The stone is soaked in water and then inked. Artists draw with a greasy crayon on a flat stone (specially made for lithography). This technique relies on the fact that water and oil donвЂ™t mix. Femmes Entre Elles Avec Voyeur Sculpte by Pablo Picasso (Etching, 1934) Intaglio printing is very versatile since the artist can create value with the piece and be a lot more precise and detailed than in other printmaking techniques. It runs through a press so that the ink is transferred onto a different surface, and a design is formed. The metal plate is then rubbed with printing ink, which fills the grooves from the design. All of the different processes resultВ in some sort of design being scratched into a metal plate. There are many different kinds of intaglio processes, but the designs are all printed in the same way and result in similar a similar effect. There areВ tons of different kinds of printmaking processes, but they can be broken down into four parts: intaglio, planographic, screenprinting, and relief. Printmaking involves the process of making pieces by printing them multiple times. One of the most demanding art techniques, in my opinion, is printmaking, and IвЂ™ll explain why soon enough. It must be much more tiring to be a fine arts major, literally painting and drawing and printing all the time. How can someone focus for that long anytime, let alone at 8am? IвЂ™m pretty sure that despite the fact IвЂ™m a biochemistry major, this class is my most time-consuming one. The class is 3 hours long twice a week, first of all.

IвЂ™m taking an intro-level drawing class this semester, and itвЂ™s really nice to have time and a space to make art, but itвЂ™s also pretty demanding. YouвЂ™d never think so, but itвЂ™s truly very arduous.

What is intaglio printing