposite side of the water are varied with gamboge, burnt sienna, and indigo; the water, the same tint as the sky; the barge, lake and black, finished with Vandyke brown.
PLATE LXXIMOONLIGHT EFFECT. VIEW ON THE THAMESThe blue in the sky with indigo and lake, subdued with a little gamboge; the clouds tinted with light red and indigo mixed; the distance, water, trees, etc., worked in with a grey composed of indigo, lake, and gamboge, and glazed with brown pink; the barge, with a clear tint of lake and black, glazed with Vandyke brown, finished with a few smart touches of the same.
PLATE LXXIMOONLIGHT EFFECT. VIEW ON THE THAMESThe blue in the sky with indigo and lake, subdued with a little gamboge; the clouds tinted with light red and indigo mixed; the distance, water, trees, etc., worked in with a grey composed of indigo, lake, and gamboge, and glazed with brown pink; the barge, with a clear tint of lake and black, glazed with Vandyke brown, finished with a few smart touches of the same.
PLATE LXXI
MOONLIGHT EFFECT. VIEW ON THE THAMES
The blue in the sky with indigo and lake, subdued with a little gamboge; the clouds tinted with light red and indigo mixed; the distance, water, trees, etc., worked in with a grey composed of indigo, lake, and gamboge, and glazed with brown pink; the barge, with a clear tint of lake and black, glazed with Vandyke brown, finished with a few smart touches of the same.
PLATE LXXIISNOW SCENE. VIEW IN SUSSEXThe sky is first coloured with indigo and Indian red; afterwards, in parts, with indigo alone. The whole of the landscape is shaded with indigo and Indian red, finished with Vandyke brown and brown pink; the sheep, with a warm grey of indigo and light red, tinted with yellow ochre.
PLATE LXXIISNOW SCENE. VIEW IN SUSSEXThe sky is first coloured with indigo and Indian red; afterwards, in parts, with indigo alone. The whole of the landscape is shaded with indigo and Indian red, finished with Vandyke brown and brown pink; the sheep, with a warm grey of indigo and light red, tinted with yellow ochre.
PLATE LXXII
SNOW SCENE. VIEW IN SUSSEX
The sky is first coloured with indigo and Indian red; afterwards, in parts, with indigo alone. The whole of the landscape is shaded with indigo and Indian red, finished with Vandyke brown and brown pink; the sheep, with a warm grey of indigo and light red, tinted with yellow ochre.
FOOTNOTES:[A]Reprinted from the cover of the original edition, published in 1813[B]Reprinted from the original edition, published in 1813[C]Reprinted from the cover of the original edition, published in 1813
FOOTNOTES:
[A]Reprinted from the cover of the original edition, published in 1813
[A]Reprinted from the cover of the original edition, published in 1813
[B]Reprinted from the original edition, published in 1813
[B]Reprinted from the original edition, published in 1813
[C]Reprinted from the cover of the original edition, published in 1813
[C]Reprinted from the cover of the original edition, published in 1813