drypoint
Unacidified intaglio technique
Drypoint is a printmaking technique where an image is scratched directly into a metal plate with a sharp needle, without acid etching.
The burr left by the needle holds ink and creates characteristically soft, velvety lines.
The term also refers to a print made this way or the needle itself: a drypoint by Rembrandt.
Pointed implement for sewing
- stylusPointed implement for marking
- burinPointed engraving implement
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
groove · score · linearity · crosshatching · burr · shading · line · sharp
Carving into hard surfaces
- plateFlat dish for food
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- zincElement thirty
plexiglass · matrix · inking · proof · edition · impression · press · wiping
Seventeenth-century Dutch painter
- printmakerArtist using pressed plates
- etcherOne who incises designs
- artistMaker of creative works
- workshopPlace for making or learning
Acid-incised metal print
- mezzotintTone-based intaglio method
- aquatintTonal etching process
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- linocutPrint from carved linoleum
woodcut · engraving · monotype · screenprint
needle
Pointed implement for sewing
- stylusPointed implement for marking
- burinPointed engraving implement
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
scratch · groove · score · linearity · crosshatching · burr · shading · line · sharp · carving
engraving
Carving into hard surfaces
- plateFlat dish for food
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
zinc · plexiglass · matrix · inking · proof · edition · impression · press · wiping · dampened
Rembrandt
Seventeenth-century Dutch painter
- printmakerArtist using pressed plates
- etcherOne who incises designs
- artistMaker of creative works
etching
Acid-incised metal print
- mezzotintTone-based intaglio method
- aquatintTonal etching process
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
linocut · woodcut · engraving · monotype · screenprint
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
- engravingburin, etching, graver, copper plates, engraver
- printsprint, fine art prints, art print, woodcut, lithograph
- Portrait Printsengraving, mezzotint, copper engraving, steel engraving, stipple
- engraving termsengraving, etching, burin, aquatint, mezzotint
- graphic artsgraphic design, sketch, illustration, print, typography
drypointwoodcut
Relief print from timber
linocut · wood engraving · woodblock printing · lithography · woodblock print