Artists use aquatint, a form of etching, to create delicate washes, velvety blacks, and intricate layers of color impossible in other art media.
In this book, Crown Point master printer Emily York discusses 46 aquatints by 32 artists, with special attention to fascinating sequential works by Richard Diebenkorn and Al Held. Emily York is a master printer at Crown Point Press and she ties process directly to art, and with clear writing and abundant illustrations explains the aquatint processes of spit bite, sugar lift, soap ground, and water bite. She also details steel-facing and multiple-plate printing, and gives step-by-step instructions for making you own aquatints.
Free with your purchase of the book is the digital download of the how-to, live-action DVD (in case you don't have a DVD player anymore!) You should receive an email with the link to download.
Written by Emily York and published by Crown Point Press, 2008. 360 pages, full color illustrations.