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In the first Watts orders a pint of the 'very slowest evaporating Petroleum'; Watts writes that as he uses colours that are dry, the coarsely ground ones dry very flat, and although he likes this effect, in the Academy, or other exhibitions the pictures are at a disadvantage, Watts requests a varnish the can be rubbed on and will not make the fresh colours crack.
In the second Watts writes that he is unsure if he asked if the stick colours can be used at all, or combined with ordinary oil colours as his memory has become confused; Watts writes that if the Raffaƫlli colours are safe, they will be useful to him; Watts also writes that it does not matter to him whether the canvases are prepared in white or yellow. |