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 273
f be able to judge 246 ELEMENTARY DRAWING FOR HOUSE PAINTERS. of their correctness, as any inaccuracy will at once beobvious. Fig. 53 is composed of a vertical and horizontal linecrossing each other. The lines thus disposed will formFOUR RIGHT ANGLES, and this will be a test as to thecorrect… … Fig. 57. the angles thus corresponding in pairs, whereas thewhole four should be equal. But it has already beenpointed out that lines may be perpendicular to eachother without either of them being vertical or horizontal,and this is exemplified in Fig. 54 which will afford usefulpractice in drawing…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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