Category Archives: Scratchboard media

Shadow Details

Still Life with Grapes and Pears, Work in progress. Scratchboard, 10 x 8 in. Copyright 2008, Tania Nault. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my art-making process. Along with the resolution I made to draw more, I came to … 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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Black and White

In my last post I mentioned my general preference for art in black and white. I briefly alluded to my appreciation for the graphic starkness, simplicity, etc. of black and white art. I though perhaps I ought to explain myself. First … Continue reading

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