Intaglio engraving is the process of engraving where the drawing image is position below the flat printing surface. <u>Artists draw the image on the plate by engraving it. Sunken points are the ones holding the ink. </u>The plates used are flat and are usually out of copper metal.<u> The techniques which are under the intaglio engraving are</u> etching, drypoint, aquatint, and mezzotint – all have the same process, with different materials and details.
This is the opposite process from <u>relief printing</u>. In it, t<u>he image is created again by drawing on the flat surface, but drawing the blank areas</u> – the ink is put on the raised surface and printed on the paper <u>like a stamp</u>. This is the older printing method. It includes few techniques.<u> One of the relief printing techniques is linocut. </u>
Ground is the background surface used to paint on. It helps to prime the surface by making sure that the paint will adhere the materials onto the surface better, as well as helping to protect and provide extra durability to the paint. There can be oil, acrylic or latex primers / ground.
In music performance and notation, legato ([leˈɡaːto]; Italian for "tied together"; French lié; German gebunden) indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected.
