aquatint

"David Le Grange's etching, Wessex Saddleback, combines the techniques of line etching with aquatint to produce a beautiful range of tones in his lovely portrait of a pig," says Ford.

Without Paula Rego's untitled aquatint, for example, we respond to the tired maxim of having some cross or other to bear and snicker appropriately at a character determined to "ditch the blunted beam / in some passing alley or well // where God won't look."

Challenged by his declaration that 'No European could do that', she determined to try, using drypoint and aquatint rather than woodblock and inking her own plates.

Other artists have used the theme as a starting point, employing a range of techniques including etching, aquatint, drypoint, relief, chine-colle, mono print and gel print.

Softground etching, aquatint, and drypoint on laid paper; 5.62" x 5.68".

Zaira Ahmed Zaka has used etching, aquatint in an impressive way to present her impressions of the story Baghair Ijazat.

Featured is a big and bold work on paper-a large-scale and expressive hand-painted sugar-lift aquatint from 12 copper plates.

In The Disasters of War on Terror, the artists introduce cartoonish cats, teddy bears, and frogs--heroes known from their earlier works--and cover several scenes with white dots mimicking snow (Goya achieved a similar effect in several of his prints by using powdered resin during the aquatint process).

Also included are two versions of a well-known etching from 1999, titled Crowned Head, with green and red aquatint. Here the artist has depicted a face that is turned outwards as well as inwards, highlighting the dualities between our inner and outer worlds.

James Gillray, The Gout (published by Hannah Humphrey), hand- colored etching and aquatint, 1799.

Molsri Key Saaye Taley, Photo-Etching, Aquatint and Open-Bite, 38 x 28 cm