Drypoint and Etching Archives - Belinda Del Pesco

Drypoint Printmaking with Recycled Plastic and the Stomp Method of transferring the print without a press

Drypoint Printmaking using a Cookie Container without a Press

07/23/2020 14 Comments

While nibbling a cookie (Trader Joe’s Biscotti), I was pondering drypoint printmaking without a press. The cookie container in my hand was sturdy and smooth,

Drypoint Print on Plexiglass – Using Inexpensive Plastic for Intaglio Printmaking

12/04/2019 16 Comments

Drypoint on Plexiglass Want to know how to make a drypoint on plexiglass? This little drypoint print (above) was an experiment with inexpensive plastic plate

Drypoint from Drafting Film – Kinship

04/15/2019 17 Comments

Drypoint from Mylar Several years ago, I read about an unnamed artist making drypoint engravings (sometimes referred to as drypoint etchings) from sheets of drafting

Drypoint Engraving – Asleep in Rome – and the prints of William Hankey

09/18/2018 9 Comments

Printmaking Nomenclature Question: What’s the difference between an etching and an engraving in printmaking? See the answer at the bottom of this post. Helpful folks

Drypoint Engraving – and What Makes Figurative Drawing So Challenging?

06/06/2018 3 Comments

Why Figurative Drawing is Challenging Why is it that you can paint a successful landscape or a still life – even if the color and

Printing Linocuts, Monotypes, Drypoints and Collagraphs without a Press

08/13/2017 28 Comments

Resources for small, affordable printing press alternatives! One of the most frequent comments left on my youtube channel printmaking tutorials asks how to make linocut,

Printmaking Drypoint: Cat Cot (& a tutorial video on drypoint printmaking from mylar drafting film)

02/09/2017 12 Comments

A drypoint-from-drafting-film printmaking experiment resulting in the art above is posted on my youtube channel. You can make a drypoint engraving on matte finish mylar –

Etching: Lilacs in an Amber Vase (& an inking and wiping video)

11/09/2016 8 Comments

This etching is from an artist’s proof in an unprinted edition. (An Artists’ Proof is a test print, and they’re used as a reference to make

Drypoint: Bring the Garden Inside

04/16/2015 No Comments

Spring roses are blooming in the garden, so I’m bringing them inside to edit my sphere of chaos with episodes of pretty. I’m moving my studio in

Drypoint: Gush

04/13/2015 10 Comments

In the early 90’s, I traveled to central California to gather with family for a wedding. We all stayed in an unfinished house my step

Drypoint on Drafting Film or Dura-Lar: Kinship (and a Process video)

02/03/2015 6 Comments

Kinship 7×5 drypoint engraving with watercolor Available in my Etsy Shop I’ve got a quick, fun experiment from the studio today, and I video taped the

Drypoint Mixed Media: Bird on her shoulder (& a drypoint technique video from Crown Press)

12/04/2014 1 Comment

Bird on her shoulder 5 x 7 inch drypoint engraving with colored pencil (2nd AP) Sold I’ve fixed a little glitch in my rss feed,

drypoint engraving etching from plexiglass

Printing a Drypoint without a Press (tutorial video)

11/14/2014 5 Comments

Drypoint Printmaking without a Press I took my first printmaking class in 1983. I bought my first press in 2012. Three decades with no press.

Intaglio Etching: Sure Temptation

07/24/2014 2 Comments

Sure Temptation, 6 x 9 Etching & Watercolor Available in my Etsy Shop. This intaglio etching & watercolor was the result of a print-exchange with 12

Etching: Last Chapter

06/04/2014 1 Comment

Last Chapter 3.75×4.5 Etching with Watercolor I’m replacing sold art with smaller work this week for the Thousand Oaks Artwalk. The show is open from

Drypoint printmaking from Plexiglass – Book Escape & reaction to seeing Anders Zorn paintings and etchings in person

03/11/2014 2 Comments

Traveling to a Museum Show A few weeks ago, I saw the Anders Zorn (1860-1920) exhibit in San Francisco. Zorn is one of my favorite

Drypoint: Prisoner’s Harbor, Santa Cruz Island

03/04/2014 6 Comments

This art from this edition is available in my Etsy Shop. A tiny drypoint added to the series I’m working on, inspired by the Channel

Drypoint printmaking: To your Health

02/11/2014 3 Comments

To your Health! 4.5 x 2.5 Drypoint with watercolor This drypoint is available in my Etsy Shop. After cutting a larger sheet of plexiglass for

Intaglio Etching with Watercolor: Cat Nap

01/16/2014 1 Comment

Cat Nap 2.38 x 3.71 inch Intaglio Etching with Watercolor (Artist’s Proof) Cat Nap is available in my Etsy Shop.I went to San Francisco to

Drypoint on Plexiglass – Printmaking – and inking with a la poupée

11/13/2013 10 Comments

Making a Drypoint on Plexiglass or Acrylic Drypoint is a very old printmaking process, traditionally done on copper. Plexiglass (also called perspex, acrylic and lexan)

Drypoint Engraving: Bubble Bath

10/21/2013 2 Comments

Bubble Bath 4×4.5 Dry Point Engraving (Artist’s Proof) with Watercolor Process shots begin at the bottom of this post. This drypoint is available in

drypoint etching of a reclining woman reading a book

Drypoint Etching with Watercolor – Woman Reading a Book

05/04/2012 8 Comments

I’ve been looking at my book of etchings and dry points by Anders Zorn(1860-1920), and they always fire me up with skill-craving and work-harder-inspiration. I want

Dry Point Etching from Plexiglass with Watercolor: Just Feel the Sun

04/19/2012 1 Comment

Just Feel the Sun 4×6 Drypoint with Watercolor on Arches cover paper Drypoint Etching from Plexiglass Here’s a frivolous little twirl from the studio; the

Etching: Pilous

08/12/2011 5 Comments

Pilous 5 x 1.75 Soft Ground Intaglio Etching with watercolor Available on Etsy. I made the plate for this etching a few years ago in

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