Belinda Del Pesco, drypoint of someone making a drypoint
Drypoint, a rather scratchy nails-on-chalboard kind of word, is a printmaking technique in which an image is incised into a plate with a pointy thing. I’ll get into more academic V.cabulary about this later, but for now I’m just going to call it a pointy thing.
It seems to me that drypoint is very similar to drawing, only different. I’m not sure yet how it’s different, but Nikki Barber, the jam on our toast of a printmaking instructor, told me to stop thinking of the pointy thing as a pencil. I’m not sure what this means yet because it looks like a pencil to me, but I’d like to learn, and Nikki said she’d help me.
Drypoint is non toxic. Some people call it an etching without acids or solvents. Before I started scratching haphazardly away at this beautiful, shining, absolutely flawless sheet of precious copper, I did some research to see the kinds of marks that can be made in this medium. In my research, I made a collection of prints I can refer to later, a collection of various marks and styles. Below is a little gallery of drypoint prints, specifically of people reading. From my inspiration book to yours. Enjoy.
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[image_with_animation image_url=”7909″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Suzanne Saroff Set up a backdrop (to minimize visual clutter), and place an object or objects behind water glasses so that they form an interesting composition. Adjust lighting as needed, move things around for maximum effect, and crop for composition. Feel free to submit your work in the form …
[image_with_animation image_url=”11503″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Many new artists feel they need an original idea for every artwork, but most experienced artists get a lot of creative mileage out of one idea (especially a simple idea), repeated in iterations. Here is a great example: Temple Dogs, a series of 8 by Ralph Kiggell. Each illustration is …
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Reading About Drypoints of People Reading
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Belinda Del Pesco, drypoint of someone making a drypoint
Drypoint, a rather scratchy nails-on-chalboard kind of word, is a printmaking technique in which an image is incised into a plate with a pointy thing. I’ll get into more academic V.cabulary about this later, but for now I’m just going to call it a pointy thing.
It seems to me that drypoint is very similar to drawing, only different. I’m not sure yet how it’s different, but Nikki Barber, the jam on our toast of a printmaking instructor, told me to stop thinking of the pointy thing as a pencil. I’m not sure what this means yet because it looks like a pencil to me, but I’d like to learn, and Nikki said she’d help me.
Drypoint is non toxic. Some people call it an etching without acids or solvents. Before I started scratching haphazardly away at this beautiful, shining, absolutely flawless sheet of precious copper, I did some research to see the kinds of marks that can be made in this medium. In my research, I made a collection of prints I can refer to later, a collection of various marks and styles. Below is a little gallery of drypoint prints, specifically of people reading. From my inspiration book to yours. Enjoy.
Tomorrow I try the pointy thing!
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[image_with_animation image_url=”11503″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Many new artists feel they need an original idea for every artwork, but most experienced artists get a lot of creative mileage out of one idea (especially a simple idea), repeated in iterations. Here is a great example: Temple Dogs, a series of 8 by Ralph Kiggell. Each illustration is …
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