The Painters' & grainers' handbook : a complete illustrated guide to painting, graining, distempering, sign-writing, gilding, and glass embossing ... (1873)
Callingham, James · London : Brodie & Middleton : Simpkin, Marshall · leaf 120
These pencils, however, may be advantageously em-ployed for glazing Vvith transparent colours dilutedwith a large proportion of varnish. Sable pencils aregenerally used by writers. These are very durable,and being stiffer than the camel hair, are particularlyadapted for the heavy colours. We append… … LARGE SWAN. 120 SIGN \YRITING. Ail letters of a light colour painted on a darkground must be gone over twice, and sometimesthree times, before the ground is thoroughly covered.White letters, for instance, v/ill not cover a darkground unless there are at least two layers of thewhite, one being…
