Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching that produces areas of tone rather than lines. For this reason it has mostly been used in conjunction with etching, to give both lines and shaded tone. [1] .

aquatint, a variety of etching widely used by printmakers to achieve a broad range of tonal values. The process is called aquatint because finished prints often resemble watercolour drawings or wash drawings. The technique consists of exposing a copperplate to acid through a layer of melted granulated resin.

2023年9月29日 · In today’s modern world with its advanced technology, aquatint is still widely used by printmakers who want to create prints with incredible shades, textures, and details. Aquatint printmaking is one of the five intaglio printing processes, which include engraving, etching, drypoint, mezzotint, and aquatint.

A means of etching tonal values, aquatint was named for the effects it creates, which look rather like ink or watercolor washes.

2023年11月8日 · The aquatint process is an intaglio printmaking technique, yet unlike traditional etching, it is used for creating tonal effects instead of lines. Aquatint printmaking utilizes acids to create indentations on the surface of a plate so that it may hold ink for printing.

Aquatint is a printmaking technique that creates tonal images by etching small dots into the printing surface. It creates delicate details on a printing surface since the finer and more delicate the dots are, the softer and subtler the tonal transition will be.

2021年10月24日 · In the second half of the eighteenth century, the blossoming of a new printmaking technique—aquatint—vastly expanded possibilities for creating and disseminating images across Europe. Aquatints offered the unprecedented means to mimic the gestural brushstrokes and subtle tonal variations of ink, wash (diluted ink), and watercolor drawings.

Like etching, aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, but is used to create tonal effects rather than lines. Intaglio refers to printing and printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface, and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink.

Three centuries ago, printmakers and collectors in Europe answered this challenge with aquatint, an innovative new medium that allowed original works of art to be reproduced and disseminated widely.

François-Philippe Charpentier, Carle Van Loo, Persée et Andromede (Perseus and Andromeda), 1762, etching and aquatint with roulette and burnishing printed in brown-black on laid paper, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2018.91.8