The whole art of drawing, painting, limning, and etching collected out of the choicest Italian and German authors : to which is added exact rules of proportion for drawing the heads of men, women and children , of what bigness soever / originally invented and written by the famous Italian painter Odoardo Fialetti, painter of Boloign ; published for the benefit of all ingenuous gentlemen and artists by Alexander Brown ... Fialetti, Odoardo, 1573-1638. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A41260 of text R6823 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing F844). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. 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A41260) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 57103) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 143:6) The whole art of drawing, painting, limning, and etching collected out of the choicest Italian and German authors : to which is added exact rules of proportion for drawing the heads of men, women and children , of what bigness soever / originally invented and written by the famous Italian painter Odoardo Fialetti, painter of Boloign ; published for the benefit of all ingenuous gentlemen and artists by Alexander Brown ... Fialetti, Odoardo, 1573-1638. Browne, Alexander, fl. 1660-1677. [8], 54 p. : ill. Printed for Peter Stint ... and Simon Miller ..., London : 1660. Translation of an unidentified work probably written in Italian. Reproduction of original in British Library. eng Drawing -- Technique. Painting -- Technique. Etching -- Technique. A41260 R6823 (Wing F844). civilwar no The whole art of drawing, painting, limning, and etching. Collected out of the choicest Italian and German authors. To which is added exact Fialetti, Odoardo 1660 17852 14 0 0 0 0 0 8 B The rate of 8 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2006-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-05 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-08 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2006-08 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion VARIETY OF EXCELLENT SYMMETRICALL RULES of Drawing Limning &c. Invented by Odoardo Fialet and others THE Whole Art OF DRAWING , PAINTING , LIMNING , AND ETCHING . Collected out of the Choicest Italian and German Authors . To which is added Exact Rules of Proportion for Drawing the Heads of Men , Women and Children , of what Bigness soever . Originally invented and written by the famous Italian Painter Odoardo Fialetti , Painter of Boloign . Published for the Benefit of all Ingenuous Gentlemen and Artists , by Alexander Brown Practitioner . London , Printed for Peter Stint at the Signe of the white Horse in Giltspurre-Street , and Simon Miller at the Starre in St Pauls Church-yard , M. D C. LX . TO THE Great Cherisher of all Ingenuous Artists . Sr WILLIAM PASTON Baronet , &c. Honoured Sir , IT was a Fate as happy as accidental , threw this ensuing Treatise into my hands , ready instructed at the charge of a Person of Honour in the English Tongue , and by him preserv'd as a Jewel ( bound up together with the Original Prints and Italian Comment ) for private use . There hath been no Parallel it'h same Species ever publick in this our native dress , which put me to a pause , till the remembrance of your un●●served favour ( despairing of any thing of my own , worthy your acceptance ) prompted me to communicate . And the rather , because I find my Author both precedent and warrant , first unlocking this treasure in his Mother tongue . Let therefore the genuine propensity , your disposition bears to Arts of this nature , pardon my presumption ; and your wonted candor , not only curteously entertain this Stranger ( whose noble extract shines through all disguises ) but also vindicate him against incident injuries ; from which , the inscription of no Name I know , can better protect , then your own . Sir , I may not longer detain you here , since I dare hope you will take some delight in the Garden , though this passage be wholly unpleasant , were it not an Inlet , and the only conveyance of the duty and observance of Your Honours most humble and obliged Servant , Alexander Brown . THE CONTENTS . SEverall Observations and Directions in the Art of Drawing , page 1. 7 The Manner of Drawing a Head by the Life , 1. 45 How to Draw a naked man by the Life , 2 , 3 How to perfect the out-Lines of any Point or Figure 6 How to decline any Print in a small compass , ibid Observations in the Art of Limning , and Painting , and Tempering Colours , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 How to prepare a Tablet to work on , 12 Rules for Shadows in the Face , 13 How to begin a Face by the Life , 14 Concerning dead-Colouring , 15 The second work of Painting observed in the second Sitting , 15 , 16 The Manner of finishing at the third Sitting , 17 Ornaments in setting forth a Picture , 18 A Receipt to make liquid Gold , 19 Rules for Landskips , ibid Secrets for preserving Colours , 20 Generall Observations in Painting , ibid Instruments to draw with , 21 To make Wax-work or Moulding , 22 , 23 To counterfeit Sweet Meats , 24 To counterfeit Pearl , ibid Grounds and Rules of Etching , 25 Instruments used in Etching , 25 , 26 How to make the Ground , 27 How to lay the Ground on the Plate , 28 ▪ 33 How to draw the outmost Lines of any Print on the Plate , ibid Severall Observations in Hatching , 29 Necessary Observations in Etching Landskips , 30 How to make the Wax-wall round about the Plate , to keep the Aqua fortis from running off , ib How to use the Aqua fortis , ibid How to know when it is eaten deep enough , 31 To lay a white or red Ground on a black , 32 How to preserve the work in frosty Weather , 34 To keep the Aqua fortis from injuring the Plate , ibid To Etch soft or hard according to Nature or Art , ibid Observations in Etching Prospective , 35 How to Grave any Hand or Letter on Copper , ibid How to Polish the Plate , 36 Fit Instruments to be used ; and their use , ibid Rules of Proportion for Drawing of the Ear , 38 Nose , Mouth , and Beard , 40 The Head upright , or with a Triangle , 41 , 42 The Foreright , and other Positions of the Face , 48 The Inclining or Foreshortning of the Face , 46 A more perfect Foreshortning , 44 The upright or side-Face without any Measure , 50 The Manner how to describe a Head every way without Measure , 52 Of Childrens Heads , 54 THE ART OF DRAVVING . Severall Instructions and Observations directing to the Art of Drawing . BEcause the greatest difficulties and principall parts of this Art consist in some part in Drawing the lively Resemblance of a Face , therefore I thought it very necessary to add this as a further direction to Draw any Face after the Life . Severall Observations in Drawing a Head after the Life . Therefore if you will draw any Face after the Life , that it may resemble the Party you Draw it after ; take notice in the first place of the Physiognomy or circumference of the Face , whither it be round or long , fat or leane , big or little ; so that in the first place you must be sure to take the right Physiognomy and bigness of the Face , and in case it be a fat Face you will perceive the Cheeks to make the side of the Face swell out , add so make the Face look as if it were square ; and if it be neither too fat nor too leane , it will be round for the most part ; but if it be a leane Face the Jaw-bones will stick out , and the Cheeks fall in , and the Face will be long and slender . Observe when you Draw the outmost circumferences of a Face , to take the Head and all with it , or otherwise you may be deceived in Drawing the true bigness of a Face , then you must diligently and judiciously observe and discerne all the Gentlemaster touches , which gives the spirit and life to a Face , and discovers the graces or disposition of the mind , wherein lyeth the whole grace of the work , and the credit of the Artist , you may easily discerne a smiling countenance in the corners of the mouth when they turn up alittle ; you may best discerne a staid and sober countenance in the eye , when the upper eye-lid comes somewhat over the Ball of the Eye ; but a frowning countenance is easily discerned in the Forehead by the bending of the Eyebrowes , and some few wrinckles about the top of the Nose between the two Eyebrowes ▪ and a laughing Countenance is easily discerned all over the Face ; but an angry Countenance is discerned by extraordinary frownings ; there are also some touches about the Eye and Mouth which you must diligently observe , which gives the spirit and life to a Face . Some generall Rules to be Observed in Drawing the Figure of a Naked Man after the Life . A standing Figure from the top of the head to the bottome of the feet is eight times the length of the Head , and because you ought to be most exact in Drawing the Head , because the whole body must be proportioned correspondently to the Head ; therefore I shall give you in short some severall Rules and Observations to Draw a foreright Head . First , Draw an Ovale , then devide that Ovale into four equall parts ; the first is for the Hair , the second for the Forehead and Browes ; the third for the Nose , the fourth for the Mouth and Chin , as afore written in the Book of Fielettoe . But when you Draw after the life , you are not to follow this Rule exactly , because some Men have a long Nose , and another a short ; one a high forehead , another a low forehead ; Therefore if you look upon a hundred Mens Faces that they all differ one from another , the eyes must be placed just the length of one eye the one from the other . Then having Drawn the Head , you measure out eight times the length of the Head , then the Head is reckoned one of the eight parts ; then you must Draw a straight Line from the top of the Head to the sole of the Foote , one Heads length from the Chin , you must Draw the Brests the third length reacheth to the Navell , the fourth to the privities , the fifth reacheth just to the middle of the Thigh , and the sixt to the lower part of the Knee , the seaventh to the small of the Legg , and the eighth to the Heel and sole of the Foot : But observe as you Draw downwards from the Head to place the Muscles in their right places according to nature ; and because there are no certain Rules for Drawing the Muscles but only to observe them exactly as they are in the Life . The breadth of the Shoulders containeth two measures of the Head , the breadth of the Hipps two measures of the Face , and the Armes stretched out are eight measures of the Head , and if the Brests be reckoned unto them , so the Armes without the Brests are but six measures . And note that when an Arme hangeth straight down it reacheth within a span of the Knee : a Hand must be no longer then the length of the Face , that when the Hand is spread abroad , it must as it were cover the Face and no more ; It is very necessary for one that intends to practise to Draw Naked Figures to Draw after good Anatomies of Plaister , and when you have practised a while , it will learn you to place all your Muscles according to Nature or Art . There are also good Books of Anatomies with Prints and instructions to them , which are very usefull for one that intends to draw a good Naked Figure , which you can never be eminent at , without you understand the Anatomy and use to Draw after the Life very much . Some further Observations in Drawing a Naked Figure . Whatsoever you Draw , Draw it at first very lightly with a Cole , because if it be out of proportion you can the easier mend it , and rub it out , and Draw it again anew : but note , that you must finish nothing with your Cole , before you see every thing is placed right according to Art and proportion and then finish it the one after the other as exactly and curiously as you can possibly in the Drawing a Naked Figure . Observe first that you draw the Head very exactly , and next the Shoulders in their just breadth , as before mentioned , containing two measures of the Head ; Then you Draw the Trunck of the Body beginning just at the Arm-pits , and you may leave the Armes to finish till afterwards , and then you proceed to Draw down to the Hipps on both sides , but be sure that you exactly observe the breadth of the Wast ; and when you have done this , then Draw that Leg first which the Body standeth firmest upon , then Draw the other which standeth looser of the two , but be sure to place that Leg which the Figure stands upon firmely and right , upon the straight Line which cometh down from the Head , or else the Figure may seem to yield one way or the other , and as it were fall ; and lastly you must proceed to Draw the Armes and Hands . A further Observation . When you Draw a Naked Figure you must judiciously and exactly observe to place the Joynts and Sinews and Muscles in their naturall places , according to their proportion , and observe that one Joynt be not higher or lower then the other ; otherwise the Figure will seem to be crooked and deformed and out of proportion to the judicious eye ; see that every parallel Joynt must bend moderately according to Nature , and answer the other which is opposite to it ; and note that the straight stroake must be struck according to the bending of the Body , so that if the Body bowe , the stroke must bowe also , and if the body stoope downwards a little , you must strike your stroake sloping accordingly ; then make the Shoulder , which ought to stand straight over one another , the one to be a little higher then the other , on that side which the body turns upon the Shoulders and the other Joynts , which otherwise ought to be placed one even against another ; you must make them to yield something lower then that side the Figure stands firmest upon , more or less , answerable to the stooping of the Body ; and be sure to be very exact and carefull in the Drawing your outmost circumferences , and to be very carefull in Drawing your Muscles and Joynts which are in the body ; therefore because you should place things in their right and natural places , you strike the straight Line from the Pit of the Throat straight down , just in the middle of the Body , where you can discern the parting of the Ribs . From thence you must proceed with your Line quite down to the Feet , and be sure to observe the bowing and bendings of the Body , and to draw that part which is opposite to that which bendeth , to yield and bend accordingly with it : As for example , if one side of the Body doth yield or bend inwards , then you must make the other side for to stand out answerable , and according to the bending in of the otherside ; and observe whensoever you draw the Back bending in , you must make the Belly to yield in according to it , so that when the Belly yields in , the Back must stick out according to proportion ; and also if the Buttocks stick out , then that which is over in opposition to it must yield in equally . This is not only to be observed in these parts of the Body , but in all the other also ; as when the Knees bend out , then the Hammes which answer to it must yield in accordingly , and therefore this Rule is very necessary to be observed very exactly in all the other Joynts ; or else peradventure the Body will not have all the natural windings and yieldings , which give the greatest looseness to any Figure whatsoever . Withall be sure to use your utmost endeavour to make things of an answerable and equall proportion and bigness according to Art , that is to say , not to make a Leg or an Arm or any other Joynt , not of an equall and suitable bigness , but to make one bigger then the other ; therefore observe to make all the Joynts of an equall bigness , both of bigness , length , and breadth , but according to proportion . But in case any part of the Body yield or turn something away from the Eye , then you must decline that part which turneth according to proportion ; and likewise if any part of the Body do appear to the Eye to foreshorten , as when it doth hinder the sight of the full Latitude of that part of the Body : Therefore I say upon such occasions , the Body or part of the Body must be made to decline and foreshorten , according to that proportion that the Eye doth guess of it ; therefore be sure to observe your exact distances one from another , how farre the one is distant from the other ; you must observe also how much one part of the Body sticks out beyond the other ; be carefull when you draw a naked Figure to draw nothing hard , but to shadow it fine and soft as possible you can , and not to draw the out-Circumferences sharp or stiff , but as loose as possible . A way to take the perfect out-Lines or Circumferences of any Painting or Print whatsoever . Take a sheet of Venice Paper , and dip it in Oyl ; or take a Feather , and wet the Paper all over with Oyl of Turpentine , then take a clean linnen Rag , and after the Oyl is soaked into the Paper a while , rub the Oyl clean off from the Paper as clean as you can , for if the Paper be Oyly it will spoil any Print , because that the Oyl will soak through . Then having prepared the Oyl-Paper , take it and lay it upon the Painting or Print which you intend to draw after , and you shall perceive all the Painting very clearly through the Oyl-Paper . Then you take a black lead Pensil , and ▪ draw upon the Oyl-Paper all the out-Lines and Circumferences thereof , then take a piece of Charcole , or a piece of black Lead , and scrape it upon the backside of the Oyl-Paper , then take a Feather and rub it all over , and shake off the rest ; this being done take a sheet of clean Paper , and lay under the Oyl-Paper ; then take a Stift , and draw all the same stroaks which you drew before upon the Oyl-Paper over again , then take the Oyl-Paper off from the other , and all the same out-Lines will be upon the clean Paper ; then if you think good , you may finish it up according to the Painting or Print you draw it after . A way to decline or bring any Painting or Print into a lesser compass . If it be a Painting that you intend to decline , then you take a pair of Compasses , and divide the length of it into so many equall parts as you think convenient , and the breadth also with the very same distances , then you must take a piece of Packthread and chalk it , then take that Line , and strike upon all the parts which you divided with your Compasses , so many strait Lines as there are parts in the length , then strike them Lines that go in the breadth , quite across them in the length , so that it may be all uniformed ; so the like with that as you would have smaller or greater , according to your intention ; and by the distances in the Chequers you guess to draw it smaller accordingly . A further direction for Drawing . Be sure to place all the Muscles in their right and proper places : By the Muscles I mean the shadows that are caused by some dents or swellings in the face or body ; therefore labour to find out the reason of every Muscle , that so you may proceed to work with the more judgement ; you shall perceive the most Muscles in old and withered faces . First you must draw the principle of them , and then place the features exactly in their right places ; observe to shadow them rightly , and be sure not to make them too dark where they should be faint , for if you should , you can never recover it to make them light again ; the shadowes are generally fainter and lighter in a fair face , then in a swarthy complexion . And when you have finished your draught , you must give it here and there a hard touch where it is darkest shadowed , which will adde a great life and grace to it . Certain choice Observations concerning Miniture or Limning ▪ ERe you begin to paint , you must be exact at Design or Draught , so as to be able to Copy any Picture in black and white , with Cole-black , Chalk , Black Lead , or the like . The Colours to be painted with are thus termed . White Cereus . White Lead . Red India lake . Red Lead . Mynne . Yellow Masticot . Yellow Ocur . English Ocur . Green Sap green . Pink . Blew Verdure . Green Bice . Terra Vert. Blew Indico . Vltra marine . Blew Bice . Smalt . Brown Spanish Brown . Collins earth , or Terra de Coloma . Vmber . Black Cherri-stone . Ivory black . Lamblack . As for Vermillion , Verdigrease , Orpiment , &c. they are too course and gritty to paint in Water-colours ; Turnsoil , Litmus blew , Rosset , Brasill , Logwood , Saffron , are more fit for washing Prints , then curious Limning . Grisatrice . Faint shade for the Face ] Mingle together white English Ocur , Indico , a little Masticot . Deep shade ] White English Ocur , Umber . Dark shades in mens Faces ] India-Lake and Pink mixt . Ruddy Compl. ] Mine , Vermilion , Lake , Cereus , Ana q. s. Mingle white Lead with all the shades . Bise . To Wash Bise ] Grinde the Bise first very purely , then fill a shell with clean water , put the Bise therein , stir it , and let it settle an hour , then reserve the bottome and blow oft the top . To deepen this use Litmus Water . Deepest shade ] Umber , Cullins earth , Pink , Lake , Ana q. s. Observation in Grindeing ] Leave not your Colour too moist , but thick and clammy ; if after your Colour be dry , you rubbing your finger thereon finde any to come off , it must be better bound with Gum . Black ] Cherystone burnt good for Drapery . Cereus . White ] To make your Cereus or white Lead that it shall neither rust nor shine ( both which are no small inconveniences ) go this way to work before you begin to grinde either of them ; lay them in the Sun to dry two or three dayes , which will exhale those greasie and salt humors that poyson and starve the Colours ; besides you must scrape away the superficies of the white Lead , and only reserve the middle of it ; grinde it with fair water or Rosemary water with a Pebble on a Porphir . When 't is ground , have in readiness a Chalk stone with Furrows in it , into which put the Colour while 't is wet , and it will be exceedingly cleansed thereby . After it is through dry , reserve it in clean papers , and when you would use it , put it in a Muscle shell with Gum water made of the whitest Gum Arabick . Colours to be ground are these . Cereus , white Lead , India Lake , English Ocur , Pink , Indico , Umber , Spanish Brown , Cullins Earth , Cheristone Ivory . Colours to be washt are these . Red Lead , Minne , Masticot , green Bise , Cedar green , Ultra Marine , blew Bise , Smalt , Verdure , Sap green . India Lake . Purple ] Grinde this with Gum water ; when 't is ground fine before you put it in a shell , mix a little powder of white Sugar Candy with it , which will make it not crack ; after this Temperature , you may spread it with your finger thinly about the shell . English Ocur . Yellow ] This Colour lies even in the shell of it self , and is of great use , especially if well ground ▪ Pink . Green ] The fairest Pink is best , wherewith well ground and tempered with blew Bise , makes an excellent green ; to deepen this Colour in Landskip or Drapery , use Indico very finely ground . Vmber . Brown ] This Colour is somewhat greasie , to cleanse which burn it in a Crucible , afterwards grinde it and it will be good . Spanish Brown . Dark Red ] Because this Colour is very course , you may use Umber and a little Lake tempered instead thereof , which is as good . Black . Black ] Cherristone and Ivory are both to be burnt in a Crucible and so ground . Cherristone is good for Drapery ; for a black Sattin , temper with it a little white , India , Lake , and Indico ; heighten it with a lighter mixture ; deepen it with Ivory black : This was Hilliards way . Ivory . Ivory ] Grinde Ivory with Sugarcandy . Colours to be washt and how . Red Lead ] One Instance may serve for all , and that shall be of red Lead , whereof take as much as you will an Ounce or two , put it into a Bason or earthen Dish full of fair water , stir it a while together till the water be all coloured , let it stand , and you will soon perceive a greasie scum to arise , which with all the water cast away , put fresh water to it , and do as before a second time ; but before the water be half setled , pour all the water into a clean Dish to this water in your second Bason , you must adde more clean water , and mingle both together , then let it settle , afterwards pour out the water , and that small pittance at the bottome is only good , which after 't is dry must be taken off with a Feather , and put up in papers for use . To use it , spread a little of it about the sides of a shell , and with your finger temper it with Gum water . Pencils ] Choose such Pencils as are clear , sharp-pointed , not dividing into parts ; of these you must have in readiness a several Pencil for every several Colour . To prepare a Tablet to work on with Miniature for Pictures by the life . Take an ordinary playing Card , pollish it with a Dogs tooth , and make as smooth as you can the white side of it , cleansing it from all spots and extuberances ; then choose of the best abortive Parchment a piece proportionable to your Card , which piece with fine and clean Starch paste fast on the Card , temper the Starch before you paste it on in the Palm of your hand , that it may be free from knots ; let the Card thus pasted dry , then making your Grindeing stone as clean as may be , lay the Card thereon with the Parchment side downward ; then with a tooth burnish or pollish the backside as hard as you can . Note that the outside of the skin is best to paint upon , and must therefore be outmost . To Prime for a Face ] Your Card thus prepared , you are to lay a Ground or Primer of flesh Colour before you begin your work , and that must be tempered according to the Complexion of the Face to be drawn ; if the Complexion be fair , temper white , red Lead , and Lake ; if an hard swarthy Complexion , mingle with your white and red a little fine Masticot , or English Ocur ; but note , that your Ground ought alwayes to be fairer then the Face you take , for it is a facile matter to darken a light Colour , but a difficult to lighten a deep one ; for in Limning you must never heighten , but work them down to their just Colour . Your Ground thus prepared , you must lay it on the Card ( ordered as before ) with a Pencil bigger then ordinary , lay it on as smooth , even , and free from hairs of your Pencil as 't is possible , which that you may do , fill your Pencil full of Colour rather thin or watrish , then thick and gross , and with two or three daubes of your great Pencil , lay it on in an instant , the nimbler it is laid on , the evener the Colour will lie . Note ] Note that you ought to cover rather too much then too little with this Prime ; cover 〈◊〉 what more of the Card with the Ground Colour , then you shall use for the Face . This done , take a pretty large shell of Mother-pearl , or another shell , and before you 〈◊〉 work , temper certain little heaps of several Shadowes for the Face , which you may dispose about the edges of the shell . The Order of Shadowes for the Face . Shadows ] In all your Shadows , remember to mix some white , exempli gratiâ ; for the red in the Cheeks , Lips , &c. temper Lake , red Lead ; and a little white for the blew , as the Veines , &c. a little Indico and white , for blew Bise is never used in a Face ; for the faintest and weakest Colour or Shades , Lake-white , a little Ocur , and a little Indico , adding thereto if you will a small pittance of Pink , or Masticot ; for the deeper Shadows , white English Ocur , Umber ; for the darkest and hardest Shadows , use Lake , and Pink mixt with Umber . Note that black must not by any means be used in a Face : for other Shadows your own observation must direct you , for it is impossible to give a general Rule for the Shadows in all Faces , unless we could force Nature to observe the same method in Composeing and Modelling them , so that one in every Punctilio should resemble the other . Light ] For your Light to draw by a Northern is accounted best , which if it fall sloping down from an high window , is best of all . Position ] Place your self so to your Desk , that the Light may strike in sidelong from the left hand to the right ; and observe that in all your work it will shew to the best advantage , when 't is turned and seen by the same Light it was drawn by . Necessaries in Painting ] Let a Saucer or clean shell of fair water be ever on your right hand , wherewith you may temper your Colours and wash your Pencils , which you must have on your right hand too ; together with a brush-Pencil dry , to brush and cleanse your work from dust ; also a sharp Pen-knife , wherewith to take away such spots or hairs as may casually mix with your Colours , or fall into your Card ; you may also conveniently cover your Picture with a piece of paper , whereon to try your Pencils before you begin to work . To begin a Face . The first Draught ] Having these accommodations , draw the Lines of Porphile ( i. e. the outmost stroaks ) of a Face with Lake , and white mingled , very faint ; by this you may conveniently mend the Draught ( if false ) with a deeper mixture of the same Colour ; the Lines being exactly drawn , and true proportion observed ) ( which is the chiefest thing of concernment ) next observe the deeper and more remarkable Shadows , and with the same faint Crimson Colour of Lake and white , give some slight touches and marks somewhat roughly of these Shadows , which afterwards you 'l finish . The Order to be observed in drawing by the Life . The Order of Drawing ▪ First Sitting ] First you must only dead-Colour the Face , as the oyl-Painters do , and not meddle with the rest , and this first Sitting commonly takes up two hours . Second Sitting ] The second Sitting will require four or five hours , in that time you are to go over the Face very curiously , observing whatever may conduce either to likeness , or judicious Colouring , and observation of the several graces , beauties , or deformities , as they appear in Nature , or else in smoothness of Shadows , or close and sweet Couching the Colours . Third Sitting ] The third Sitting is two or three hours work , and is spent in closeing what was before left imperfect and rough ; but principally in diveing to every deep Shadow , the strong touches and deepenings as well in the dark Shadows in the Face , as in the Eyes , Eyebrows , Hair , and Ears , and these touches are ever the last part of this business , and are never to be done till all the Hair and Drapery be finisht ; these touches ( if well done ) adde exceedingly to the life . Concerning dead-Colouring . The dead-Colouring of a Face is to be done the roughest and boldest of all ; having drawn your Face with Lake and white ( as before ) you must take to the said Colour a little red Lead , tempering it to the Colour of the Cheeks , Lips , &c. but very faintly , because you cannot lighten a deep Colour , without hazard of spoiling the Picture . To begin to Paint ] The first Colour to begin the Face with is the red of the Cheeks , and Lips , somewhat strongly , the bottome of the Chin , if the Party be beardless ; over under and about the Eyes , you will perceive a delicate and faint redness , and underneath the Eyes , inclineing to purple Colour , which in fair and beautifull Faces is usuall , and must be observed ; the tip of the Ear and the roots of the Hair are commonly of the same Colour . All this you must do after the manner of Hatching , with faint and gentle Stroaks , washing it all along . In short , in your dead-Colouring you must cover your ground with the aforesaid red , and the subsequent Shadows . Note ] Be not too curious in your first working , but regard a good bold following of Nature , rather then smooth Curiosity , the roughness of the Colour you may end at another Sitting . The second Work of Painting . The second Procedure ] The red being done , the next is the faint blewes about the corners and balls of the Eyes , and the gray and blewish under the Eyes , the Temples , &c. which you are also to work from the uppermost part of the Face almost all over , but exceeding sweet and faint , by degrees sweetening and heightening your Shadows , as the Light falls . And in going over the Face , be sure to mark out the hard Shadows in the dark side of the Face , under the Nose , Chin , Eyebrows , &c. as the Light falls , and somewhat strong touches in those places . Bring up your work together in an equall roundness , not giving perfection to any particular part of the Face , but visiting all the parts curiously , and in a kinde of randome , by which meanes you will better observe the likeness , roundness , postures , Colouring , or whatever else is requisite to the perfection of your work . The third Procedure ] Having done the fainter or slighter Shades , and somewhat smoothed and wrought them into the red , you may go over the Hair , disposing into such Forms , Folds , or Tramels , as may become your Picture best . You must at first only draw them with Colour as near as you can sutable to the life , and after wash them lightly at the first , and then once more peruse your work , being carefull to fill up the void empty and bare places which are uncovered with Colour , and at last deepen it somewhat more strongly then before in the deepest shady places , still carefully observing the life . Thus much for the first Sitting . The Order of Painting in the second Sitting . The Party being set just in his former seat , you must most exactly observe and curiously delineate with your Pencil , those several varieties of Nature , which you did rudely score out before . To do this you must use the same Colour in the same places you did before , working , driving , and sweetening the same Colours one into another , to the end that nothing be left in your work with a hard edge , uneven , or a lump together , but all so swept and driven one into another , with the point of somewhat a sharper Pencil then you used at first as that your Shadows may lie soft and smooth , being dispersed and gently extended into all , and towards the lighter parts of the Face , like air or a vapoury smoak ; but before this you must carefully observe all the Shadows and Colours . The ground behind the Picture ] For the ground behind the Picture , it is commonly blew or crimson , somewhat like a Satin or red Velvet Curtain : If blew you must lay it thus ; your Bise being pure and clear washt , temper as much in a shell as will cover a Card , let it be all throughly moist and well bound with Gum , then with a small Pencil go about with the same Colour the Porphile , that is the utmost Stroak , and ambient Superficies of the Picture ; this done take a greater Pencil , and therewith wash over somewhat carefully the whole ground that you mean to cover with a blew , somewhat thin and watrish , and then with a reasonable big Pencil full of Colour and flowing , lay over that place with a thick and substantial body of Colour , which before you had only washt over . In the doing of this you must be very swift , keeping the Colour moist that you have laid , not permitting any part to dry till the whole be covered . A Crimson Ground ] If you would have your ground Crimson like Satin , you must with India-Lake mark out where and in what places you will have these strong and hard Lights and Reflections to fall , which is seen in Satin or Velvet , there lay your Lights with a thin and watrish Lake , and while it is yet wet with a stronger and darker Colour of Lake thick ground , lay the deepning and hard strong Shadows close by the other lights ; your best way is to have a piece of Satin before you to imitate . For Method in the Touches ] After this lay your linnen with a flat white , and the Drapery likewise flat , then go over your Face again , endeavouring to reduce each Shadow to its true perfection , then draw the Lines of the Eye-lids , expressing the red dark Nostril , the shadowy entrance into the Ears , the deepness of the Eye-brows , and those more perspicuous notes and marks in the Face , with a Pencil somewhat more curious and sharp then before ; you may darken your ground as you see it will be most advantagious to the setting out the Picture . The Hair ] Next go over your Hair , heightning and deepning it as you shall see by the life , drawing some Locks loosely over the ground , which would otherwise seem unpleasant . Linnen Shade ] To shadow Linnen use black , white , a little yellow , and less blew ; the black must be deepned with Ivory-black , with which mix a little Lake , and Indico , or Litmus-blew . Thus much for the second Sitting . The Manner of Finishing at the third Sitting . Third Sitting ] The third will be wholly spent in giving the strong Touches and Observations necessary for the rounding of a Face , which you will now better see to do , the Apparel , Hair , and Ground , being already finished . In this Sitting curiously observe whatever may conduce to similitude , which is the chiefest thing , as Scars , Moles , &c. glances of the Eyes , descending and circumflexions of the Mouth ; never make your deepest Shadows so deep as they appear in the life . Thus much of the Face and three Sittings : For Ornaments thus . Ornament . Armour-Silver ] For Colouring Armour , first lay liquid Silver flat and even , which dryed and burnisht with a Tooth , temper the Shadows with Silver , Indico , Litmus , and a little Umber , work these Shadows on the Silver as directed by the life . Gold Armour ] For the Gold Armour , lay Gold as you did Silver , for the Shadow , Lake , English Ocur , tempered with a little Gold . Pearls ] To express the roundness and lustre of Pearls , your ground must be white , and Indico , your Shadow black , and Pink . Diamonds ] Diamonds are exprest with a ground of flat liquid Silver , the deepening is Cherristone , black , and Ivory ; the deeper the Shadow , the fairer the Diamond . Rubies ] Lay a ground of Silver , burnish it to the bigness of the Rubie , then take Turpentine of the best and purest , and temper with it very neat a little India-Lake , then taking a Needle or some small iron Instrument heated in a Candle , lay or drop a little of the Composition upon the Silver , fashioning the Stone in a round or square , or what fashion you please with the point of your Instruments , you must let it lye a day or two to dry ; if it be too long in drying , adde to your other Composition a little powder of clarified Mastick ; this Receipt is not commonly known . Emeraulds ] For any green Stone , temper your Turpentine with Verdigrease , and a little Turmerick root first scraped with Vinegar , then let it dry , then grinde it to fine powder and temper it . Saphires ] Mix Turpentine with Ultra Marine , &c. Note that the ground to all must be liquid Silver polisht . A true Receipt to make liquid Gold . Liquid Gold ] Take of fine leaf Gold the value of 2s — 6d , grinde this Gold with a strong and thick Gum water upon a reasonable large stone , which you must grinde very fine and painfully ; as you grinde it still adde more of your strong Gum water , and though the Gold look never so black and dirty , 't is never the worse ; having brought it to a competent fineness , wash it in a great shell as you did Bise , &c. being very clean adde to it a little quantity of Mercury sublimate , with the point of your Knife which you must temper with it , and a very little Gum to binde it in the shell , and as it settles and begins to dry in the shell , shake it together , and remove and spread the Gold about the sides of the shell , that it may be altogether of one Colour and fineness , use it with fair water as you do the other Colours . Note ] So for liquid Silver , only observe ( and 't is a Secret ) that when your Silver either with long keeping or moistness of the air becomes starvd and rusty , you must to prevent this inconveniency , before you lay the Silver Cover over the place with a little juice of Garlick , which will preserve it . Landskip . Landskip ] In painting Landskip ever begin with the Skie , and if there be any Sun-beams , do them first . Purple Clouds ] For the purple Clouds , only mingle Lake and white . Yellow ] The yellow Sun-beams , Masticot and white . Note 1. ] Work your blew Skie with Smalt only . Note 2. ] At your first working dead-Colour all the Piece over , leave nothing uncovered , lay the Colour smooth and even . Note 3. ] Work the Sky down in the Horizon fainter and fainter as you Draw near the Earth , except in tempestuous Skies , work your further Mountaines so that they should seem to be lost in the Aire . Note 4. ] Your first Ground must be of the colour of the earth and dark ; yellowish , brown , green , the next successively as they loose in their distance must also faint and abate in their colours . Note 5. ] Beware of perfection at a distance . Note 6. ] Ever place light against dark , and dark against light [ that is ] that the only way to extend the Prospect far off , is by opposing light to shadows , yet so as ever they must loose their force and vigor in proportion as they remove from the eye , and the strongest shadow ever nearest hand . Dark green For a dark green for Trees , mingle blew Verdure , Pink , and Indico ; the deepest shadowes of all in green are made with sap green and Indico . A rare Secret to preserve colours . Take Rosemary Water distilled , and with a few drops of it , temper your shell of White , and you shall see it become instantly perfect White , how ever dead and faded it was before . Besides this Water allayes the bubbles in White and Umber , which are usually very troublesome in the Grounding them . Some generall Observations in Miniature . 1. If your Colours peel or by reason of the greasiness of your Parchment will not lye on ; mix with them a very little Ear-Wax , and 't will help them . 2. Sit not above two yards from him you Draw by . 3. Draw not any part in the Face of a Picture exactly at first , neither finish a Mouth , Eye , or Nose , till the rest of your work come up , and be wrought together with it . 4. When you have finished the Face , make the Party stand up to Draw the Drapery by him . 5. Let the Party you Draw be set in an higher Seat then your self that Draw . To make Crayons or Pastils and Draw with them . Pastils . ] To instance one for all , if you were to make a Pastill for a brown Complexion , grind on your Stone , Cereus , red Lead , or Virmilion , English Ocre , and a little Pink , to this add a proportionable quantity of Plaister of Paris burnt and finely sifted , mix this with the other Colours and you may role it up . Note . ] Mix white Cereus with all your other colours . To use these Pastils , Colour the Paper whereon you mean to Draw with a Carnation or flesh Colour , with a wet Spunge Draw the out-lines faintly with red Chalk , then rub in the Pastils , finish and fill up all with black Chalk as you shall see occasion . To make white . Cereus . ] Take two parts of ordinary Chalk , and one part of Allum , grind these together fine , make them up in a lump , burn them in a Crucible and use them . To make white Lead . White Lead . ] Take a Gallypot , whereinto put severall small plates of clean Lead , cover them with white Wine Vinegar , cover the Pot , and dig an hole in a Cellar , where let it abide for the space of six Weeks ; take it up , and scrape off the White Lead from the plates . To prepare a Card for a Picture . Wet a Card all over with a great Pencill so soon as the water is sunk in burnish it smooth on the backside , having beaten some Starch with a Knife in your hands palme spread it over , instantly lay on a piece of abortive Parchment , let it be prest in a book till it be almost dry , then smooth it on the backside . To preserve Colours fresh , some grind them with the Gall of a Neate . To prepare White excellently . White . ] Take some Cereus which being grosly bruised and put into a fine earthen Basen , put to it a good quantity of running Water distilled , wherein wash the Cereus till it be throughly clean and purged , which you shall know by the taste of the Water which is drained from thence . Vernish . ] Vernish is made thus , Take of Oyl of Turpentine one pound , Sandrake one pound , Oyl of Spike one pound , mix the Oyles together , and let all stand over the fire till the Sandrake be ●esolved : if the fire should chance to catch hold of this , clap a Pewter Dish over it . Concerning Wax work or Moulding . To make the Moulds . The Mould . ] Take a good big lump of Plaister of Paris and burne it in a Crucible till it be red hot , let it coole , then beat it very fine , and searse it through a Tiffany Sieve ; be very cautious that the Wind come not at it , for that will hinder its hardening : after it be tempred keep it wrapt up in a cleane brown Paper . Use it thus , Take any Earthen or Pewter Vessel that is shallow , and put ten or twelve spoonfulls of fair Water in it , then prepare your fruit , and bind a Ragg round it like a Cord in a wreath long wayes on the fruite : then take some Linseed Oyl , or ( which is the more cleanly ) Oyl of sweet Almonds , with which in a Pencill besmeare the Lemmon or ( what other fruit it be ) on one side , which lay upermost : your Lemmon thus prepared , take up some of your sifted Plaister of Paris and temper it in the forementioned Water to a pretty thickness , then as speedily as may be with the help of your Spoon cast it on the Oyled Lemmon , lay it on very thick , least the thinness of the Mould spoile the work , when 't is hardned ( which will be in a small time ) take away your Ragg , leaving the Linnen still fast in its half Mould ; Which done , turne the hardned side downward , then Oyl the other half of the Lemmon together , with the edges of the Mould , which the Ragg did cover ; then wash your Poringer or Vessel where the former Plaister was clean and prepared , and cast on more Plaister of Paris as before ; observe it must not be too thick when you cast it on , and after 't is hardned , you must put no more water to it , for then it will crumble ; when you have done the Moulds so , and made a notch that one may fall fitly into the other , tye them close together having before well Oyled them , and keep them for use . To Cast in these Moulds . To Cast . ] Use the whitest and purest Virgins Wax . To colour the Wax answerable to the things you Mould . To colour . ] For a Raddish your Ground is Cereus , which must be afterwards Painted over with Lake , the top of the Raddish Painted with Verdigrease , all other such Colours must be tempered with Gum-Water . Gum-Water is thus made , Disolve a lump of clear Gum Arabick about the bigness of a Wallnut in two spoonfuls of fair Water , herewith temper your Colours . Note that every thing Mouldable is either all of one and the same colour , as ( a Lemmon , ) or striped , and particoloured with different colours , as a Pare , Paremaine , &c. Now such as are of one colour may be easily cast all of the same colour ; but such as are variegated must be kept out afterwards by colours tempered with Gum-Water , ( as above , ) you colour your Wax by putting into it whilst it is hot and melted in a Gallypot , a little Linnen Bag of that colour you use , provided that the colour be before bruised very fine . As to particulars , for the Lemmons or Apricocks , take only Turmerick in a Bag ; for Oranges , Turmerick and red Lead well tempered ; Apples , Peares , or Grapes , Turmerick and a little Verdigrease ; mixt Wallnuts and Figs , Turmerick and English Ocre , and Umber all in a bag together ; Cucumbers , or Hartichoakes , Peasecods , or Filbirds , Turmerick , Verdigrease , Eggs , and Cereus , all put in severall Bagges , and steept in the Virgin Wax when 't is melting as before mentioned ; for Damsons , bruise Charchoale , Indico , and blew Starch in a Bag together ; for flesh colour , White Lead , and Vermilion mixt , &c. To counterfit Rochcand'd Sweetmeates . Rochcandy . ] Disolve the quantity of a Wallnut of Gum Arabick in two spoonfuls of clear Water , let it be very thick , then take any piece of broken Venice Glass , the thicker the better , beat it in a Mortar so small as you please ; that it may serve your occasion , daub over some cast Sweetmeats with the forementioned Gum-Water , strew this Pouder on them , and 't will with much delight satisfie the expectation . Additionall Observations out of a Manuscript of Mr. Hilliards touching Miniature . When you begin to Paint temper all your colours a fresh with your finger , in your shell , or on your pallat . Pearle . Your Pearl must be laid with a White mixture , with a little black , a little Indico and Mastick , but very little in comparison of the White , not to the hundredth part ; that dry , give the light of the Pearle with a little Silver , somewhat more to the light then the shadowed side , then take a White allaid with Masticot , and underneath the shadowed side give it a compassing stroake , which shews a reflection , then without that a small shadow of Sea Cole undermost of all . But Note , your Silver must be laid round and full . The Grounds and Rules of Etching . BEfore that you begin to Etch upon Copper , it is very necessary to practise the Art of Drawing , till you be able if need require to Draw any Head after the Life , or to Draw a designe ; Therefore if you intend to practise the Art of Etching , you will find it very profitable to Draw after good Prints , which are well designed and Graved , and when you , have practised so long that you are able to Coppy any Print , or Drawing very exactly ; then Draw after good Heads of Plaister or Figures , according to your own fancy , which will learn you to shadow according to Art , if well observed ; therefore be sure when you Draw after Plaister , to observe very exactly to take the true out-lines or circumferences , and then take notice how the shadow falls , then shadow it very faint and soft , where need requires accordingly . The Prints which I recommend unto you as absolutely the best to learne to Etch after , be the Prints of Henry Goldshis and Hermon Muller . Therefore it is very convenient to learn to hatch with the Pen exactly after either of the aforesaid Prints of Goldshis or Muller ; and when you have brought it to that perfection , and can Draw very well after Plaister , you may practise to Draw after the Life ; but before you Draw after the Life , you must be very exact and true in your out-lines or circumferences . The Instruments with their particular names which are used to Etch withall . A Copper plate polished , a piece of Ground bound up in a piece of Silk or Taffety , and preserved from any dust or grease ; and about twenty Needles of all sizes , the best are made at Cleafe ; then take the Needles and set them indifferent deep into some round slender sticks about a span long , with a Needle at one of the Sticks , and a Pencill at the other , a scraper , a polisher ; and two or three good French Gravers , well ground and whetted , and a pair of Compasses , a Ruler , some green Wax , a Bottle which holdeth some halfe a pound , of single Aqua fortis stopped close with soft Wax , some white Lead , a Stift , a hand Vice to hold the Plate over the fire , an Oyl-stone . The use and property of every particular Instrument . The Copper Plate is the only Object to Etch upon ; the Ground is to lay upon the Copper Plate , when they are both warmed ▪ your Needles are to Hatch withall upon the Ground ; the Pencill is to wipe away the bits of Ground , which rise when you Hatch upon the Ground with your Needles ; the Scraper is to scrape out any thing that is amiss ▪ the Polisher is to make smooth any place that is rough , so that you can mend any place that is amiss according to your own mind ; the Gravers are to mend here and there a stroake where need requires . But Note , That your Gravers must be ground and whet very sharp and smooth upon an Oyl stone before you use them . Your Compasses are of very little use in Etching , except it be to measure a distance , or strike a Circle . The Ruler is used to Hatch all the straight Hatches or Lines upon the Plate . The green Wax is used to make a Wall round about the edges of your Plate , to keep the Aqua fortis from runing off from the Plate . The Aqua fortis is the finisher of the work , when you have Hatched the designe upon the Plate with your Needles . The white Lead is used to scrape upon the backside of the Drawing or Print that you Etch after . The Stift is used to Draw thorow all the outmost Lines or circumferences of the Print or Drawing which you Etch after . The Oyl stone is to whet your Gravers upon . Having these things in readiness , Note , that if it be a black Ground that lies upon the Plate , then you must take white Lead and rub it upon the backside of the Print or Drawing which you intend to Etch after ; but if it be a white Ground , then you must take black Lead , or a piece of Charchoale , and rub on the back of your Print as aforesaid . The manner and way to make the Ground . Take a quarter of a pound of Virgins Wax ▪ and half a quarter of a pound of Expoltum burnt , of Amber one ounce , of Mastick one ounce . Having all these Materials in readiness , you must take the Mastick and the Expoltum and beat them very fine in a Mortar ; this being done , take a new earthen Pot , and put the Wax into it , and set it upon the fire till it be just melted ; then take the Mastick and the Expoltum and shake them in by degrees , stirring the Wax about till they be throughly mingled with the Wax ; but let it not stand too long over the fire , nor let the fire be too hot , which if you do it will burn the Ground ; therefore when they are throughly melted , take it off from the fire , and poure the Ground out into a Pot of fair Water , and make it up into a Ball and preserve it from dust ; and when you will use it , take a quantity of it and bind it up in a piece of Taffity or Silk , and use it as hereafter . Etching . A red Ground . Grind red Lead very well tempered with Vernix ▪ A white Ground . Take of Wax one ounce , Rosin two ounces , melt them together , add thereto a quarter of an ounce of Venice Cereus finely ground ▪ A black Ground . Spaltum . ] Asphaltum two parts , Bees Wax one part , melt them together , being warme , lay it thinly on with a Lawne ragg ▪ Another Ground . Grind red Lead with Linseed Oyl ; Note , your Ground must be laid very thin . The manner and way to lay the Ground upon the Plate . Take some Charcole and kindle them , this being done , take the hand and screw it fast to one of the corners of the Plate , as near to the edge as you can , because you must lay the Ground all over the Plate ; then take the Plate and hold it over the fire , till it be so warme to melt the Ground , then take the Ground which is bound up , and rub it to and fro upon the Plate till it be covered all over alike ; then take one of the stiffest Feathers out of a Ducks Wing that is not ruffled , and spread the Ground very thin , and smooth every where alike upon the Plate ; but have a speciall care you heate not the Plate too hot , least you burne the Ground ; which if it be , the Ground will break up when you put on the Aqua fortis and spoile the Plate ; you may discover when it is burnt , by its rising sandy , which if you perceive , you must take a clean Linnen ragg , and warming the Plate , wipe the Ground cleane off , and lay a new as aforesaid . But if you perceive the Ground to be smooth and not sandy , take it off from the fire , and when it is cold , take a piece of Link and hold under the Ground till you have smoaked it very black , but let not the flame touch the Ground , least you burn it ; this being done , if the Plate be cold hold it over the fire again till it be just warme , to let the smoake melt into the Ground , that it may not rub off under your hand ; then hold it off from the fire with the Ground-side of the Plate downwards for to preserve it from the dust , otherwise when the Ground is warme , dust will flye therein and spoile it , therefore you must hold it with the Ground-side downwards untill the Ground is cold . The way to Draw the outmost Lines of any Print or Drawing upon the Ground of the Plate . First take the Drawing or Print which you intend to Etch after , and scrape a little white Lead upon the backside of it , then take a Feather and rub it over every where alike , and shake off that which remaines , then take the Print and lay it upon the Plate on that side the Ground is , then fasten the four corners of the Print to the Plate with a little soft Wax ; this being done , take the Stift and Draw upon the Print all the outmost circumferences and Lines exactly , and when you have so done , take off the Print from the Plate , and all the same out-lines and circumferences which you Drew upon the Print with the Stift , will be exactly and unfailably upon the Ground . Severall Observations in Hatching . First observe exactly and judiciously how your principle is shadowed , and how close the Hatches joyn , and how they are laid , and which way the light falleth or cometh ; the light must fall all one way , for if the light fall side wayes in your Print , you must Hatch the other side which is furthest from the light darkest , and so place your lights altogether on the one side , and not confusedly to have the light come on both sides alike , as if it stood in the midst of many lights ; for neither doth the light with all its brightness illuminate any more then that part that is directly opposite unto it . Then observe exactly how close all the Hatches joyn , and how they are laid , and which way they twist and wind : then follow them as exactly as possibly you can , but before that you begin to Hatch or Shadow , you must Draw all the outmost Lines with a Needle upon the Ground , as Artificially as you can , and then you must Shadow it with your Needles of severall sorts according to your principle ; and when you will make a broad stroake , then break off the point of a great Needle and whet it upon an Oyl stone four square untill it comes to a point ; and if you will Hatch five stroakes , then you must use five pointed Needles ; and if middle size , then break off the point of a middle size Needle and whett it as beforesaid , and so according to all sizes . But some Masters when they make a bold stroake Hatch it fine at first , and so by degrees make them broader . Necessary Observations in Etching Landskips . Observe when you Etch Landskips , to make or hatch that which is nearest to the Eye darkest , and so let it lose or decline its Shadows by degrees , and that which is furthest off must be faintest , and so lose equally by degrees ; the same observation must be in making the Skie , for that which is nearest to the Eye must be the darkest shadowed , but in general as faint and soft as possible ; and so also let it lose by degrees as before is mentioned , and the nearer the Skie cometh to the ground , the more it must lose and be fainter ; but when they as it were meet together , the Skie must quite be lost ; and when you have hatched it as exactly as you can possibly with your Needles , according to the print of Drawing that you do it after ; this being done , compare them exactly and judicially together , and if you finde it like the original , take some green soft Wax and make a wall round about the edges of the Plate . How to make the Wax wall round about the Plate , to keep the Aqua fortis from running off from it . Take some green soft Wax and temper it till it be warm , then draw it into a long slender role as long as will reach about the Plate , then flat it and fasten it about the edges of the Plate , and let it be about half an inch high ; then take an old Knife and heat it in the fire , and sear the Wax round about under the Plate very close , otherwise the Aqua fortis will run out ; but be sure to fasten the wall as near to the edges of the Plate as you can conveniently ; then pour the Aqua fortis upon the Plate , letting it lie till it be deep enough . How to use the Aqua fortis on the Plate . You must use single Aqua fortis . Take a quantity of Aqua fortis and pour it into a Glass , and mingle it with a little Vinegar to weaken it , if it be too strong , or a little Aqua fortis which hath been used before ; for in case the Aqua fortis work too strong , it will make the work very hard , and sometimes make the ground to break up ; and when you have tempered it very well , pour it upon the Plate almost as high as the Wax wall ; the deeper the Aqua fortis lieth , the harder it will eat , and when you perceive it to be deep enough , pour off the Aqua fortis from the Plate into a Glass , and preserve it to mingle with other as aforesaid ; this being done , take some fair water and wash the Plate , and then take off the Wax wall and preserve it for the same use again ; then warm the Plate , and take a clean linnen Rag when it is indifferent warm , and rub off the ground from the Plate very clean ; then take some Oyl and rub over the Plate to clean it , and if you perceive that the Aqua fortis hath not eaten as deep in some places as it should be , then it must be helped with a Graver . Observations by which you may know when it is deep enough . When the Aqua fortis hath layn upon the Plate a little more then a quarter of an hour , or half an hour ; there being no certainty in time , because sometimes the Aqua fortis will work stronger then at other ; therefore when you think it is deep enough , pour off the Aqua fortis from the Plate into a Glass , then wash the Plate with a little fair water , then take a Knife and scrape off a little piece of the ground where it is hatcht , and may be least prejudicial to the Plate , and if you perceive it to be deep enough ; warm the Plate and rub the ground off as before-written ; but if you finde it not deep enough , take a little Candle-tallow and melt it in a Spoon , and while it is warm take a Pensil and cover the place with it where you scraped the ground off , then pour the Aqua fortis upon it again , and let it lie till you guesse it to be deep enough ; then pour the Aqua fortis from the Plate as aforesaid , and at any time when you perceive that the Aqua fortis doth not work strong enough , you pour off half the old , and refresh it with some new , for when the Aqua fortis hath been upon the Plate about half an hour , it will be much the weaker , because the strength of it doth evaporate away , and by a little practice you will come to the certain knowledge when the Aqua fortis hath eaten deep enough . Another way to know when it is deep enough . Take a little piece of a Copper plate , and lay a ground upon it as you have been shewed before , and make a wax wall about it , then hatch it with several hatches as you think best , and when you pour the Aqua fortis upon the one , pour it upon the other , and when you think they be eaten deep enough , pour the Aqua fortis from the little Plate , and wash it with some fair water as aforesaid , then take a Knife and scrape off a little piece of the ground from the little Plate where it is hatcht , and in case you perceive it not deep enough , cover the place again with some warm Candle-tallow , and then pour the Aqua fortis upon it again till you guesse it to be enough ; then pour the Aqua fortis from the little Plate again and try as before , and if you see it to be enough , pour the Aqua fortis from the great Plate , and wash it with a little fair water before you warm it , or else the Aqua fortis will stain the Plate . A way to lay a white Ground upon a black . First you must understand that most grounds are black , and when you lay a white ground upon a black you must not smoak the black with a Link , and you must lay the undermost ground the thinner , when you lay a white ground upon it ; and if you would lay a white ground upon a black , take a quantity of Surice , as much as you think will cover the Plate , and grinde it very fine with Gum water , and temper it very thinne , then take a Pencil and wash the Plate all over very thinne and even . The way to lay a red Ground upon a black Ground . Take red Chalk and grinde it very fine with Gum water , then take a pretty big Pencil , and wash the Plate all over with the red ground very thinne and smooth , as before is mentioned . A Receipt for a Ground taken out of a Manuscript of Collots . Take a quarter of a pound of Virgins wax ; and half a quarter of a pound of the best Expoltum burnt of Amber , and half a quarter of a pound of Mastick if it be warm weather , because it doth harden the ground and preserve it from injury , when you lean with your hand hard upon it ; if it be cold weather , then take but an ounce of Mastick ; this being observed , then take an ounce of Rosin , and an ounce of Shoomakers Pitch , and half an ounce of other Pitch , half an ounce of Vernish : having all these materials in readiness ; take a new earthen Pot , and put the Virgins wax into it , and when it is melted stir it about ; and put in the other materials by degrees as before-mentioned , and when they are throughy mingled and melted , take the Pot off from the fire and pour it out in a clean Pot of fair water , and work it into a Ball , and preserve it from dust and grease , and when you have occasion to make use of it , take a quantity thereof and binde it up in a piece of Silk , and make use of it as before-mentioned . The Ground of Rinebrant of Rine . Take half an ounce of Expoltum burnt of Amber one ounce , of Virgins Wax half an ounce , of Mastick , then take the Mastick and Expoltum , and beat them severally very fine in a Mortar ; this being done , take a new earthen Pot and set it upon a Charcolefire , then put the Virgins Wax into it and melt it , then shake into it the Mastick and Expoltum by degrees , stirring the Wax about till they be throughly mingled , then pour it forth into fair water and make a Ball of it , and use it as before-mentioned ; but be sure you do not heat the Plate too hot when you lay the ground on it , and lay your black ground very thin , and the white ground upon it . This is the only way of Rinebrant . The way to preserve any Ground , which is laid upon a Plate in frosty weather . Take the Plate and wrap it very warm in a woollen Cloth , and lay it in the warmest place you can convenient ; for if the Frost is got into the ground , it will break up , when you pour the Aqua fortis upon it . A way to preserve the Plate from injury of the Aqua fortis , where the Ground breaks up . If you perceive the ground to break up in any place , pour off the Aqua fortis from the plate , and wash it with a little fair water ; then take a quantity of Candle-tallow , and melt it in a Spoon , and while it is warm , take a Pencil and cover the place which is broken up with the said Tallow , and so far as the Tallow is spread , the Aqua fortis will not eat ; some make use of Vernish in stead of Tallow : and when you have covered the place that is broken , pour on the Aqua fortis again , and let it lie upon the Plate , till you guess it hath eaten enough ; then pour the Aqua fortis from the Plate , and preserve it , then take the Wax-wall and preserve it also , and wash the Plate with a little fair water , then rub off your ground as aforesaid , and for the places which the ground broke up in , it must be helped with a Graver ; therefore it will be necessary for one that desireth to learn this Art , to practise Graveing a little , so much as to help a stroak where you think convenient . A way to make the Aqua fortis eat soft or hard according to nature or Art . First take Candle-tallow , and melt it in a Spoon , then with a Pencil cover that place so far as you will have it to be faint , but note it to be after the Aqua fortis hath lain upon your Plate an indifferent while ; and so by degrees you must use the Tallow as you would have it fainter ; this is very necessary when you Etch Landskips , which must lose and stand at a distance by degrees ; therefore when you Etch Landskips , observe to stop off that place first which must be faintest , and so by degrees stop it off , and make it lose equally ; and note the nearer you come to the Eye , it must be strongest and darkest shaded , but not on that side from whence the light cometh , for that side must be preserved as faint as may be ; but according to Art . Observations in Etching Prospective . Prospective is a thing that is one of the difficultest Arts to be rightly understood , that is practised ; because it is not rightly understood , but by a good Arithmetick ; otherwise you can never understand Prospective , because you can never guess rightly how much a Pillar , or a Figure , or the like must decline , or lose at their several distances , according to Art and proportion : therefore when you Etch a piece of Prospective after a Drawing or a Print , observe these Rules ; beware of perfection at a distance ; and be sure to shadow that , which is nearest to the Eye , perfectest and strongest ; and the further from the Eye , it must decline in length , and breadth , and heighth , according to Art and proportion ; observe also to let it lose and be fainter by equall degrees . A way to grave any Hand or Letter upon a Copper Plate . Take some Charcole and kindle them ; then take a Hand-vice and screw it to the corner of the Plate , and hold it over the fire till it be warm ; then take a piece of Virgins Wax , and rub it all over the Plate , untill it is covered every where alike : this being done , take a stiff Feather of a Ducks wing that is not ruffled , and drive it even and smooth every where alike , and let it cool ; then write the Hand or Letter which you intend to grave upon the Plate , on a piece of Paper , with ungum'd Ink ; then take the Paper which you have written , and lay that side which is written , downwards next to the Wax , and fasten the four corners with a little soft Wax ; but be sure to place the writings so , that the Lines may run straight ; then you must take a Calves Tooth , and rub the Paper all over which is fastened , and not miss any place : this being done , take off the Paper from the Plate , and you shall see the very same Letters which you wrote on the Paper , hath left their perfect impression upon the Wax ; then take a Stift , and draw all the Letters through the Wax upon the Plate ; and when you have done that , warm the Plate , and take a linnen Rag and rub the Wax clean off , and you shall see all the Letters drawn upon the Copper ; then get some good French Gravers , and grinde them as they should be , very sharp towards the points upon a Grindestone ; and afterwards whet them very smooth and sharp upon a good Oyl-stone ; then grave the Letters with them . The way to polish a Copper Plate . At first you buy the Copper rough , then you have it plenished , if you cannot do it your self ; and when it is plenished , then you polish it with these following Instruments . The Names of the Instruments or Tooles which are used to polish a Copper Plate . A Plain which cuts very well , and of an indifferent bigness , but not broad ; some pieces of Pumice-stones ; some pieces of Sand-stones ; and some Moulton-stones ; a soft blew stone ; and a Burnisher and Scraper ; and some Charcole . The use of every particular Tool or Instrument . First fasten your Plate with some small Nails , to a place that is as high as your middle ; then make use of the Plain to shave all the roughness off from it , and make it very even in all places alike ; and if you perceive any crackles or little holes upon that side which you shave , then you must shave them all clean out ; and wheh you have shaved it even and smooth with the Plain , then take a piece of Sand-stone , and wet the Plate with some water , and rub to and fro with the stone upon the Plate , till you have worn it very smooth and even every where alike ; but be sure to choose the so ftest stones , because they make the least scratches : and when you have worn it even and smooth with this stone , wash off the Sand from the Plate , and take a piece of Pumice-stone and rub to and fro upon the Plate , quite across the grain of the former stone , because it is of a hard sandy nature , and will therefore leave some scratches ; therefore the Pumice-stone is of a more softer and spungy nature , and is alwayes used to wear out the former scratches : and when you have worn out all the former scratches , you will perceive the Plate to be worked into a finer grain ; then wash the Sand very clean off from the Plate : and then make use of the Moulton-stone , and work with it quite across the grain of the Pumice-stone , untill you have worn it quite out ; withall be sure you supply this and all the other stones with water , when you work with them upon the Plate : and when you have worn out all the scratches of the Pumice-stone clean out ; then for the fourth , make use of the soft blew stone , it being of a very soft grain , and softer then any of the former ; then work with that quite across the grain of the Moulton-stone , till all the grain is worn out ; but if you perceive any scratches in the Plate here or there , rub them over with your Burnisher , till you have worked them out ; but in case they are very deep , you must make use of your Scraper , and scrape them out , and burnish it afterwards : this being done , in the fifth place you must burnish it all over . Sixthly and lastly , take a Charcole which is throughly burnt , and scrape off the Rine ; then put it in the fire till it is throughly kindled ; then take it out and quench it in Chamber-lee , and make use of it as of the former , till you have glazed the Plate ; then wash it very clean with fair water , and let it dry . Rules of Proportion . Of the Ear . CHAP. I. I Have observed this Rule , First to treat of the Ear , in a manner of my self invented , and not by any other discovered . Being then desirous to forme the Ear by this way ; you are first to describe an Ovall , in such manner as I have represented in this Figure , at the Number 1. but to forme that in more perfection , and as easily as possible may be therein , with such Method and Order as I design . Proceed lightly joyning Stroak to Stroak , in that manner as in each of the sequent Ovalls they are encreased , even unto the 8. Number . So imitate every Stroak of each Ovall , that the Ear may entirely be formed without digressing from the bounds , and reasonable termes of the Art . This Rule serveth not only to forme the Ear in correspondent proportion to Nature , but also with due proportion and perfection for every greater Head , without any reprehensible Error ; that is , without making that with too great length or breadth , hetrogeneal or disproportioned . For Observing then the Rule , there will be no occasion for the Spectator to say ( as often it hapneth ) that that was beyond reason , exorbitantly traced , and made without the bounds of reason . Of the Nose , Mouth , and Beard . CHAP. II. FOrasmuch as I think that necessary , to make a brief Discourse upon this next Figure , in which the Nose , the Mouth , and the Beard is described , to give thereof certain general advertisements ; and that I may further define all the difficulties from point to point ; the Nose being known to be the most eminent part of the Face , and therefore first seen ; and then the Eye which resteth in the judgement , the next form of the Face : therefore I will demonstrate two of the most easie wayes hath hitherto been invented , which may serve reasonable capacities from Stroke to Stroke , to make the same well . Make then first a Stroke like that in the 1. Number , which hath the beginning of the hollowness of the Nose : and then proceed to the 2. Stroke of the whole Nose , with the roundness thereof : in the 3. the hole of the Nostrills : in the 4. the Nostrills themselves : in the 5. the place of the upper Lip : in the 6. the upper Lip : in the 7. the form of the Mouth : in the 8. the roundness of the Beard : in the 9. the under-Throat : in the 10. the uniting of them all , with the Stroke of the finishing of the Nose , the Mouth , and the Beard . Describe a semi-Circle downwards , which is in the 1. in the 2. make the holes of the Nose , with the two Points on each side , and how each are placed : in the 3. the addition of the Nostrills : in the 4. the forming of all the upper Lip : in the 5. the form of all the Mouth : in the 6. the finishing of all the Strokes of the Beard and Chin . This for frameing the Nose is necessary to be explained , being of importance to describe the same well ; because be the Head never so well done , the Mouth and it being not correspondent , that will be but disgracefull , and give great distast to any judicious beholder ; be the other parts never so well and fairly done , that will rest without grace and unworthy of commendations . Of the Head upright , or with a Triangle . CHAP. III. THe manner to make the upright Head by just and safe Rules without errour , is thus : First form a perfect equall Triangle so as you see , in what position you will , having a respect to the Draughts I have presented with the Lines that form with the Compasses a just Equilaterall Triangle , which is with 3. Lines just and equall every way , turning the Triangle to make the Face upon one of the 3. sides , be it which you will , either upwards , downwards , higher or lower , dividing that side into 3. equall parts , as in the sequent Figure . The 1. to serve from the lower part of the Hair , to the lower part of the Forehead : The 2. thence , to the under part of the Nostrills : The 3. to the lower part of the Chin . Now having framed these 3. Lines , as I have shewed Number 2d draw a little crooked Stroke with a Cole or Chalk out of the right Line , that that may reach to the other point , and that will form the Forehead , From whence draw a waved slope Line bending at the end , to form the Nose either long , short , gross , or thin , as you would have that ; ending that at the 2d point , where the Nostrills end . Then subdivide the remaining 3d part in the midst , where the Mouth shall be placed , for the parting of the upper and under-Lips . Then frame the Chin , having a respect to the perpendicular Line , that that fall not out of the middle of the Chin ; adjoyning thereto the under-Chin down to the Throat-pit . So with the other two dividing Lines , the one from the top of the Forehead downwards ( and ends in the midst of the back part of the Ear ; ) the other proceedeth upwards from the Chin , ascending till that meet with the superior descending Line , whose intersection directeth the Ear , that the Circumference thereof stretch not too far ; which in the first Chapter I formed by the Rule of the Circle . Thus with your judgement take the upper part of the Forehead , and come to describe a great Circular Line about , to form with that the roundness of the Head , unto the Nape of the Neck , keeping the proportion that Nature teacheth ; and from thence downwards frame the rest of the Neck , remembring that the tip of the Ear doth not exceed the lower part of the Nostrill . So you may have the Head in what position you will , so this abandon not the two other Lines ; each concurring in their due points . Of the Foreright , and other Positions of the Face . CHAP. IV. HAving demonstrated an easie way how to draw the upright Head ; it will be also necessary to shew the manner how to draw the foreright Face , and in other Positions . Being then desirous to draw the foreright Face , it will be necessary to form a perfect Ovall , as I shewed in the Rule for drawing the Ear ; which being made , divide in the midst with a Line the longest way , which must from the lower part of the Hair be divided into 3. equall parts , by 2. Lines as you see . In the 1. is the Eyes to be placed ; in the 2d the Nostrils : then the lower part divided ; in the midst thereof must the Mouth be formed , as by the Figure may be conceived : alwayes remembring that the Eyes must be in the 1. Line ; and each of them distant from the other , the length of one of them : and that their inner Corners be perpendicularly over the outside of the Nostrils punctually . But to make the Ears in a foreright Face , the Ovall must be exceeding narrow , yet proportional ; that is , that the Ears be drawn in , and be in height from the Nostrils to the Eye-brows : and then adjoyn the Neck with the Hair , in such sort as may seem most pleasing to the judicious Eye . Of the Inclining or Foreshortning of the Face . CHAP. V. IN this Figure I will make a brief Declaration concerning the scituation or posture ; and being respective of the bigness , to give easie wayes to observe in framing the altitude of the Head in any inclination , as well in Foreshortning or other postures . This then requireth small labour ; and yet I have explained the same , that the manner thereof may be plainly seen ; and the path infallible by the Lines , as they turn and concord together . Imitating the like , you may with facility draw in their places the Nose , the Mouth , and all the parts in good order , agreeing correspondently without much labour ; as I will shew with these simple Lines ; which with a little practice to prepare the hand and judgement thereto ; all which may be absolutely well effected thereby . Of a more perfect Foreshortning . CHAP. VI . HItherto have I treated of the Head , both foreright , and in other positions ; but that you might know all that is needfull for the perfect understanding of this profession , it is necessary that I specifie the Manner how to draw the Face by an easie , absolute , and fair way . Treating thus , I propound to you Methodicall meanes therein ; because my intent is to facilitate the matter in that manner , that without writing thereupon it may be intelligible : For a Draught well made hath that power , that it makes itself understood without any Discourse of the Author thereon . But I alwayes observe both the one and the other also ; instructing by the Draught the intelligence first , and afterward by Discourse thereupon . I say then that the Foreshortning which is made only with Frets , Grates , Squares , or with Geometricall instruments , breed only a confusion of Lines , which is not the best principle of expert ingenuity ; the reason whereof is , that it can hardly be measured by any Rule , unless the whole Body be framed together . Therefore I will shew an easie Rule , very like to that of the foreright Face ; that is , to make a Circular Draught with aspect upwards , or downwards , as in the foreright Head , where the Traverse Lines are straight ; but these go Circularly , as in the Figures in the last Chapter going before may be seen . For if the Heads flye upwards , the Trace , Strokes , and the Divisions , must be raised as I have shewed ; with Caution that the Ears and Eyes fall not without their due points . Of the upright or side-Face without any Measure . CHAP. VII . BEing desirous to make an upright Head or side-Face , without any Triangle or other Measure ; you shall not need alwayes to make the Triangle , but with a little care and practice to form the Eye , which will serve for direction sufficiently ; because the Head and other parts of the Body are to be proportionals , and made from Measures , it will easily follow , framing many with one and the same Stroke , you may not only facilitate it by the Eye and Judgement , but also accommodate the Hand to trace and draw all things right ; for it is true that the Eye will have his place . And I have proved , that having drawn certain Strokes and Draughts from the life of Nature , and reduced it with the Pen and Pencil into Oyl-Colours , I have found it to come off punctually right of a correspondent bigness to that which I have imitated . So that having finished my work , and measured it part by part , I have not found any thing disproportioned , but have alwayes found it fall out right , as I would have it . Therefore I say that this Rule and Measure which I have set down , is not any hinderance to the excellency of the Art , nor will weaken your worth ; but will serve as a general Advertisement , being once possest therewith ; and also become prevalent when occasion will require , to make a Head ten times as big as the natural ; for that with this Measure you shall readily frame it right by any great Head ; and that because the Understanding therein is equally extended ; but the more the Capacity is wanting , the more my labour will further , when need requireth . These then I give as principal for the first Strokes , as in the next Figure may be perceived , which is from the Forehead , as I have already said , for the beginning of the Nose ; that is from the lower part of the Hair , to the hollowness of the Nose and the Nostrils , and from thence to the Chin . It will afterwards be necessary to proceed accordingly from Stroke to Stroke , by encreasing the Strokes until you come to the Head , Number 10. and so make it to be divided into 3. parts by the Eye justly , without the help of Compasses or other Measures ; and in so doing , you may easily accustome your hand , in such sort that you may draw all you would , without any labour at all . The Manner how to describe a Head every way without Measure . CHAP. VIII . IT will not be needfull alwayes to set down the Measures which I have before prescribed , because it will be too troublesome : But my intent is to shew how by an unusuall manner by me invented , you may form in the Idea , the just Measures and Distances of all sorts of Heads ; and in all Positions , having the knowledge of this Rule ; and afterwards making some Heads without any Triangle , or other manner of Demonstration , knowing the errors of heights , lengths , and divisions , into which you may otherwise run . Therefore I shew in this Figure an easie manner that must be held ; and how with those few Lines , to make the Head in what manner you will . Of Childrens Heads . CHAP. IX . IT resteth only for me to treat of the manner how to draw the Heads of Children , with a Rule , invented by me , and not yet by any put forth in writing . Being then desirous to form the Heads of Children perfectly , and of what imaginable bigness you will ; take a pair of Compasses , and make a perfect equilater-triangular Triangle , and upon each point thereof by turning the Compasses round , make a Circle as you see , of that bigness that they may touch each other : The like done on each , you shall so have described 3. Circles , whereof 2. shall be even upon one side , and the 3d behind them , joyned to them both . And this is the 1. demonstration : In the 2d , upon that side which the two even Rounds are , the one of them shall serve for the Forehead , and the other for the Throat ; and behind both where there is a space , you shall make the Nose , the Mouth , and some part of the Chin , with a Stroke near the Throat ; afterwards adjoyning the Ear in the place which I shew , where we conclude the Triangle , and under those two Circles , joyn a little of the Nape and the Neck ; and so will the Childes Head be finished in the side Face porfill , with the Crown , as you see Number 3rd. In Number 4. I represent what force a real Rule and Reason hath in designing , as if in these 3. Circles I should open the excellency of the Art ; because as you see , there is no point nor Circle but performeth his office , with that convenience that is possible ; I make you 3. Heads in one Demonstration , of which at your pleasure you may leave away 2. and take the 3d , without danger of committing any error therein . But as I use the Triangle in the upright or side-Head , so do I use the Square or Quadrangle in the foreright Face ; which being first described , will be a guide to place the Circles in their places ; as in the 1. Draught I shew : In the 2d falleth the Eye , the Nose , and the Mouth : In the 3d I finish all together , with the under-Chin , Hair , and other Circumstances . But be alwayes advised in this Face , where and how to place the points and bigness of the Ear ; and to situate the Eye , which I have made to avoid confusion , observing the Measures in practice by the precedent Demonstration : And so your work will come off with the greater life and judgement . FINIS .