Aquatint Etching
Inspried by the movie ‘Brothers Grimm’ this series of aquatints explores the origin of fairytales and dismisses their sanitization!
The Well
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“The Well was the source where
the mud came to life,
transforming itself into
Gingerbread strife!
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Run, Run!
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“Run, run as fast as he could
he couldn’t escape the
Gingerbread Hood!”
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Lost
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He lost his senses,
He lost his soul,
Becoming victim to
the Gingerbread Call!
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Big thank you to Dennis Klau for showing me how to present my work in a series!
Danny
Blast
you beat me to it MBartworks
now I’ll have to realease mine
fine work
great concept.
Marilyn Brown
Thanks Danny!
DennisK
Looks great!
well done!
Marilyn Brown
A big thank you to you again!
Martin Derksema
This is extremely good. Aquatint is a very difficult technique but you really master it. Wow, fairytales can be rather scary, can’t they?
Marilyn Brown
Thank you flyboy. Really appreciate your comment. It is a very long process and you are never quite sure of the results until it is inked up. Seems to be a dying art in a way, most printmakers are using other techniques more!
Marilyn Brown
This is the series I’ve sent off the Works on Paper Art Award, see if I have better luck with these prints than I did with the Collagraphs of Venice and my lino cut!
bodymechanic
great etchings mb, we didnt get to talk about printmaking wen we met,we’ll hve to
swap note one day. nice work