Etching vs. Aquatint

Etchingnoun

(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

Etchingnoun

(countable) The image created by this process.

Etchingnoun

The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.

Etchingnoun

A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.

Etchingnoun

An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.

Etchingnoun

an impression made from an etched plate

Etchingnoun

an etched plate made with the use of acid

Etchingnoun

making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

Etching

Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types of material.

Aquatintnoun

A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.

Aquatintnoun

An etching or print made using this method.

Aquatintverb

To make such etchings.

Aquatintnoun

A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.

Aquatintverb

to etch in aquatint.

Aquatintnoun

an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color

Aquatintnoun

a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color

Aquatintverb

etch in aquatint

Aquatint

Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching that produces areas of tone rather than lines. For this reason it has mostly been used in conjunction with etching, to give both lines and shaded tone.