Lefranc Bourgeois Charbonnel Professional Etching Additive, Soft Black Ground Solid

Since 1862, Charbonnel has been providing the highest-quality inks and grounds for intaglio and lithography. Used by the most renowned artists of all time: from Renoir, Degas, Lautrec and Picasso to present day masters such as Rauschenberg, Hockney, Diebenkorn and Thiebaud. Charbonnel inks feature pigments chosen for their low acidity and exceptional lightfastness. Solvent free & vegan. Blended with top-quality oils and carefully milled to ensure trouble-free printing, these are the inks of choice for exquisite, lasting works of art. Charbonnel offers a unique and sustainable product with real potential: a performing water-washable ink. Intricate detail and subtle inflections come to life with Charbonnel inks.

• Our Soft Black Opaque Etching Grounds Ball provides etching grounds in solid form. These soft grounds are non-drying. They deliver soft lines and textural effects.
• This etching ground is best applied to warm plates with a leather dabber or a brayer. As this is soft ground, you can use the pencil method to make imprints on your plate.
• To achieve the pencil method, apply a light sheet of paper over the prepared plate. Next use a hard pencil to draw out your design. When the paper is removed it will take the pressured lines of ground with it, leaving the drawing on the plate.
• Contents: Judea Bitumen, Pitch Resin, Tallow, Colophonium, Beeswax
• Dry extract: 52%. Finish: Satin Opaque. Weight: approx. 40g