dry point

noun

1. a technique of intaglio engraving with a hard steel needle, without acid, on a copper plate
2. the sharp steel needle used in this process
3. an engraving or print produced by this method

Example Sentences

Whistler made a dry-point of her, The Velvet Gown, and in black velvet she wanted to be painted.

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A "dry point" plate is produced by drawing on a copper plate with a steel or diamond point, and without biting by acid.

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A grizzly bear that I followed one day, paused on a dry point in a park to dig out some mice.

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In stipple engraving, the burin and the dry point are used alternately, according to the degree of vigour or delicacy required.

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Philippe Le Bas was the first to make use of dry-point to render the misty tones of distances and the clearness of skies.

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Related Words

• etching
• illustration
• inscription
• lithograph
• woodcut