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116 the grassy hill must first be washed over with yellow brown. Observe, in painting, the general direction of the shadows, so as to have them all lying the same way. It is not at all necessary to have a uniform tint in doing this part of the work, a very little care will make the darker tints appear where the shadows lie. It is as well to dabble over the ground tint, as it makes it a little easier to put in the greens afterward.

If your sky is thoroughly dry by this time, paint the water with a tint formed by mixing apple green and sky blue. Put on the tint with horizontal strokes, giving the appearance of slightly undulating waves, and keeping the tint slightly deeper as it approaches the shore. It is well to have two shades of the paint mixed. By mixing the green and blue in nearly even quantities, a gray tint is produced, while the addition of a little green as the water reaches the shore is a decided improvement. But there must be no abrupt transition. Do not dabble the water. Sketch your tree and the fence in with dark brown. Paint the foliage with grass green, modified occasionally with a little mixing yellow. Paint the children's dresses and the outside of the umbrellas with dark blue, stippling if necessary, to give a smooth tint. The caps, aprons, and sleeves are left white, but should be outlined with black. The sticks, ribs, and outlines of the umbrellas should be painted in black. The inside of the umbrellas in a mixture of blue and green. The faces and hands are painted in ivory yellow and flesh red No. 1, put on very thinly, and then the features put in with a very fine brush in black—the hair may be yellow or brown. You may have some trouble to get the faces to suit you, but patient trying will bring success in drawing eyes that don't squint and mouths of a decent size, which, after all, is about all that can be attained, as the size of the drawing does not allow for much expression. Shade the trunk of the tree with dark brown,