The complete carriage and wagon painter : a concise compendium of the art of painting carriages, wagons and sleighs, embracing full directions in all the various branches, including lettering, scrolling, ornamenting, striping, varnishing and coloring with numerous recipes for mixing colors (1899)
Schriber, Fritz · New York : M.T. Richardson · leaf 107
ettering the shade always touches the edge of th? gold, but in paint letters a space is left between the letter and shade, see Fig. 58. The shade never looks well if made wider than the bars of the letter, and the angles formed by the end of the shade should be uniform, and should be determined by… … Fig. 57.— Showing a Double Shade Blocked. Shading should be done in the same manner through- out a piece of work ; that is, if one line be shaded on the right side, all lines on the job must be done so. On red grounds, gold letters are generally shaded with black, and then the double shade is made…
Carriage and wagon painting
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