Monthly Archives: July 2007
WIP: Dawn: African Lions, finished
Dawn: African Lions. Scratchboard (engraving on Claybord Black) with acrylic ink, 12 x 9 in, 2007. And here we are in colour and I’m quite glad I did colour it – I think it adds to the sense of early … Continue reading
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WIP: Dawn: African Lions 4
WIP: Dawn: African Lions. Scratchboard (engraving on Claybord Black), 12 x 9 in, 2007. Here I am at step four, the etching complete and the board is ready for colour. When I get to this step I frequently find myself putting off … Continue reading
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Scratchboard: Safety Issues
One would think that the dangers of doing scratchboard are obvious, after all my tools look like they could easily double as prison shanks. At the very least, I never have to worry about losing any of my tools – people … Continue reading
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Scratchboard: Tools
Well, after all the trouble we had to go through getting our hands on a good piece of scratchboard, I’m sure you’ll be glad to hear that scratchboard tools are a dime a dozen – or whatever the going rate … Continue reading
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Scratchboard: An Issue of Support
I know scratchboard must seem like a mad sort of medium: artist hunched over a flat board, crazily etching hundreds and thousands of tiny scratches into a black board in the hopes of capturing some fleeting image in light and … Continue reading
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