I spent 3 months in Florence studying oil painting and printmaking techniques, culminating in still life studies, a landscape painting, and a reproduction of an old master copy painting. Printmaking techniques ranged from woodcuts and linocuts to intaglio prints.
oil painting #1
oil painting #2
oil painting #3
woodcut #1
linocut #1
intaglio on copper plate #1
dip in acid
remove varnish
heat aquatint
repeat
dry point etch to finish
soak paper
apply ink
dry paper
run through printing press
intaglio on copper plate #2
intaglio on copper plate #3
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