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A painting technique consisting of using only one colour (watercolour or Indian ink), which is diluted to obtain different intensities.

This term refers to both the composition of and printing with movable type (letters and shapes in relief), as well as the art and technique of using different types of character for practical and aesthetic reasons. Printing is done by inking the composition of type

Engraving on a sheet of linoleum. A relief printmaking process. The medium is hollowed out around the drawing so that it appears in relief.

Printing technique that enables the creation and reproduction of multiple copies of an image produced with greasy ink or grease pencil on a block of porous limestone, which will be printed thanks to the ink adhering only to the greasy areas, according to the principle

Papermaking term. In French the same word, “main” or ‘hand’ is used for the bulk of the paper and a quire of 25 sheets. Originally, paper folders counted 5 sheets with each finger on a hand, hence the units of paper (one ream = 20

Marbling is a wet stain used to obtain marbled patterns on a surface. Inks are thrown into a vat filled with water and gum tragacanth (the binder used in dry pastels), where they float and form patterns. A stick and a comb are used to

A printmaking process without etching that produces a single print. It involves painting with typographic ink or oil paint or gouache on a smooth, non-absorbent medium such as glass, metal or perspex.

A printing process that is actually an improvement on its ancestor, lithography: it replaces the stone with a flexible plate fitted onto a cylinder and the addition of an offset blanket around a blanket holder cylinder (offset cylinder) between the plate holder cylinder and the

Oil painting is a technique where a mixture of pigments and siccative oil (the binder) are used to obtain a paste of varying degrees of thickness and greasiness.

Additives used in making pulp, intended to make the paper look very white. These products have the particularity of absorbing the light in ultraviolet rays and emitting light visible to the human eye. ARCHES® papers are OBA-free.