Directions For Mixing Colours
Place the powder required in a saucer: add a few drops of water, and rub
the same with a brush for some time; as friction materially improves the
brilliancy of tint. The colour should be mixed as thick as cream, but a
very small portion taken into the brush at one time. As the brushes are
large, they absorb a large quantity of colour; consequently, the brush
used to mix the colour with, must be pressed upon the edge of the saucer
several times to cleanse it.
The cake paint is used with the powder colours for fine veining, and
when a second colour is required to be placed over another; as I shall
show in my instruction for the rich dahlia purpurea. I have a great
objection to mixing gum water with the colours. I use it only previous
to throwing on down, such as in the calyx of geranium, primrose, &c.
A rich crimson is produced by the application of the crimson powder upon
pink wax.
A darker crimson, by adding a little of the darkest crimson powder to
the former. If a deeper crimson still be required, add a little of the
middle blue.
A pale pink is obtained by applying crimson powder with a small portion
of white, laid on the wax very thin.
A light orange scarlet, as in fuchsia fulgens, is acquired by mixing a
minute portion of scarlet powder with the bright crimson.
Scarlet for geranium; a larger portion of the scarlet with the crimson.
Different shades of scarlet are also produced by laying the crimson
powder upon different shades of wax, namely, lemon, yellow, and orange.
A purple (as in violet), is produced by mixing the second blue with a
lesser portion of the bright crimson powder.
A deeper purple, as in the centre of the anemone, is obtained by the
combination of the crimson powder with the deepest blue.
Various shades of lilac and peach colours are produced by a careful
admixture of the bright crimson, middle blue, and white.
A primrose colour is obtained by using my lemon powder (a beautiful
preparation), upon white wax.
A rich brown, as in wall-flower, requires a mixture of cake sepia with
bright crimson.
The dark velvet-purple-looking spot seen in geraniums is obtained from
mixing the cake smalt with a little bright crimson powder.
A similar tint may be obtained by mixing crimson lake, in cake, with the
middle blue.
Various shades of green are procured by combining the first or second
yellow with the darkest blue.
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Anemone
(ANEMONE HORTENSIS.) Sickness. The petals are cut from thick or double white wax. Place a piece of fine white wire half way up each, and secure it to its position by placing a narrow strip of white wax upon the same, rolling it down each edge with... Austrian Briar Rose
(ROSA LUTEA.) Mingled Pleasure and Pain. This is a showy single flower, and very easily and quickly accomplished. There are but five petals, cut from bright yellow wax; colour them half-way down each with crimson: cup them a little in the palm of ... Cape Jasmine
(GARDENIA.) Sweetness. The petals are cut in thick wax, or single wax doubled; when the latter is the case, be careful to place the two shining sides together. It is particularly easy to form: the petals require to be curled precisely as the yell... Dahlia
(DAHLIA PURPUREA.) Instability. Cut the required number of petals from pink wax--colour them upon both sides with crimson. When quite dry, wash them over lightly with bright purple (using for the purpose a large brush, very moist.) When a second ... Directions For Mixing Colours
Place the powder required in a saucer: add a few drops of water, and rub the same with a brush for some time; as friction materially improves the brilliancy of tint. The colour should be mixed as thick as cream, but a very small portion taken into t... Explanation Of Botanical Words
Although I do not pretend to put this forth as a "Botanical work," I deem it necessary that I should make use of certain words in application to forming the different parts of a flower; I shall give an explanation of such botanical words as I must o... Floral Life
"Lord, what is life? 'Tis like a flower That blossoms, and is gone! We see it flourish for an hour, With all its beauty on; But death comes, like a wintry day, And cuts the pretty flower away." THE FLOWERING SEASON... Forget Me Not
Forget me not. "The very name is Love's own poetry, Born of the heart, and of the eye begot, Nursed amid sighs and smiles of constancy, And ever breathing--'Love! forget me not.'" MILLE... Honeysuckle
(CAPRIFOLIUM.) Devoted Affection. Colour eight or ten blossoms with second yellow, two or three are left white, being all cut from wax devoid of colour; shade them with crimson lake in cake; cut a piece of fine wire, two inches long, cut a strip o... How To Copy From Nature
To take the pattern of a natural flower, you must remove the petals carefully, sorting out how many there are of an equal size. Take the shape of one out of each set, in the following manner: Place the petal upon a sheet of writing paper, holding it... Instruction How To Form The Crocus
(CROCUS LUTEUS.) Youthfulness. Prepare the petals (from pattern) in double wax, choosing a bright orange, but not too dark. Place the two shining sides of the wax together. The inner petals are not striped, but the three outer ones have eight or ... Instructions For Modelling Foliage
There are various ways of modelling leaves, but I would recommend them to be made of sheet wax as much as possible. Take three sheets of green wax, matching in colour the leaf you are about to imitate. It is not material whether the middle sheet is ... Kalmia
(LATIFOLIA.) Combination. "Ye flowers of beauty, pencilled by the hand of God!" POLLOK. The corolla is in one piece, having five points. It requires to be cut in thick wax. Press the finger in the... Lemon Hollyhock
Persuasion. This flower should be constructed of very thin lemon wax. It requires thirty small petals and seven large for a full blown flower: each petal is shaded with the light yellow powder towards the lower end. Crimp each petal with the poin... Lilac Rhododendron
Danger. "All are for use--for health--for pleasure given:-- All speak, in various ways, the bounteous hand of Heaven." CHARLOTTE SMITH. Cut the petals in white wax; chose it rather thick, but ... Lily
(LILIUM CANDIDUM.) Purity of heart. "Observe the rising lily's snowy grace."--THOMSON. The lily is an advantageous flower in a large group. The one I am going first to notice is peculiar for its purity of colour; it is very ornamental in a ... Materials Required For Wax Flower Modelling
WAX--white, yellow, orange, pink, and several shades of green. Two steel pins with china heads (different sizes). One ivory pin, with large head. Eleven bottles of powder; consisting of scarlet, bright crimson, dark crimson, lemon, yellow, or... Mignonette
(RESEDA ODORATA.) Unconscious Beauty. It is a singular circumstance that in this country this fragrant production of nature is known by a French name, the translation of which is the "little darling," while in Paris it is only known by its Latin ... Myrtle
(MYRTUS COMMUNIS.) Love. This flower is always admired in a bouquet from its light and pretty appearance, and is in nature very fragrant. Cut the petals, five in number, of double wax, indent the head of a curling pin in each; cut a fringe at the... Narcissus
Permission. "By all those token-flowers that tell What words can ne'er express so well." BYRON. Cut six petals in double white wax; indent up the centre of each with the point of a curling pin; press a... Orange Blossom
(CITRUS.) Chastity. This is cut in double white wax. It consists of five petals. The head of the small curling pin is passed up and down over the whole of each; the petals are afterwards curled a little with the fingers, to do away with any forma... Pink Geranium
(PELARGONIUM.) Preference. Cut the petals in thick white wax; there are three narrow and two broad. Mix a little white powder with some crimson, and paint all the petals half way down lightly with this colour. The brush must contain but a very sm... Purple Violets
"Violets, sweet tenants of the shade, In purple's richest pride arrayed, Your errand here fulfil; Go, bid the artist's simple stain Your lustre imitate in vain, And match your Maker's skill." Purple violets are const... Purposes To Which The Materials Are Applied
Without wishing to derogate from the merit of others, or retaining to myself the exclusive ability of vending the purest wax and the best of other articles to be used in obtaining a faithful representation of nature, I think it necessary to state, t... Scarlet Geranium
Comforting. The petals are cut from thick white wax. Colour them upon both sides with bright scarlet (scarlet and crimson both in powders), form a very small foundation of white wax to the end of a fine wire. Cut five fine and short stamina, plac... Seringa
Counterfeit. "The sweet seringa, yielding but in scent To the rich orange." Cut the petals in white wax, double or thick; there are but four to form the corolla. They are curled precisely like the orange blossom. The centre is also sim... Sweet-scented Tea Rose
(ROSA SAFRANO.) Charming. The petals of this rose require to be cut in thick white wax, coloured three parts down with my lemon powder; shade lightly over this, but not quite to the edge, with a little of my second yellow, and finish off by a lig... The Advantage Of Wax Modelling Over Other Fancy Work
And one great consideration is that the sight is not likely to be injured. The eye does not require to be fixed; it does not occupy so much attention as to prevent conversation, nor need the body be bent,--a matter of much importance with growing gi... The Art Of Modelling Flowers In Wax Was Brought Into England
I consequently subjoin an extract from Miss Strickland's Life of Mary Beatrice, second consort of James II., A.D. 1686. "The beautiful imitations of natural flowers in wax which have lately afforded an attractive exercise for the taste and... The Blue Water-lily;
Warm affection; Forms a pleasing variety, but is not so generally well known, from the fact of its requiring care in cultivation. Those previously described may be seen blowing luxuriantly in common ponds; but this I am about to give instruction ... The Cabbage Or Provence Rose
(ROSA CENTIFOLIA.) Beauty. "The rose has one powerful virtue to boast Above all the flowers of the field-- When its leaves are all dead, and fine colours are lost, Still how sweet a perfume it will yield." ... The Cactus
Warmth. Cut the petals in bright orange wax, place a fine white wire half way up each, and occasion it to adhere by attaching a strip of orange wax over it. Colour them upon both sides with carmine. Curl the petals by passing the head of the pin ... The Carnation
(DIANTHUS.) Pure Love. "Yon bright carnation--once thy cheek Bent o'er it in the bud; And back it gives thy blushes meek In one rejoicing flood!" This may be made in three varieties. The flakes are striped with broad bands... The Daisy
(BELLIS PERENNIS.) Innocence. Whilst culling the sweet and early flowers, I cannot permit myself to pass the daisy, that pretty and simple production of nature, so emblematical of innocence, and which has been immortalized by poets, ancient and m... The Damask Rose
(ROSA DAMASCENA.) Freshness of Complexion. "The rose, like ruddy youth, in beauty stands, And would be cropped by none but fairest hands." Cut the petals from white wax, and paint them upon both sides (with my crimson), two-thirds down.... The Fuchsia;
(FULGENS;) Good taste: Will afford a pleasing variety to the flowers already described. Its blossoms hang pendant like a tassel; it is both graceful in form, and brilliant in colour: its construction is simple, being formed from two patterns only... The Lilium Lancifolium
Generous heart. The petals of this flower are curled similarly to the former, but they bend back more in the form of a Turk's cap. There is a narrow strip of bright yellow-green wax placed in the centre, and at the lower end of each petal. The pe... The Moss Rose
Beauty and Love. Is similarly constructed (being one of the same class), but is rather smaller. It requires the addition of a little real moss. It must be the fine spray moss; and dried quickly, by placing a warm flat-iron upon it. It is affixed ... The Passion Flower;
Belief: "Has become strangely interwoven with our faith, from a fancied resemblance to a cross and a crown, although it requires a great effort of the imagination to call up either the one or the other. Still its very name in some...