Question

What is aquatint?
a.
A process of incising an image onto a hard surface such as wood, stone, or a copper plate.
b.
A type of etching that uses powdered resin that stops the acid from eating away at the surface, creating a tonal effect.
c.
Printmaking process in which an impression is taken from a metal plate on which an image has been etched or eaten away by acid.
d.
A process in which the artist's makes thousands of little dots that make the grooves to which ink is then applied and held in the grooves.

Answer 1

b. Aquatint is a type of etching that uses powdered resin (or rosin) fused to the plate so acid bites around the particles, producing tonal effects.