I was asked by several members to show how I do the burning on my plates. I started a new one today. After the plate is turned and inlay complete, I transferred the image to the plate. I use a good graphite transfer paper. It is important you use the type that can be erased. Other wise you have to sand the graphite off, and re-burn. After the tracing is done, I hand draw and correct the image using the picture on the computer. Print-outs tend to be blurry and pixelated. I have also found that by taking pictures during the process, you can see areas that need to be corrected. After looking at the 3rd pic, I noticed the nose needs some adjustment. It is skewed a little. The eyes and nostrils should lay on the same plane.
First Pic:
I always start with the eyes. If they are not right, the piece wont look right. So the eyes are now set and initial shading is done. I moved on to rest of the image. I start shading from the bottom up. I always do the underneath parts first and build up. just like getting dressed.
Second Pic:
More shading hitting the really dark areas and moving up to lighter tonal values
Third Pic:
Most of the initial shading is complete. I will now start over, building another layer of shading over the last layer. I will also start blending the shading as well in this layer.
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Originally Posted by Linda Persoon
