Scratchboard

Word SCRATCHBOARD
Character 12
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Definitions and meanings of "Scratchboard"

What do we mean by scratchboard?

A drawing board coated with white clay and a surface layer of black ink that is scratched or scraped away to produce an effect similar to engraving. noun

A technique in which drawings are created using sharp knives and tools for etching into a thin layer of white china clay that is coated with black India ink noun

A technique in which drawings are created using sharp knives and tools for etching into a thin layer of white china clay that is coated with black India ink.

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The word "scratchboard" in example sentences

It seems Miller doesn't know whether he wants to direct movies, write comic books or work in scratchboard. ❋ Unknown (2008)

PROS: Super heroes without the silly costumes, very interesting story with several surprise elements, excellent illustration by one of the the top comic artists, great coloring, wonderful 'scratchboard' cover illustrations, a nice 'how we did it' section at the end that gives insight on how comics are put together ❋ Unknown (2004)

The panels were "scratchboard" pieces where an image - in this case, male forms - is formed by a black substance being scratched off its white base. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Illustrator Beth Krommes summons nature's many corkscrews by means of black scratchboard dappled with color, creating a sense that the images are emerging from darkness. ❋ Meghan Cox Gurdon (2011)

 After the stain dried, I scratched it away using scratchboard tools. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Beth Krommes used scratchboard and watercolor for 'The House in the Night.' ❋ Unknown (2009)

Krommes uses just three colors – black, white and yellow – and watercolor and scratchboard techniques that give the art the look of wood engravings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Beth explained scratchboard technique and knowing when to stop; Susan read their book aloud; Ann talked about how an editor envisions a picture book with only a brief manuscript in hand. ❋ Roger Sutton (2009)

I used a scratchboard tool to make fine vertical linesup and down the cup, and radiating out from the center of the saucer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

See relief prints by Pfaff and scratchboard by Rissanen Ross. 7-9 p.m., ❋ Unknown (2010)

He would later return to Dune when he produced a series of new illustrations for The Illustrated Dune 1978, which showed how Schoenherr's style had changed: his early drawings were often produced very precisely in scratchboard; the later dry brush illustrations are looser and more diffuse but have lost none of their command of composition. ❋ Steve (2010)

How do you tend to make these, from scratchboard to realization? ❋ James Gurney (2010)

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