DRAWING THE IMAGE The rosined plate is ready to have an image drawn onto it. To draw an image onto the plate an acid resistant stop-out material called asphaltum is painted onto the plate. The first paint-out is usually done before the first etch. This first paint-out will protect the copper from being etched at all, so these areas will hold no ink when being printed and will show as white. |
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| A plate in the acid bath | ||||||||||||||||||
| The plate is etched by placing it in a tray of acid. After the first etch another paint-out is done. This paint-out will protect the areas of the plate with the first etch, which will print as a light tone. Then a second etch is done, producing a slightly darker tone, which will be painted over with the next paint-out. Progressively the plate is painted and etched, usually about 8 times, to produce a gradual tonal range from white to black. For specific examples of the progressive etches used to create my images, return to pg 1 and look at the "Aquatint Class" section. | ||||||||||||||||||
| I draw the image onto the plate | ||||||||||||||||||
| pg 1, PREPARING THE PLATE | ||||||||||||||||||
| pg 2, DRAWING THE IMAGE | ||||||||||||||||||
| pg 3, MULTIPLE PLATE PRINTS | ||||||||||||||||||
| pg 4 PRINTING THE PLATE | ||||||||||||||||||
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