A practical manual of house-painting, graining, marbling and sign-writing : containing full information on the processes of house-painting in oil and distemper, the formation of letters and practice of sign-writing, the principles of decorative art, a course of elementary drawing for house-painters, writers, etc., and a collection of useful receipts ; with nine coloured illustrations of woods and marbles, and numerous wood engravings (1888)
Davidson, Ellis A., d. 1878 · London : C. Lockwood & Son · leaf 205
resent stage of studythe learner should draw these by hand, in order to ac-quire the necessary practice ; but mechanical means forstriking the forms will be alluded to further on. Twodiameters at right angles to each other should in thefirst case be traced, and the left hand upper quarterhaving… … Fig. 16. the o may be rendered as a simple parallelogram, thatis, having its top and bottom horizontal, and its sidesvertical, the angles being rounded off. The q is merelyan o to which the extra appendage, called the tail, isadded. This should not be brought too far below the line,so as to…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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