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 282
n relation tostraight lines that they must not be sketched in oddpieces, and this is still more necessary to be observed inrelation to curves; for it will be seen that, if sketchedafter the fashion shown in Fig. 70 a, there would be adifficulty in knowing where to draw the curve when lining in. The… … a ^ 0 Fig. 70. preparatory to lining in/ Fig. 70 c is the finishedline. Fig. 71.—This exercise is a continuation of the last,a curve tending in an opposite direction being added. The same rule holds good in this as in the otherstudy, viz., that the curves must not grow abruptly outof a straight…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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