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aquatint, handling of inking and shadow variation| Mehwish |
Posted: Mar 27 2008, 09:13 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 1 Member No.: 44 Joined: 27-March 08  |
hi , i have just started doing printmaking and am having a tough time :)after biting the plate in acid , when i apply ink and then vipe it , i dont really get it right ever sometimes its too dark sometimes very light, how do you get to know about right amount of inking for the zinc plate, also i have no understanding of creating light and dark , how can you get an intense variation of tones through aquatint,.........awaiting a reply , any information in this regard would be helpful
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| hervesachy |
Posted: Apr 1 2008, 08:00 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 11 Member No.: 41 Joined: 22-February 08 |
i think i can help yu but i hope to understand right your problem :if yu want to get some variations of darkness & light with aquatinte there is two way to reach that:the first is a chemical mode using successives etching on your plate for this you need use some varnish special engraver or hard ground protecting the metal,yu protect first the whites of your design & yu etch for example 3 minutes then you get out the bath the pate & then yu protect with this varnish the light greys you etchen again 3 minutes and so on until the blacks
the second way is mechanics yu do only one chemical etching in the acid bath so you obtain a grey depending the time and others factors(concentrations)If you print this plate yu got a picture without ligt & relief so to obtain these graduations yu can use the classics tools of etching (abrasive,grattoir,ebarboir) sorry for thise kast words in ffrench but i don't know the exact translation of these tools |
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