During my trip to the Pomona Art Walk, I encountered a few interesting works of art. The one that I found most interesting was "Mt. Baldy Road" by Rick Caughman. The work shows a very detailed landscape drawing of a curve of the Mt. Baldy road. The drawing itself fascinated me with the amount of detail. However, what I found to be truly interesting is the fact that it was actually done using "dry point etching" on another material (I'm not sure what the material was, but I'm guessing it was some type of metal.). In other words, the original drawing was done on metal by etching with a needle and adding ink, then printed onto a piece of paper to create a drawing. Below is a picture of the drawing and a picture of the metal plate (although the metal pic is difficult to see, as getting a good pic at the right angle proved to be tedious.). This is the first time I have seen this type of art and I would like to see more works from Caughman.
Very nicely done Brian! I liked these particular works of art myself. For this blog post, maybe you can elaborate what it is exactly that you liked about the dry point etching other than the fact that it's a dry point etching. Perhaps you could describe it with both the relishing and appreciation modes of discourse? Other than that good work!
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