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 352
Sight and Points o;^ Distance. PERSPECTIVE FOR LETTER AND SIGN PAINTERS. 325 We have, in our course of Practical Geometry,explained the uses of the scale, and we shall, in thefollowing studies, put into practice the instructionspreviously given. The present study is worked to thescale of J in. to… … C i f A Fig. 132. It must further be impressed on the mind of thestudent, that he will not, by merely copying diagrams,however numerous, learn principles. The drawings aremere illustrations, to aid the explanation given in words,and will only be thoroughly comprehended when theprinciples are…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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