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Question: What is the term for this art process!?
An item would be painted in many different bright colors, then totally painted black or another dark color!. A picture would be engraved in the black so that the color below would come through!.

Does anyone know the name of this art style!?
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Scratchboard art!


I remember trying this while I was in High School!.!.!.it was a blast, but I wasn't nearly as good as the folks who've done some work on the following link!
http://scratchart!.com/gallery/scratchboa!.!.!.
Hope this helps ya!
Jim
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Its scratchboard which is amazing to work with it really is a different way of thinking about values!. I would suggest doing a few!.Www@QuestionHome@Com