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 288
istant from a central linewhich may subsequently beerased, and that it forms aportion of each of the scrollswhich grow out of it. Theplace which the scroll holdsin ornamental art is fully de-scribed in a special chapter in•^ The Grammar of Colour-ing,* and to this the studentis referred. This… … 262 ELEMENTARY DRAWING FOR HOUSE PAINTERS. Fig. 77.—In this example two compound scrolls arebalanced, and at this stage it is not advisable for thestudent to use any guide lines beyond the central
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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