The complete carriage and wagon painter : a concise compendium of the art of painting carriages, wagons and sleighs, embracing full directions in all the various branches, including lettering, scrolling, ornamenting, striping, varnishing and coloring with numerous recipes for mixing colors . Fig. 57.—Showing a Double Shade. Blocked. Shading should be done in the same manner through-out a piece of work ; that is, if one line be shaded on theright side, all lines on the job must be done so. On redgrounds, gold letters are generally shaded with black, andthen the double shade is made by extending
The complete carriage and wagon painter : a concise compendium of the art of painting carriages, wagons and sleighs, embracing full directions in all the various branches, including lettering, scrolling, ornamenting, striping, varnishing and coloring with numerous recipes for mixing colors . Fig. 57.—Showing a Double Shade. Blocked. Shading should be done in the same manner through-out a piece of work ; that is, if one line be shaded on theright side, all lines on the job must be done so. On redgrounds, gold letters are generally shaded with black, andthen the double shade is made by extending the width of 106 THE COMPLETE CARRIAGE AND WAGON PAINTER. the shade, by running a carmine gkize outside of the colors employed in shading shouid Jiannonize withthe colors of the letter and of the groundwork. Here thetaste of the painter is called into play, for if the colors arenot harmonious—no matter how well formed the lettersmay be—the result will not be satisfactory. Gold letters on a white ground may be shaded with anycolors excepting those of a yellow hue—blue, red andgreen being the colors most frequentljr used. Red letters look well shaded with lead color or gray; a. Fig. 58.—Showing the Method of ShadingLetters. • Painted light green will also be a complementary shade for red, ona white ground. Black letters look well shaded with anyof the primary colors. One thing should ever be takeninto consideration, the most intense or prominent colorshould be put on the letter, and not the shade. When ashade has been put on a letter, and a disagreeable result isproduced, it may often be improved by adding a fine lineof white or black (according to the ground) between theshado and letter. All gold lettering should be edged— THE COMPLETE CARRIAGE AND WAGON PAINTER. 107 called the lights—on the opposite edge from the shade,or in some cases all around the letter. The cast shadowof a letter is in reality the shade, and what is generallycalled the shade is t
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