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CYCLOPEDIA OF PAINTING
dark edge, and put in with a sable pencil dipped in a blue-black wash the fine markings which cross the grain. The varnishing or binding coating is now given, and the work
Fig. 36. Pollard Oak Graining—First Stage.
glazed with Vandyke brown, if desired full and rich, or with blue-black if the warmth requires to be toned. If beer is used with the pigments, the work can always be safely wetted to ascertain the color when varnished. Any slight alterations or additions can therefore easily be exe-
