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 228
when painted in blackon glass with a diapered gold background, is very OF VARIOUS KINDS OF LETTERS. 201 good. The addition of thickness and shading to thischaracter, owing to the amount of drawing required,is a work of some difficulty and time, whilst theappearance is not thereby improved. The… … Fig. 33. drawn ; but we cannot say we admit the beauty of theexcrescence on the left side of the uprights, and thinkthe general appearance would be improved by itsomission. This letter may be shaded, or rendered with thickness,but we prefer it in its simple form. Fig. 34 shows another letter called…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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