Went to the shop today and worked on my first etching in over a year. Very pleased with the results especially since I could never get what I was looking for when I took the class. This proof is of my soft ground experiment. The three lines on the left were already on the plate (which was a shop left over) and were pretty deeply etched, so I didn’t bother to scrape/burnish. 

I’m not sure if I’m going to add any more tone to this plate, as I’m planning on doing a multiple plate etching and this could be one of the most subtle dark layers. I’m really excited to add color to this, you know how I am with color. Wish I could work on this tomorrow, but I’ve got work. At least now I can afford paper and ink and such…