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oh what wonders being able to take a little hobby sander to a bit that you hate!!  burnish it back to a nice level.... shame i cant do that to excess weight on the body!!  Have added an aquatint to give a more gentle tone and some on the little surfer dude.  Will need to soften some areas of wash with the burnisher still and next job some more darks in the little surfer dude....

Press On Regardless

Ive now added a body board to the collaged figure... and some more tones onto the plate. Some areas will need definite burnishing back to soften tones and lighten areas, but pretty pleased with overall richness of darks.  Now for some mid tones to bring the swirling wave together....

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Im now building up the tones of the image with sugarlift.  This is a lovely textural effect made from a sugar mixture that you paint on the plate.  You add sugar and water and simmer till the sugar dissolves and stop just before it becomes toffee. Where you paint it is where the tone will go..... always a process of adding and subtracting with etching....thats what really creates those lovely effects...

Press On Regardless July 2

Spit bite etching is a lovely effect.... i like being painterly with the solution so it works more like watercolour.  It takes a few goes to build up the tonal effects.  This is the second proof...