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- 3. Dry Point printsa softer line than an etching, so you really have to dig and do so at an angle - to kick up a burr in the plexiglass. It will give more of a curb for the ink to hold on to.
- 4. Laying etching inkon the plate with a scraper. Each ink application, and each trip through the press squashes the tooth of the line work flat, so it holds less and less ink, and prints really light after a handful of impressions. Dry points are usually printed in smaller editions than other type of etchings as a result.
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- 6. Clear Plexiglass Your drawing Nails or Stylus (a sharp metal point) Water-based Ink Printing Paper Towels Felt Small pieces of mat board or cardboard Tape
- 7. Proof “Pullinga proof” Edition Drypoint Stylus/Scribe Burrs Plate “Inking the plate”
- 8. Create adrawing that is the same size of your piece of plexiglass Make sure your drawing uses only lines To create value build up lines using hatching or crosshatching. NOTE: Your print will be a mirror image of your drawing so make sure to flip any words so they will print correctly
- 9. Tape yourdrawing to the underside of your piece of plexiglass Use a scratching tool (scribe/stylus) to reproduce the drawing on the plastic
- 10. Apply inin a figure eight motion to make sure it fills all the lines. To remove ink from the plate’s surface use a towel or gauze. Be sure to wipe in a circular motion to not remove the ink from the burrs Don’t worry if you leave some ink on the surface. It will create interest.
- 11. Soak yourpaper to get it completely wet. Place your paper between two flat towels and apply pressure to the top to remove excess water. You need your paper to be damp and not soaked.
- 12. Place yourplate on a piece of felt Place a piece of damp paper on the plate and cover it with another piece of felt. Rub the entire felt, applying firm pressure. Take a look at your proof. Does your plate need more lines? Deeper lines? Did you get the ink off well enough? Does the plate need more detail? Sign , date, and label your proof Make revisions to your plate
- 13. After revisingyour plate you may print again. *you may need to make several proofs before you are satisfied with your plate. You may make prints until you plate wears down and you lose detail. Label directly under each print in the following format: Proofs- Write the title on the left. Write AP (Artists Proof) in the center. Sign the right. Prints- Write the title on the left. Write the edition in the center. The first print will be the first edition, label it “1”. Do the same with subsequent prints. Sign the right.
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- 19. St.Jerome beside a PollardWillow Rembrandt
- 21. Mary Cassatt United States (1845-1926) EnDeshabillé (alternatively titled Italian Girl), ca. 1889 Drypoint