A Glossary of Printmaking Techniques and Processes compiled by Michael Kennedy

Aquatint: A means of producing tone, like watercolour, as an addition or an alternative to line in an etching. The plate is covered with melted grains of resin and then put into acid, which bites into the metal around each grain, leaving white dots when printed. Stop-out varnish is used to protect areas during second […]

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William Blake: his life and work

Trevor Dance will be giving a talk on Monday April 21st to the Friends of Scarborough Art Gallery, following their AGM, which is their last before handing over the running of the gallery to Scarborough Council. The talk is at 2.30pm. Scarborough Art Gallery, The Crescent, Scarborough Y011 2PW

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The Bookplate Society – competition and exhibition

www.bookplatesociety.org/2020competitionLondon.htm submission deadline: 31st March 2020 No entry fee. Congress dates: 12th to 16th August 2020.  Exhibition will be shown initially in the Congress venue, a hotel in Bloomsbury, near BM. Each artist can submit up to three designs. Size of paper: 21 x 15 cm. (A5) The longest side of the image – not […]

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