For some time now I've had an idea in my mind for a new mezzotint. Based on a woodland lane that leads down into the valley near my home. I splashed some ink around and came up with this.
It's very rough but a fair approximation of what I had in my mind. So I made a more careful pencil drawing in reverse ready to transfer to the plate.
Now we are getting somewhere and the image can be transferred to the plate. I usually have plates with grounds prepared in advance, it means that once I have an image I can get straight on with the engraving without having to spend hours preparing the plate beforehand. The first stage is to start establishing the lightest areas of the plate.
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