Aquatint
An intaglio printmaking technique, used to create tonal effects rather than lines. Fine particles of acid-resistant material, such as powdered rosin, are attached to a printing plate by heating.
Aquatint
A process of etching capable of producing several tones by varying the etching time of different areas of a copper plate so that the resulting print resembles the flat tints of an ink or wash drawing.
Aquatint
An etching technique in which granulated resin or other substance is applied to a metal plate, heated, and etched with acid.
Aquatint - Printing technique capable of producing unlimited tonal gradations to re-create the broad flat tints of ink wash or watercolor drawings by etching microscopic crackles and pits into the image on a master plate, ...
AQUATINT
A print produced by the same technique as an etching, except that the areas between the etched lines are covered with a powdered resin that protects the surface from the biting process of the acid bath.
Aquatint
An intaglio, etching, and tonal printing process in which a porous ground allows acid to penetrate to form a network of small dots in the plate, as well as the prints made by this process.
aquatint An intaglio printmaking process in which value areas rather than lines are etched on the printing plate. Powdered resin is sprinkled on the plate and heated until it adheres. The plate is then immersed in an acid bath.
Aquatint: An etching technique that creates subtle, solid areas of tone similar to those found in watercolor painting.
Aquatint
A print resembling a watercolour that is produced from a copper plate etched with nitric acid; An intaglio printmaking process in which the value areas rather than the lines are etched on the printing plate.
AQUATINT - made by etching a plate to get tones like those in a watercolor. (See printmaking terms) examples ...
Aquatint
Fine particles of acid-resistant resin are deposited on the plate and heated so they adhere to the surface. The plate is immersed in acid which bites into the plate in tiny pools around each particle.
Aquatint
An etching technique that produces an unlimited number of gradations of tone from black to a very pale gray. It usually will have a granular appearance.
aquatint mezzotint - In etching, a plate is first bitten in a solid aquatint, then a design is worked on top of the aquatint with a scraper and burnisher, producing a result similar to an ordinary mezzotint.
Aquatint
An etching or engraving process focused on creating tonal variations rather than linear affects, which gives the appearance of a watercolor. It is often used in conjuction with line etching.
-Aquatint Another tonal process where a porous ground allows acid to penetrate to form a network of small dots.
Aquatint
A method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a watercolor
Baroque
An elaborate ornamentation in decorative art & architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century ...
Aquatint
A type of intaglio using a resin coating, dipped in acid to etch an even area of half-tones.
Aquatint
A process where the plate is etched through a porous ground of powdered and melted resin, so as to produce a texture when printed. An intaglio printmaking process in which value areas rather than lines are etched on the printing plate.
SUGAR AQUATINT is a linear technique combined with aquatint tone. The design is brushed on to the copper with a black ink or gouache dissolved in sugar-water, and the plate is covered with a ground and dipped in warm water.
Spitbite aquatint, the printmaking technique Wilson used in Exchange, creates physical and conceptual depth, giving the spots a three-dimensional quality.
aquatint - dyed water, etching method in which tones similar to watercolor washes are produced in a print made from the plate so etched ...
Aquatint - Aquatint is an Intaglio printmaking technique where marks are made on a copper or zinc plate capable of holding ink ...more info ...
Aquatint: A print processed like an etching, except that the ground or certain areas are covered with a solution of asphalt, resin, or salts which, when heated, produces a granular surface on the plate and rich gray tones in final print.
engraving - A general term used to describe traditional printing processes, such as etching, aquatint, drypoint, etc., where an image is made by the use of metal plates and engraving tools, and printed, usually through a printing press.
Normally, copper or zinc plates are used as a surface, and the incisions are created by etching, engraving, drypoint, aquatint or mezzotint. Collographs may also be printed as intaglio plates.
Barnett Newman, Untitled Etching #1, 1969, etching and aquatint, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
James Brooks (American, 1906-1992).
A painter rivalling Velazquez in the freedom of his brush and his understanding of light and shade, Goya came to be known outside Spain for his engravings, etchings and aquatints, some of the finest ever produced.
Jane Kent
Untitled (Yellow and Black), 1990
color mezzotint and aquatint
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Gift of the Print and Drawing Council ...
A small air-gun capable of spraying paint, ink, varnish, or ground in a stream of fine droplets. It can be used in lithography and aquatint, for the application of a flat tint, and on drawings which are to be photographed with the half-tone technique ...
Francisco de Goya, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters,
Etching and aquatint (Caprichos no. 43: El sue?o de la razon produce
monstruos.), 1796-1797 ...
intaglio Any form of printmaking in which the line is incised into the surface of the printing plate, including aquatint, drypoint, etching, engraving, and mezzotint.
(For a pictorial view of Dublin's architecture in 1800, see the outstanding aquatint engravings by James Malton). New cultural institutions, such as the Royal Dublin Society (founded 1731) and the Royal Irish Academy (founded 1785) were established.
Intaglio - The method of printing used for metal plates worked as Engraving, Etching, Drypoints, Mezzotints, Stipples and Aquatints.
Cassatt mastered the mediums of oil painting, pastel, and printmaking (especially drypoint with aquatint). The subject which most frequently captured her attention was that of the tenderness expressed between mothers and children.
(printmaking)The term has also been applied since the later 18th century to a printmaking technique using aquatint, xylography or china ink drawing.
A semicircular projection, roofed with a half-dome, at the east end of a church behind the altar. Smaller subsidiary apses may be found around the choir or transepts. Also known as an exedra. The adjective is apsidal. aquatint ...
In this he resembles Meryon in his Eauxfortes sur Paris, or Rembrandt in his landscapes, or, Rowlandson's tinted drawings. He is as much a master of pen and ink as Goya was of aquatint, or Handel was of the combination of voice and trumpet.
But it has subsequently been extended to relief (including wood or lino engraving) and intaglio processes such as mezzotint (when the plate is scratched all over with small dots), aquatint (on a porous ground) and other printing processes.
The ink that was left in the grooves becomes the image on the paper. (Note: Aquatints are etchings where rosin dust is used to block out areas not to be printed. Properly done, these look like watercolors.) ...
 See also: Painting, Etching, Plate, Movement, Impression
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