Mezzotint was the first tonal method to be used and allowing half-tones to be made without using known techniques such as hatching, to cross-hatching, or stipple and attains tonality by putting thousands of miniature dots on the plate to roughen it and using a rocker and requires hard work to create in order a high amount of quality and richness in the print. The invention of Mezzotint the printers of the 17th and 18th century were able to make every simple shade of tone in an oil painting and the use of mezzotint in portraits at a fairly high cost but not as high as the original cost of having copies made in
Mezzotint was the first tonal method to be used and allowing half-tones to be made without using known techniques such as hatching, to cross-hatching, or stipple and attains tonality by putting thousands of miniature dots on the plate to roughen it and using a rocker and requires hard work to create in order a high amount of quality and richness in the print. The invention of Mezzotint the printers of the 17th and 18th century were able to make every simple shade of tone in an oil painting and the use of mezzotint in portraits at a fairly high cost but not as high as the original cost of having copies made in