The basic idea behind lithography is that water and oil don’t mix. The artist draws an image with an oily substance on the surface of a slab of limestone that has been previously coated with gum arabic. Then, the artist wets the with water and applies a greasy ink to the surface. Any part where the oily drawing was done will accept the ink, but any part where there is water present will repel the ink. When a piece of paper is pressed onto the slab, the ink held by the stone will transfer to the paper.
Watch the video to learn more about lithography with
artist Nour Zouhou.
Duration: 5 min. 12 sec.
