Wednesday, October 6, 2010

temporary


"Temporary." Drypoint. Self portrait. 6"x9"

Drypoint means that instead of etching into beeswax on the copper, I just used needles and burins on the copper without putting any acid on the lines or anything.

6 comments:

  1. Great hands. Nice likeness, too-- I can never get my own likeness down.

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  2. So cool, Ms. Madeline--great textures.

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  3. Not in the same spirit but notably similar still...:)
    http://experimentiv.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/self-portrait-or-desperate-man-gustave-courbet.jpg

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