Pearce, Walter John · London : C. Griffin · leaf 260
ended. This overgraining is slightly tempered with stale beeror milk to bind the colour, and thinned with water to a merewash. It is then laid on with one or other of the overgrainers(Fig 61), and softened with a badger hair softener (Fig. 62), soas to represent the general light and shade, in… … Fig. 63.—Hog-hair mottler. Sometimes the work is varnished prior to overgraining, andagain afterwards, and often two coats of overgraining are usedto enhance the depth and translucency of the work. In anycase, the work must be varnished after the final overgraining.Deeper markings are sometimes…
House painting · Interior decoration
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