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Author: Sarah_Wittmer, Contributing Editor
| Do this QUICKLY. Go go go! Once you get here, there's no turning back now. As soon as you get the ink on there, rub it off. Yes, rub it off. A paper towel works fine. |  |
| Your goal is to get ink off the large shapes and leave ink in the cracks and the lines between those shapes, forming something that will remotely resemble an ink drawing when you're done. Here's my plate once I rubbed it off: |
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| Now run over to your press, put the paper down and the plate down on the paper just like the embossing, and run it through. Hold your breath and pull the plate away from the print: |
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| Tada! Print! On this first one, which you'll label your artist's proof just like in any other kind of printmaking, take note of the areas you need to pay special attention to when you print. I noted that overall I wanted just a little more ink, and I needed to watch the eye area and that main line separating eagle from background.
So I tried it again: |
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| And the result: |
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