A practical manual of wood engraving : with a brief account of the history of the art (1886)
Brown, William Norman · London : C. Lockwood and Co. · leaf 61
OUTLINING AND TINTING. 47 in short stages, guarding against jerks, as if these are indulged in, though the lines will be cut, they will not be uniform, owing to their having been more deeply cut in some places than in others. Though exceedingly tedious, if persevered in the difficulties of cutting… … thorough mastery of tinting will not be wasted. Fig. 24 will give a clear idea of my meaning, though I would earnestly recommend the student to practise the cutting of various degrees of tint- ing, light, medium, and dark, singly and in combination, especially as this will be required more or less…
Wood-engraving
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