Minotaur Etching – State 2

Here is the 2nd state. I added an aquatint background. 5 minutes in the ferric chloride did a lot more than I expected, but I like where it is going. I think I’m going to try one more round of aquatint to put a some sort of really dark shape behind the figure. I like that patterning is emerging from the darkness. I see that a few layers can really make things richer. I’ve always been one for the simple, direct and stark. When that approach succeeds it serves me well, but when it fails, it usually fails pretty miserably.