Sandpaper Aquatint

Learn how to create an Aquatint with Sandpaper.
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[@orbmanelson]

The Stepwedge is Brilliant Andrew!

[@srDanaBenedicta]

A great graphician and wonderful teacher is a precious combination. Thank You so much, Andrew. God bless You!

[@SadafMirza]

My god, so much of tiny tips and info. THANK YOU SO MUCH. God bless you.

[@practicaltheology]

These are great techniques. Thank you indeed, Andrew.

[@beckscribbler]

This is amazing, I was always baffled how Martin Lewis managed to get the amazing dark tones.

[@morroschreiber]

I love watching your tutorials! Thank you for sharing your skill and knowledge!

[@kateveneroso5754]

I have always adored Martin Lewis! As a printmaker, I have a home studio which is quite small, so this technique is perfect for me! Thank you!

[@ashburton78]

Very Impressive. Loved the mezzotint. Great tutorial!

[@kura83janko]

Thanks! Very, very interesting ideas for work. Greetings from Slovakia....

[@ifiwashere]

Great video, love the tips. Will like to see more alternatives to printing without acid, drypoint!

[@MYRTOFEREN]

gREAT tutorial!thank you so much!

[@thetruthexperiment]

Very very cool. Couldn’t you straight up mezzo tint with just sandpaper directly on the plate with no ground? I’m going to give it a shot but I love how you stacked sandpaper to create gradual pressure. This is great stuff. The first mezzotint i did was with a zippo lighter steel rolled around the surface and then I burnished with whatever i could and it came out great for a first try. So this is incredible. I doubt i’ll have access to an aquatint box any time soon and it sounds like a huge hassle compared to your sandpaper technique and like i said, i will try it with and without ground. I find I can use plain sheets of aluminum sheetmetal and get a decent print while experimenting. Obviously copper is much tougher and a more satisfying metal all around but I am going to got try your sandpaper grading technique directly onto the metal and with ground to see what works better. Thanks for making this.

[@oasisneko1]

AMAAAAZING!!! I hate using nitric acid or ferrochloride.... but using emory paper is pure genius!!! Thanks!

[@catalinaduranmckinster9124]

Very interesting! An other easy way to make an aquatint or a maniere noir! Thank you!!!

[@joelwells]

Excited to try this. Is there a reason / difference in using emery paper rather than sandpaper?

[@paulobrien3241]

Hi Andrew I love the videos . One correction though Martin Lewis was an Australian who did a lot of good work in the US. He came from Cstlelmaine Melbourne ,Victoria .

[@Emberakitmeglottek]

thanks for the video! May I ask why you use multiple blankets?

[@manuelsosa7397]

Hello Andrew! Thank you very much for this tutorial, I have some questions:

[@normanprice3997]

Thanks Andrew. One question - the grades of emery paper - what does 500, 120 etc mean? Do you mean the European P500, P120 etc or are you using the US (CAMI) version? (see Wikipedia 'Sandpaper').

[@judithcarolinefeist]

Are you able to accomplish an aquatint using sandpaper on standard hardground? You mention BIG. I assume that is a more nontoxic material?