ward again suddenly, a number of splashes or small dots of black are sprinkled over the work. On drawing a small badger brush downwards over the dots, they are drawn out into the lines noticed. A great deal of oak graining is done without these lines appearing in it at all.
Shading or glazing, which involves the use of oil paint, alters the tone or color of either new or old oak graining. Very thin color is spread over those parts which require to be deepened and enriched. A drying mixture is stained to
Fig. 30. Graining Comb.
the required color, the addition of megilp not being necessary. In matching old graining, the oil-glazing process assists in getting the mellowness which, independent of the graining, the aging of varnish imparts. The student who has mastered the foregoing instructions will find no difficulty in glazing certain portions of new work, in converting light to medium oak or the latter to dark oak. Occasionally the glazing principle is reversed, inasmuch as a panel is rubbed in, figured with lights and half-lights, but not combed; when dry, the oil color is again spread, and
