Then I left it in a little heap of paint-chips and came away.' 'I know what palette-knifing means.

What was the piccy ?' 'A fancy head that wouldn't come right,--horrid thing!' 'I don't like working over scraped paint when I'm doing flesh.

The grain comes up woolly as the paint dries.' 'Not if you scrape properly.' Maisie waved her hand to illustrate her methods.

There was a dab of paint on the white cuff.

Dick laughed.
'You're as untidy as ever.' 'That comes well from you.