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Small car, big personality, Brooklyn
Laying colour:
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Colour is added to the prints when they have completely dried, using watercolours and inks.
A path through a meadow into the woods
First pull:
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The plate is passed through the press and printed onto dampened watercolour paper, which picks up the ink extremely well to give a good end result.
‘Les Lauriers’, by Frederic Bazille
Plates inked:
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Following the etching process, ink is applied liberally to the plates to ensure that the channels are filled. Excess ink is then removed using scrim, a coarsely woven fabric similar to cheesecloth.
