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drypoint_etch
14 posts with the tag drypoint_etch
0179 - 2025.04 Red island
I was playing around with Drypoint technique on tetra pack, cutting items to shape. In this case it’s a rough island shape with a smaller ‘reflection’ to match. The resulting print was fine - see be
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0115 - 2024.08 Grevillea
After my Lino design I thought I would try a drypoint version. The plant is on my garden, one of two varieties we have planted. It shows how the stamens open progressively for the honey eating birds
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0094 - 2024.05 Grass samples
Continuing my run of dry point work I did a few more grass plants collected on the daily dog walk. #drypoint_etch #plant #black
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0093 - 2024.06 Maidenhair and friend
A drypoint etching, hand coloured. I used a clipping taken from our plant and traced it (with some difficulty) since I’m not that great at copying. I also fund a random plant at the same time (didn’
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0091 - 2025.05 Pear and Apple
If three pears are good then is a pear plant that and an apple better? I don’t think so! Very simple with little nuance. Keeping up the skills. #drypoint_etch #still-life #black
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0089 - 2025.05 Three pears
Experimenting with a still life, I also did this as a tetra pack but wasn’t happy with the result, so it’s not in this archive. I did water colour the final print but have chosen to show just the bla
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0085 - 2024.04 Faint Glimmer
I was trying to catch that moment at the end of the day when the sun picks out from under a dark cloud. I used my drypoint technique with plenty of leftover ink and some watercolour. The first pictu
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0082 - 2024.04 Sydney Heads
Same technique as The Bridge, done at the same time. Though I wonder if the original print isn’t better, though it isn’t flipped so north is left and south is right, observing from the harbour. #dry
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0081 - 2024.04 The Bridge incl opera house and Fort Denison
Back to the drypoint , a view of my local bridge looking eastward, with a little watercolour. It’s not going to win any prizes, I was mostly keeping my hand in on this technique as I had not done it
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0076 - 2024.02 Class project 1
As I’m still learning and go to class, occasionally we do a class project. This one was for postcards as the size constraint, food as the topic. I did four designs, the first two were displayed. Orang
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0036 - 2023.11 Leaves and twigs
A drypoint etch from collected plant cuttings, printed at 1:1 size. Pleasant enough but lack oomph. Interestingly this is one of my last drypoints - did I subconsciously lose interest, or was it sim
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0012 - 2023.07 Grass seeds
This was a bit of fun, the grass seeds were attracted to the static of the acrylic sheet as I was etching. But the result looks like they are blowing in the wind. #drypoint_etch #plant #white
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0007 - 2023.06 Shell vortex
A bit of a cheat on this one, let me explain. The original was a drawing of a shell on Japanese drypoint paper. The print itself is rubbish, but as sometimes happens the original unwashed surface loo
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0005 - 2023.05 Pear from internet
My first attempt at drypoint etching. I’m sure the original image came from the internet. The paper was a bit wet so it smudged. #drypoint_etch #still-life #black
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