Silverpoint

12 studies · about 22 hours · 4 weeks at 20 min a day

Corot in print

Etchings, clichés-verre and lithographs: tone from line, negative drawing, crayon on stone. The bridge between the two halves.
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    Four swatches of identical line weight whose spacing closes from wide to tight, producing four steps of valueSAME PENCIL AND PRESSURE · ONLY SPACING CHANGESvalue 2value 4value 6value 8Value by spacing is how an etcher thinks. Half-close your eyes: the lines disappear and only the tone remains.

    Foundation · Meryon

    Value from spacing

    The etcher's four swatches, and a cube in counted layers

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    Souvenir of Tuscany

    Master study · Corot

    Souvenir of Tuscany

    Corot's first etching

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    Lake in the Tyrol

    Master study · Corot

    Lake in the Tyrol

    One tree, a lake, a boat

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    Italian Landscape

    Master study · Corot

    Italian Landscape (etching)

    Trees against a lit sky, in counted line

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    Environs of Rome

    Master study · Corot

    Environs of Rome

    The framing device, in a needle

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    Souvenir of Ostia

    Master study · Corot

    Souvenir of Ostia

    Your first negative drawing

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    Group of Trees

    Master study · Corot

    Group of Trees (cliché-verre)

    A clump in white line

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    The Thinker

    Master study · Corot

    The Thinker

    Almost all dark: how little scratching a plate needs

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    Gust of Wind

    Master study · Corot

    Gust of Wind

    The whole drawing in one direction

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    The Lonely Tower

    Master study · Corot

    The Lonely Tower

    A tower as one mass among trees, in crayon

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    Willows and White Poplars

    Master study · Corot

    Willows and White Poplars

    Two kinds of tree in one crayon drawing

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    The Isolated Fort

    Master study · Corot

    The Isolated Fort

    Wind, a tree, a fort on the horizon