In the shadows add raw umber and burnt sienna

In the shadows add raw umber and burnt sienna. The branches are rather gray than brown in their general aspect, and may be painted with raw umber, ivory black, white, cobalt, and light red; adding yellow ochre in the lighter tones if needed, and substituting burnt sienna for light red. Draw the stems and branches carefully, using flat pointed sable brushes for the small dark accents and touches of light.
Flowers are peculiarly applicable for decorative purposes, and arc also used in various conventionalized forms with excellent effect.

Instead of copying the designs of others, endeavor to compose them for yourself.

In doing this, always make the studies directly from Nature first, and then arrange and compose as you wish, keeping the original study as a guide, and making all compositions and designs upon a separate canvas. This is excellent practice, and should any special talent for designing be developed, it is well to encourage it, as original designs have a practical value.

Patience and persevering practice are the only means by which any thing real can be accomplished in Art. Our design has been, by practical hints and timely. suggestions, to lead the student in the right way, thus teaching him to study nature and observe for himself.