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 289
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 … Fig. 77. perpendicular. As already pointed out, the left sidemust be sketched first, and made as nearly as possiblecorrect before the right side is attempted. FKEE-HAND DRAWING. 263 The whole subject may now, for additional practice,be inverted; the perpendicular and a horizontal atthe bottom of…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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