P.S. you had better paint the flesh first (with surround ings if needed at the same time before you go on & let me see it before you go on to drafting.

P.S. Parris's Medium can be got at Robersons. If you like order anything there in my name.

Trace the copy on to the canvas with ordinary red chalk. Then go over the tracing with red wax-chalk strongly. Then spread the stiff white over the [illegible] day's portion with the palette knife so as to show the outline through, and lay in the modelling lightly with Real Ultramarine little common unstiffened white. Then do the day's painting with chiefly with longish flat hoghairs but with flat sables also if needed, and using only the ordinary unstiffened white after the first coat of stiff white. If you find you have covered with the stiff white more surface

than you can paint over in the day, it is best to remove the unpainted portion of the white with the palette knife at close of the day & lay it again when you begin next morning. Be careful in mixing the stiff white in the first instance not to use too much copal, and to turn it well over and over with the palette knife till thoroughly mixed. It is best to use throughout the painting as little vehicle as possible. When necessary, use Roberson's Medium mixed with a little of Parris's Marble Medium to lessen the shine.