Cyclopedia of painting : containing useful and valuable information on the following subjects : adulteration of paint, blistering of paint, brushes, calcimining, carriage painting, china painting, colors, color harmony, color mixing, color testing, exterior painting, gilding, graining, house painting, marbling, mildew, oils and driers, oil painting on glass, painting a bath tub, painting in distemper, paperhanger's tools, paperhanging, pigments, plain oil painting, primary colors, priming, scenic painting, sign painting, stains, staining, stencilling, turpentine, varnishes, varnishing, water color painting, when not to paint, practical points on painting, useful information (1908)
Armstrong, George D · Chicago : F.J. Drake · leaf 202
itch into the samenatural curves indicated by the mottler; anj knots thatappear too spotty or set ai-e opened with the fitch. Whenthe Avork is dry, wet it Avith beer and proceed to overgrain,using the thin overgrainer charged Avith a thin Vandykewash and separated into divisions. Soften the grain… … Fig. 36. PoUard Oak Graining—First Stage. glazed with Vandyke brown, if desired full and rich, orwith blue-black if the warmth requires to be toned. Ifbeer is used with the pigments, the work can always besafely wetted to ascertain the color when varnished. Anyslight alterations or additions can…
