drypoint
noun
dry·point
ˈdrī-ˌpȯint 
: an engraving made with a steel or jeweled point directly into the metal plate without the use of acid as in etching
also
: a print made from such an engraving
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The second is The Map (1890), a black-and-gray drypoint print in which two girls examine a map.
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Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 27 June 2024
John Barrett The clearest recording of the drypoint inscription to date.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
In the same 1922 drypoint, he is crowded onto a narrow tram seat with another man who sucks his thumb and a gaunt woman who stares at the ground, her eyes almost shut with exhaustion.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
In small woodcuts and drypoint etchings of the early 1920s, the shallow spaces and hard angles Beckmann initially applied to Christian motifs get redeployed for portraits, party scenes and acid views of Weimar society.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Figure at Mid-noon, a shadowy, granular etching and drypoint from the early 1950s, could almost pass for a Dubuffet flattened into two dimensions.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
Some employ black chalk, black or red pencil, watercolor, or drypoint printmaking.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
Novices and experts alike are welcome at this countrified art retreat offering classes in painting, drawing, airbrush, drypoint, lino, monoprinting and mixed media.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
This discovery led researchers to surmise that whoever made the inscriptions likely used a drypoint knife or stylus without any ink.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2022
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Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 27 June 2024
John Barrett The clearest recording of the drypoint inscription to date.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
In the same 1922 drypoint, he is crowded onto a narrow tram seat with another man who sucks his thumb and a gaunt woman who stares at the ground, her eyes almost shut with exhaustion.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
In small woodcuts and drypoint etchings of the early 1920s, the shallow spaces and hard angles Beckmann initially applied to Christian motifs get redeployed for portraits, party scenes and acid views of Weimar society.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Figure at Mid-noon, a shadowy, granular etching and drypoint from the early 1950s, could almost pass for a Dubuffet flattened into two dimensions.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
Some employ black chalk, black or red pencil, watercolor, or drypoint printmaking.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
Novices and experts alike are welcome at this countrified art retreat offering classes in painting, drawing, airbrush, drypoint, lino, monoprinting and mixed media.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
This discovery led researchers to surmise that whoever made the inscriptions likely used a drypoint knife or stylus without any ink.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2022
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drypoint
noun
dry·point
ˈdrī-ˌpȯint
: a picture made by engraving a metal plate with a tool and not using acid
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