Aquatint is a kind of archaic printing technique, which produces an effect resembling a watercolor from a plate etched with nitric acid. Its use began in the late 1700s and continued throughout the ...

Artist Beth Weintraub explains what aquatint is Artist Beth Weintraub is taking etching to a whole new level and shows us what an aquatint is.

WILTON — Bonnie Johnson sees paintings when she looks at her surroundings. During her time as the artist of residence at Weir Farm, she became enchanted with one particular spot, where the north light ...

50 x 55 x 2 in. (127 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm.) The iconic 'Spot Series' is one of Hirst's most recognizable themes, as the universally appealing - near perfect symmetry and use of color theory form around ...

Aquatint Worlds: Travel, Print, and Empire, by Douglas Fordham Chloe Chard is intrigued by an account of the short-lived fashion for lavishly illustrated hand-coloured travel books Published on ...

44 x 79 x 2 in. (111.8 x 200.7 x 5.1 cm.) ...

Etching and Aquatint in Colors with Carborundum and Hand-Painted Details on 16 Ripped Sheets of Paper, 1995, signed, dated, and numbered in pencil edition "60/60" to bottom edge, Alan Cristea Gallery ...

“A Bower in the Arsacides” (1993), lithograph, etching, aquatint, relief, collagraph on white TGL handmade paper, 58 1/4 x 49 5/8 inches (all images courtesy Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art) Herman Melville ...

Traditionally the act of drawing has been fundamental to the pictorial arts. Though drawings could be hand copied, printmaking, as developed during the Renaissance, allowed them to be reproduced and ...

"In the late 18th century, British artists embraced the medium of aquatint for its ability to produce prints with rich and varied tones that became even more stunning with the addition of color. At ...