Drypoint | Art techniques materials

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Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate (or “matrix”) with a hard-pointed “needle” of sharp metal or diamond point. In principle, the method is practically identical to engraving. The difference is in the use of tools, and that the raised ridge along the furrow is not scraped or filed away as in engraving.Traditionally the plate was copper, but now acetate, zinc, or plexiglas are also commonly used. Like etching, drypoint is easier to master than engraving for an artist trained in drawing because the technique of using the needle is closer to using a pencil than the engraver’s burin,More info:wiki

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#10 Drypoint is the new Etching!,More info:nancyfarmer.wordpress

I have printed the ‘Medusa in the Bath’ picture – the February image for my calendar for next year – and I am feeling quite pleased with myself! I do enjoy Aluminium etching, but I have to admit it can sometimes be a bit of a crude technique for making a picture. I recall a little bit of copper etching I did, um, something more than 25 years ago now :-o, and I recall being able to get very fine detailed lines. This doesn’t seem to be so much the case with aluminium etching – maybe it is to do with the speed that the etching solution eats into the metal, and the larger grain of the metal.
So, I have shied away from including a lot of detail in my etchings, and the drawing of Medusa in the Bath did have quite a lot going on… from the twisty taps, to the appropriate reading matter, to the little snake-shaped rubber duck… a shame to simplify it. So I took the plunge and did the entire thing in drypoint – a technique I used a little in a couple of recent posts.

#9 DRYPOINT TECHNIQUES,More info:bpw

Drypoint engraving is an intaglio technique which can be combined with many other ways of printmaking. Any mark drawn with your tool which holds the ink on your plate will transfer its mark to the paper. Monoprints are made by applying ink to an even surface which will transfer its mark to paper.

On this one day course led by Coby Moore you will experiment with both drypoint and monoprint to add painterly marks with ink to make your unique edition of prints to take home. This course is suitable for beginners and those with some experience.