Materials.
The following materials are required:—
Zinc.
Zinc, in strips, average price 10d. per square foot.
Oil paints, &c.
Oil-paints, in tubes.
Vermilion, 6d. }
Crimson lake, 4d. } these may be mixed.
French ultramarine, 1s.
Blue black, 4d.
Emerald green, 4d.
Ivory white, 4d. This cream-coloured white has the richest and best effect.
1 Bottle of pale drying oil, 6d.
1 Bottle of spirits of turpentine, 6d.
Brushes.
Brushes—Red sable, various sizes, from 4d. to 1s. 2d. each.
Palette, &c.
A wooden palette, 1s. 6d.
A palette-knife, 1s. 6d.
Tailor's chalk, or "pipe-clay," 2d.
A carpenter's 2-foot rule, 1s. or 1s. 6d.