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 242
certain lettersor their shadows constantly painted in the same way,that the rendering is therefore right, or that at leastit could not be improved upon or varied. We havegiven some instructions as to drawing from solids, andhave also laid dewn some of the principles of shading, andwe now advise the… … Fig. 45. all but one window, and covering up the lower portionof that, or using one gas-light, he should study theshadows cast from each according to every change in therelative position of the object or light. We assure himthat he will discover effects which will convince him ofthe absurdity of…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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