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 292
it may subsequentlybe erased. Within this outline the serrations are to bedrawn. This method of working is shown on the leftside of the example FREE-HAND DUAWING, 265 A very useful set of studies (the best possible infact) may be formed in the following manner :—Collect,during the summer season,… … Next, cut pieces of pasteboard to the required sizes,and gum the leaves down upon them, so that they maylie quite flat. The set will then be very useful, notonly as elementary drawing copies, but for reference asto the correct form of each leaf. As already stated, it is not possible, within the…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
