Examples of “aquatint” in a Sentence

noun An etching technique in which acid bites a varnish-resisted metal plate, giving a print with soft tones like a watercolor.

• Aquatint is often used to create soft areas of tone in a print.
• She learned aquatint in her second year of art school.
• The artist combined aquatint with fine line etching.

noun A print or etching produced by that technique.

• The gallery bought an aquatint of the harbor.
• He framed the aquatint above his desk.
• Each aquatint in the series was signed and numbered.