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 361
es parallel to d c and d a, which will completethe figure. Fig. 138. In this figure we proceed to show how theobject is to be rendered in Perspective, when placed sothat the edge, instead of the square surface, is parallel tothe plane of the picture; the frame being placed belowthe level of the eye… … Fig. 138. A B (or either of the sides of the square), and from cdraw a line to the Point of Distance, cutting that drawnfrom A to the Point of Sight in d. At d draw d e, whichwill complete the perspective appearance of the planesurface of the square, placed at right angles to thepicture. Now from a…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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