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I have been trying very hard lately to improve my hard ground etching skills. Just when I think I have got it right, I go and over bite it and it gets too dark, or I get too much foul bite. Hopefully, I will get there in the end! For inspiration and education, I have been looking at Rembrandt's etchings and this is a
wonderful site for being able to really focus in. What a treat it is to be able to look at his work so closely.
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I have also been working on an etchings of a pinned beetles This is the second one, the first one wasn't so good. I think they are taking on a rather sinister feel. What do you think? Please feel free to comment.. just hit the comment button at the bottom of the posting. I get a lot of people emailing me directly, but it's always nice to be able to show your comments on the blog too. Thank you.
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Last Thursday I went to the Natural History Museum (Angela Marmont Centre) to draw for the day. What a lovely bunch of people they are there. It was such a wonderful day, I hope to go back again soon.
Finally, I used one of those scary exposure units in the screen printing room last week and produced this solar plate etching. So much fun! I used one of my dragonfly photographs, cropped it and made it grey scale and the result is below. So much potential.. what next?!
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7 comments:
Hi Lynne, keep at the hard ground, it'll come good for you. Are you able to look closely at anything by Charles Jacque? He got some wonderful qualities in his hard-ground line etch by unifying passages of line work with roulette, when he wanted extra richness. It has a very subtle effect. If the line etch is closely-knit, the roulette itself is almost impossible to see without a glass, but it unifies the darks very effectively.
Also; are you able to etch in nitric? It can give a nice expressive line and telegraphs when it's foul biting with bubbles appearing in the wrong places.
Thanks for the Rembrandt site. That etching of the old man is constantly amazing; the head, with hair and beard, is no larger than 1.5", but it has a world of subtle detail.
Thanks Eric.. I will of course keep at it! I do know Jacque's etchings, I think Dr. Bob has shown some? I can't find many good images online.. good enough to see close up. Thanks for the tip though.. do you mean using the roulette as a drypoint technique or on hardground? Sadly, not using nitric. Vertical baths of ferric on copper. SO agree about the Rembrandt... such fine lines on such a small image... dream on Lynne!
nice prints!! impressive! how creative!
Your art continues to amaze and inspire me, Lynne. You have such a beautiful touch. I truly wish I could see these pieces in person!
Many thanks Artisoo and Rozanne, I really appreciate your lovely comment. Thank you. When are coming over to paint the beautiful British countryside!
I think the pinned bugs have a really Dali feel to them and I really liked the first one, really rich and mysterious!
Thank you darling Barry. x
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