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Re-introduce your students to the pleasure of drawing and printing litho stones.

Introducing the new Century Plate for lithography.
Toner washes drawn directly on Century Plates.

This large, hand drawn lithograph has been processed with the new biodegradable solvents and materials (i.e., no asphaltum, lithotine, acetone, red lacquer V). It was rolled up in crayon black ink with a leather roller, etched with gum arabic & tannic plate etch and is now being buffed tight with cheese-cloth. The drawing was made on a ball-grained litho plate using toner wash (made with water) and a number four Stones Crayon. This new RubyRed lithography plate has been exposed to a drawing on frosted Mylar, developed and counter-etched. New drawing is now being added using a number four Stones Crayon. RubyRed litho plates are conventional ball grained plates coated with the new high-resolution positive photo coating.

Paint reticulated toner washes on clear Mylar and expose them to stones (or ball grained plates) brush-coated with D & S Posi-Coat. Between printings, re-grain the stone using one application of 220 grit carborundum then re-brush coat the stone for exposing subsequent wash drawings. For registration, pins are attached to the stone's edge with spray adhesive. Beginning students can easily make and print perfect reticulated washes on stones or ball-grained plates using the new high-resolution positive photo coating. Pulling a print from a lithography stone that was coated with the new high-resolution positive photo coating and exposed to a digital film positive of a photograph. New drawing using traditional litho crayons may be added to the photo image on the stone.

Printing the second wash drawing in light orange ink. The first wash drawing was printed in light yellow ink. Printing the cyan color of a four-color separation lithograph exposed on a litho stone coated with the new high-resolution positive photo coating. Printmaking Revolution shows easy-to-follow steps for students to print four-color separation halftone lithographs from stone or plate. USE SOYBEAN OIL (not lithotine) TO REMOVE INK AFTER PRINTING. Ink image, while plate is wet with water, clean scum using dry foam rubber, sponge water down to damp then pour tannic plate etch on and buff plate with cheesecloth (some streaking of ink will occur but not a problem). Handfan dry or wait ten minutes or longer then wash ink out using cotton and SOYBEAN OIL. Store plate or wash out with water and print.