Author: Barry Moser
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781567922790
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →" From the artist whom Nicholas Basbanes calls "the most important book illustrator working in America today" comes a primer on the art of wood engraving, a pursuit which one can "learn" in less than an hour but which one can master only through years of persistence, dedication, and indefatigable energy. Learning to engrave a block, says Barry Moser, is like learning to play the piano: it is all practice, practice, practice, all teaching the muscles how to perform the basics. At first your every gesture will be halting, labored, and self-conscious; then at last will come the moment when, like Ashkenazy at the keyboard, you can forget about "process," about "technique," and focus all your mental energy on making art. "There are no shortcuts," warns Moser. "Mastery comes only with time, work, and repetition. A great number of bad wood engravings must be made before one can expect to make a good one. Once your muscles know how to do their work, once they know how to carve thin white lines into boxwood, your mind will be free to invent." There is a lifetime of knowledge in this book: how to prepare a printing block; how to think in the medium's properties of line, shape, and ink; how to transfer a drawing onto a block. There is advice, too, on tools: not only on gravers (burins, scorpers, stipplers, and spitzstickers) but also on lights (you'll need a good strong one) and engraving bags (the leather pillows that cradle the blocks as you carve). Here is how to ink, how to choose paper, and how to print. Here is how to fail, how to move on, and how to acquire the habit of work that leads to real achievement. Wood Engraving is an art lesson and a life lesson. And because it's a book by Barry Moser, it is also a gallery of prints and beautiful to behold."--Publisher's website.
Author: John Buckland Wright
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1973-01-01
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0486228886
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This practical course covers line engraving, drypoint, and the tonal variations of mezzotint and stipple; etching and the tonal variations of soft ground, aquatint, and sugar aquatint; relief prints and deep etch; and woodcut, linocut, and wood engraving. Constantly referencing the 156 illustrations reproduced throughout, the author achieves a fine balance between technique and theory.
Author: William Hogarth
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-06-03
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 0486317161
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rake's Progress, Harlot's Progress, Illustrations for Hudibras, Before and After, Beer Street, and Gin Lane, 96 more. Commentary by Sean Shesgreen.
Author: Albrecht Drer
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1972-06-01
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 0486228517
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →All of Dürer's works in three mediums are reproduced in this edition. Among them are his most famous works, Knight, Death and Devil; Melencolia I; and St. Jerome in His Study. Also included are portraits of his contemporaries, including Erasmus of Rotterdam and Frederick the Wise, as well as six engravings formerly attributed to Dürer.
Author: Rayzist Photo Mask Willis
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2019-03-26
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781090968227
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Everything you need to know about entering the exciting and lucrative field of Natural Stone Engraving. Using the sandblasting method, Randi Hodges walks you through everything you need to know about the art and the markets for Natural Stone Engraving.
Author: Ruth Leaf
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-07-12
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0486139247
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Comprehensive handbook covers materials and equipment, tools, printing papers, presses, and other essentials. Detailed instructions for etching, engraving, drypoint, collagraphs, tuilegraphs, and the Blake transfer method.