Oil Painting On Woven Fabrics

Canvass, indeed, is Often employed by artista for oil painting, but then the canvass is stretched tightly on a frame. To paint on loose cloth without entirely destroying its flexibility, has hitherto biien impossible. Besides this many colors lose their brilliancy, and henee are less efïectiveupon woven fabrics. Gutman, of Florence, after many years of experimenting, believes that he has overeóme all difïïculties, and that with his process the goods will retain their freshness and pliability. The colors shall be as effective as those on the flnest printed goods, and even sur pass them. If the painting is done on silk or satín the colors have the appearance of enamel, and the shade varies with the gloss of the silk. As neither varnish nor gum is employed the colors preserve their freshness, which ia hei gh tened by exposure to the air and light. The colors cannot blacken In time, as is the case with oil colors ; and, above all, the goods retain their softness. A composition made of distilled water, molasses, benzole, turpentine, alcohol, and nitro-benzule, is poured into a vessel containing twice as much boiling water. During the whole operation i is kept at as high a tetnperature as possible, so that the sreatest amount of vapor will be given off. If the mixture gets cold it canaot be used again. As soon as vapors are given off from it the wrong side of the gooUs is held over it for a íew minutes, so that the vapor shall pass through the fabric. After drying for several hours it is ready for use, and inay be stretched on a trame or over a piece oí wood or cardboard. In regard to the painting itself, the design is firat sketched with an ivory stylus, and using impression paper - red íor black or dark stuff and white for light colored. The little oil cans which always belong to the palette, and are generally fllled with linseed oil, are now fllled with a mixture of benzine, turpentine, alcohol and nitro-henzole. "When the pigment has been put on the palette, one or more drops of this mixture is dropped upon it, in order to d lute the color which is to be used. The pencils and brushes must also be soaked n the same peculiar composition every tim before using them. The flrst coating is put on thick asa ground, so as to cover the stuff well. Everything that is to be pink, blue, or violet must have a white ground, which is allowed to dry one ortwo days. Little precautions about touching colora not yet dry are to be learaed by