Technique

Aquatint with background texture:

1. File and burnish the edges of the plate and cover them with masking tape.












2. Spray some hairspray.






3. Draw with the car wax and brush.



4. Burn the plate on the copper sulfate mordant.




5. Clean the wax and ink the plate following the same process for the drypoint.







Video of the aquatint technique:

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9rf8hX6BDY


Bibliographies:

-Notes from the sketchbook

Metal plate [The metal plate with a square form and a brown background]. (2016, August 13). Retrieved February 22, 2017, from http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0152/1643/files/IMAG0399_medium.jpg?1593

Laca para el cabello [The spray with the brand and a white background ]. (2016, March 14). Retrieved February 22, 2017, from http://cdn.vogue.es/uploads/images/thumbs/201528/trucos_para_aprender_a_usar_la_laca_de_pelo_10_usos_que_no_conocias_787501538_800x.jpg

Wax brush and wax [A car with a brush and a person waxing it ]. (2015, January 20). Retrieved February 22, 2017, from http://www.dhresource.com/200x200s/f2-albu-g4-M00-01-07-rBVaEVfc6mCADf53AAKzgDlifAI716.jpg/cepillo-de-cera-de-la-nueva-llegada-del-cepillo.jpg

Copper plate [The copper plate in the mordant ]. (2016, July 9). Retrieved February 22, 2017, from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Copper_sulfate_etching_bath.JPG/220px-Copper_sulfate_etching_bath.JPG

Plate cleaning [ A person cleaning the metal plate with a papel tower.]. (2008, September 2). Retrieved February 22, 2017, from http://www.ryepress.co.uk/_wp_generated/pp920e532b_1b.jpg

AQUATINT by Niels Borch Jensen Gallery & Editions [Advertisement]. (2015, April 23). 3:26 retrieved: 22-02-2017