Image Maps of Printmaking Techniques

Aquatint / Chiaroscuro Woodcut / Chromolithograph / Color Etching Printed “A la Poupée” / Drypoint / Engraving / Etching and Embossing / Line Etching / Lithograph / Mezzotint / Reproductive Engraving / Stipple Etching / Wood Engraving / Woodcut.

“Aquatint is a method that allows the artist to print tonal passages in an etching. The artist applies a very fine dusting of powdered rosin to the etching plate. When this rosin dust is heated it bonds to the metal plate with each dust particle forming a minute area that resists acid. The plate is bitten in an acid bath, resulting is a fine texture that will hold ink. The longer the plate is left in the acid the deeper the texture will be bitten and the darker it will print. Goya was a masterful aquatint artist. He has bitten this plate several times, using an acid-resistant “stop-out” to protect the areas he wanted to remain lighter.”