The Making of the Glencairn Methuselah Window: Page 50

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Front Continued from page 69, Blues for Virgin in Radegonde Panel

Mix Olive Texture with thin oxidized turpentine and a little ordinary Fatty turpentine and put patches on front of glass – do the same with the modelling clay backing. Use plenty of the thin oxidized turpentine 2 months old – which spreads – do the same with the Golden texture – these will all spread, now take a little badger blender <fig.16 small drawing of badger blender> and blend the colors a little

coat around edges Olive Texture to soften glass into the lead. Now mix Olive Texture with thin oxidized turpentine and a little ordinary Fatty turpentine and keeping the paint in a thickish state spatter with a tiny part of a hair brush <f.17 view of brush> where the spattered marks were too heavy I lightened them with the edge of my thumb

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