Earlier this year I made some engravings on Resingrave, a substitute matrix for wood engravings. I wasn't really satisfied with the surface and found it difficult to work, so I ordered a practice pack of assorted end grain blocks from Chris Daunt. Over the last few weeks I have been slowly working through the various blocks with some positive results. There is still much to learn and my mark making is still a little crude, the medium demands a much more delicate touch than cutting the lino that I am more used to. It does however fit well with my mezzotint work. Although producing totally different looking images both methods require the same mindset in working. Essentially with both methods you are drawing with light rather than trying to build up the darks in the image. Both an untouched endgrain block and a freshly prepared mezzotint plate print as black. Any work done on them creates the light areas in the image.
So these are the results so far:
