soft ground

noun

an etching ground usually mixed with tallow.Compare hard ground.

a technique of etching in which a design is drawn on paper placed on a plate covered with a soft ground, resulting in a granular effect resembling pencil, chalk, or crayon.

Words nearby soft ground

soft focus, soft-focus lens, soft fruit, soft furnishings, soft goods, soft ground, soft hail, soft-headed, soft-hearted, soft hyphen, softie

Example sentences from the Web for soft ground

The plates were engraved by himself in soft-ground etching, such as Prout had used, from drawings he had made in 1846 and 1848.
The Life of John Ruskin|W. G. Collingwood
The “manière de crayon,” as practised by Demarteau and others, differs materially from soft-ground etching.
A Treatise on Etching|Maxime Lalanne
Numerous drawing copies for students were produced by him by means of soft-ground etching.
Masters of Water-Colour Painting|H. M. Cundall
Soft-ground etchings, the biting of which is quite shallow, must be steel-faced after two to three hundred impressions.
A Treatise on Etching|Maxime Lalanne

单词	soft ground
释义	soft ground noun an etching ground usually mixed with tallow.Compare hard ground. a technique of etching in which a design is drawn on paper placed on a plate covered with a soft ground, resulting in a granular effect resembling pencil, chalk, or crayon. Words nearby soft ground soft focus, soft-focus lens, soft fruit, soft furnishings, soft goods, soft ground, soft hail, soft-headed, soft-hearted, soft hyphen, softie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for soft ground The plates were engraved by himself in soft-ground etching, such as Prout had used, from drawings he had made in 1846 and 1848. The Life of John Ruskin\|W. G. Collingwood The “manière de crayon,” as practised by Demarteau and others, differs materially from soft-ground etching. A Treatise on Etching\|Maxime Lalanne Numerous drawing copies for students were produced by him by means of soft-ground etching. Masters of Water-Colour Painting\|H. M. Cundall Soft-ground etchings, the biting of which is quite shallow, must be steel-faced after two to three hundred impressions. A Treatise on Etching\|Maxime Lalanne
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