Scraperboard produce by Essdee is a "artist grade board is handmade with a heavy China clay coating on illustration board (heavy card) to ensure a hard, smooth, white coating which is then sprayed with a good coat of semi-glossy black India ink. A cutting tool engraves a line through the surface ink to expose the white beneath." The version produced by Ampersand seems to be the same thing only allegedly better and archival.
I have bought a long time ago a set of small scraperboards with tools from Essdee. I tested at the time but got bored with it, so I tuck them away somewhere and kind of forgot about them.
But since I am trying to actually use the art supplies I've got, I decided to give it another try. I came across an image by Hilma af Klint - The Swan - in wikiart, and decided to make a study of it, since the subject seem to adapt so well to this medium.
I really liked the result and continued to experiment. Below is another illustration I did based on a photo from pinterest.
I am glad I gave this medium another try, it is quite fun, specially for dramatic photos or more imaginative illustration, and I will definitely be using it more in future.
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