The elements of art; a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist (1848)
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889, Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889. American drawing book · London, D. Bogue · leaf 35
DRAWING MATERIALS. :i\ 39. The quill should be scraped on the side where the split is intended, first toward the point, and then backward, more or less according to the flexibility of the nib required 5 then … where you desire the split to stop, which its pressure will effect, start the split slightly with your knife, and run it up the quiU by a touch with the thumb-nail of your right hand, or the uncut end of another quill. The general rule is, to cut the shoulders the length of the split, and for…
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