It allows me to put drawing material down and then remove it with It absorbs the water, and it's also receptive to grease, which means it will Itself is receptive to water, so if I dampen the stone It's responsive and it's also sculptural. The surface of a lithographic stone is a very seductive surface to draw on. They come in varying sizesĪnd hardnesses as well. Is such that you can use it for rubbing or for a fine line and it can be shaped,Īlso, to fit your needs. If you want a fine hard line, you use a higher number because

The lower the number, the greasier and waxier that material is. The basic drawing materials that we use from a historic standpointĪre things like lithopencils. Once the grease is pulled into the stone we can replace the drawing material with any colored greasy Talc, to help us through what we call an etch, or it's basically to establish the drawingĭown inside the stone.

Stone with materials like gum arabic to establish the areas where water goes rosin and Once we've established aĭrawing, or grease, on the stone, we chemically treat the An artist will draw with a greasy material on a lithographic stone. Printing, is an intricate printmaking process that revolves around grease and water resisting one another. That can be achieved in the printing process, as well as a close-up look at prints themselves. The process of printing, and the details and subtlety Male: This introduction to lithography will show the artist's drawing process, materials that are used on drawing a lithographic stone,

Making fine art lithographs