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 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 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