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• AQUATINT (Lat. aqua, water, and tincta, dyed)

AQUATINT (See also:

• LAT

Lat. aqua, See also:

• WATER

water, and tincta, dyed)  , a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• ETCHING (Dutch, etsen, to eat)

etching (q.v.) which imitates washes with a See also:

• BRUSH (from Fr. brosse, which, like the English word, means both the undergrowth of a wood and the instrument; if the word in both these meanings is ultimately the same, then the origin is from a bundle of brushwood used as a brush or broom, but this is h
• BRUSH, GEORGE DE FOREST (1855– )

brush . There are many ways of preparing a See also:

• PLATE

plate for See also:

• AQUATINT (Lat. aqua, water, and tincta, dyed)

aquatint, the following being recommended by P . G . See also:

• HAMERTON, PHILIP GILBERT (1834-1894)

Hamerton . Have three different solutions of See also:

• ROSIN (a later variant of " resin," q.v.)

rosin in rectified See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol, making them of various degrees of strength, but always thin enough to be quite fluid, the weakest See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution being almost colourless . First pour the strongest solution on the plate . When it dries it will produce a granulation; and you may now bite as in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary etching for your darker tones, stopping out what the See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid is not to operate upon, or you may use a brush charged with acid, perchloride of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron being a very See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• MORDANT

mordant for the purpose . After cleaning the plate, you proceed with the weaker solutions in the same way, the weakest giving the finest granulation for skies, distances, &c . The See also:

• PROCESS

process requires a good See also:

• DEAL

deal of stopping-out, and some burnishing, scraping, &c., at last . Aquatint may be effectively used in See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination with See also:

• LINE

line etching, and still more harmoniously with soft ground etching in which the line imitates that of the See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead See also:

• PENCIL (Lat. penicillus, brush, literally little tail)

pencil .