the glass all over, except where the pattern covers, with black
paint, composed of refined lampblack, black enamel, copel varnish
and turpentine, mixed. Now let this dry, then take off your patterns
and paint your roses, flowers, &c., with tube paints, mixed with
demar varnish, so that your roses, &c., may be, in a manner,
transparent. Paint your large roses red, some of the smaller ones
yellow, or any colour to suit your taste. Paint one side of the
leaves a darker shade of green than the other, which will make
the picture appear as though the sun was shining on it. When this
painting is dry, take silver or gold foil, (gold is best,) wrinkle
it up in your hand then nearly straighten it, and cover the back of
the glass all over with it; over the large roses let the wrinkles be
larger, over the small ones smaller, &c.; then lay a piece of stiff
paper, the size of the glass, over the foil, and a piece of very
thin board again over this; have it framed in this manner and it is
completed. You now have one of the richest of paintings, which is
commonly taught at a cost of $5. You may buy all you require for
this painting at the druggist's.


2. TRANSFER PAINTING ON GLASS

This is for transferring any picture plate you please to glass, to
be framed. First give the glass a coat of demar varnish; let it
remain for eight hours, or until dry; at this time have your picture
thoroughly soaked in warm water; then give the glass another coat of
demar varnish, and take the picture out of the water; then let it
and the glass remain for twenty minutes, by which time the water
will be struck in from the face of the picture, after which you will
place the front of the picture on the varnished glass, (avoiding