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
t to attain facilityin free-hand drawing, and to studythe curved forms we have given in ourelementary lessons. He will then findthat he will be able to draw the letterto suit the character of the othersin an infinitely shorter space of time,and with much less trouble, thanwould be required in… … Fig. 17. OF LETTERS CONTAINING CURVED LINES. 179 to contain the letter should be sketched, and this should,for reasons which will presently be explained, pass aboveand below the horizontals which regulate the heightsof the other letters. The curve must then reach the topand bottom of this…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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