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 277
may intersect eachother at right angles, and from this intersection mark-ing on each of the lines the length from the centre tothe angles of the square. These points are then to beunited. The student must keep his future avocation constantlybefore his minds eye, and must beware of accom-plishing… … Fig. 64. drawing-board or paper. He might, perhaps, by so doingaccomplish his present purpose with a little more easethan otherwise, but it wnJl be at the expense of hisfuture success ; for he must remember that he cannotturn a wall or architrave on which he is to paint aname or inscription, and he…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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