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 306
igures, selecting such as may be of thegreatest service to the Decorator and Letter-painter. 278 ELEMENTARY DRAWING FOR HOUSE PAINTERS. This course must however be considered as elemental yonly, and it is hoped that the student will pursue thesubject with the aid of other works.* * For a complete… … Fig. 80< Use tlie compass having a pencil leg.Place the steel point in a. Open the compass until the distance between the pointsis much more than half the line (say to a). Keep the steel point in a, and with the pencil pointdraw a part of a circle, c d.* * A part of a circle is called an ai^c.…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
