Examples of etching in the following topics:
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- The artist uses an etching needle for fine lines, or an choppe for broader lines.
- The strength of the acid determines the speed of the etching process.
- The paper picks up the ink from the etched lines to make the print.
- A copper plate is good for a few hundred printings of a strongly etched image before it becomes too degraded.
- Jacques Callot made great advancements in the technique of etching.
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- Aquatint, a variant of etching, is a member of the intaglio category of printmaking.
- Rather than using a needle to make lines in the surface of the plate, as an artist does with etching, the tones are achieved through exposing the plate to acid at timed intervals.
- A test piece can be made with etching times noted, since the strength of acids vary.
- Etching for many hours (up to 24) will be as dark as etching for one hour, but the deeper etch produces raised ink on the paper.
- Finally, David Hockney, known for his many paintings of the Los Angeles lifestyle in the 1960s, created a number of both aquatints and etchings for his "The Blue Guitar" series (1976), notable for their use of color.
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- Drypoint is a printmaking technique in the intaglio family, a category in which an image is etched into a plate, and the incised line holds the ink that will be transferred to the final print.
- This type of line differentiates drypoint from other intaglio methods such as etching or engraving, which produce smooth, hard-edged lines.
- Some printmakers will use their hands in this step, because the burrs forming the image are more fragile than etched or engraved lines.
- Rembrandt used the technique frequently, but usually in conjunction with etching and engraving.
- By adding aquatint work (a method involving etching the line by varied timed exposures to acid, as well as inking with various colors) on the plate, artists such as Mary Cassatt have produced color drypoints .
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- The surface, called the matrix, was historically a copper etching plate or limestone litho stone, but in contemporary work, zinc, glass, or polymer are often used.
- The stone is then treated with a mixture of acid and gum arabic, etching the portions of the stone which are not protected by the grease-based image.
- When the stone is subsequently moistened, these etched areas retain water; an oil-based ink is then applied and repelled by the water, sticking only to the original drawing.
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- The Yōga, style encompassed oil painting, watercolors, pastels, ink sketches, lithography, etching, and other techniques developed in western culture.
- Yōga, in its broadest sense, encompasses oil painting, watercolors, pastels, ink sketches, lithography, etching, and other techniques developed in western culture.
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- Especially in the past, the term 'engraving' was often used very loosely to cover several printmaking techniques, so that many so-called engravings were in fact produced by totally different techniques, such as etching or mezzotint.
- The burin is pushed through the metal, which distinguishes it from other printmaking tools such as etching needles, or acid used in other methods.
- The line made in engraving is purposeful, contrasting with the freer line of a pencil or etching needle.
- After 1550, engraving fell out of popularity in favor of etching, which is more easily mastered for artists trained in drawing.
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- The main printmaking techniques were woodcuts, engravings and etchings.
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- It is more versatile than traditional printing techniques as the surface does not have to be printed under pressure, like etching or lithography, and it does not have to be planar.
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- Hatching is especially important in linear media, such as drawing, as well as some painting and printmaking techniques (specifically in terms of engraving, etching and woodcut techniques).
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- An inscription is also etched into the border, demonstrating the metalworking skill that went into the construction of the tomb.