AQUATINT CLASS , Jewel Lake print
The fifth paint-out on the second plate. The fifth etch is 12 minutes, for a total of 24 minutes. This is the final etch on this plate. Now that the first two plates are done, a two color proof is pulled to get a sence of how they look together. This proof can help me make color decisions on the next two plates.
The third plate will be printed in an orange yellow ink.
The first paint-out covers the blue sky reflected in the water. (I forgot to get a photo of this stage). It was etched for 2 minutes.
The third paint-out is etched for 5 minutes, for a total of 9 minutes over a 2 minute etch. This is the final etch on this plate.
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The second paint-out demanded more detail than I could see with the rosin on the plate. I cleaned the rosin and asphaltum off of the plate and did the second paint-out onto the much easier to see ghost image. The plate was re-rosined after this paint-out and a 4 minute etch was done. This plate now has a 4 minute etch over a 2 minute etch.
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