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English translation: I even let the diluted inks almost reach the color of the paper.

14:43 Jun 12, 2023
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Spanish term or phrase: medias tintas
I know that this is usually an idiomatic expression, but here it seems to refer to something specific about how the (contemporary Argentine ) artist's places the ink on the support:

Juego con las tintas preparándome para iniciar nuevas obras sobre tela. Voy y vengo de las tintas y el agua, al esmalte y los diluyentes. El juego está en el contraste entre transparencias, brillos, opacidades y negros plenos; como en Fondo de Ojo. Esta vez trabajo las superficies con menos juegos, dejo que las medias tintas lleguen casi hasta el color del papel.
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 21:28
English translation:I even let the diluted inks almost reach the color of the paper.
Explanation:
Lets not forget what he is trying to convey.
Obviously "mezzotint" is the technique used.
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slothm
Local time: 21:28
Grading comment
i think something like this works. Thanks
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1I even let the diluted inks almost reach the color of the paper.
slothm
5 -1half way done; ambiguous
Jeanine Manzano
3wash
patinba
2haft tints / half tones
Muriel Vasconcellos
Summary of reference entries provided
mezzotint
Peter Guest
Refs.
Taña Dalglish

  

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I even let the diluted inks almost reach the color of the paper.


Explanation:
Lets not forget what he is trying to convey.
Obviously "mezzotint" is the technique used.

slothm
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
i think something like this works. Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jeanine Manzano
22 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
half way done; ambiguous


Explanation:
When something is left inconclusive, ambiguous.


    https://www.lasprovincias.es/sociedad/mundo-viral/viene-expresion-medias-20170811122323-nt.html
Jeanine Manzano
United States
Local time: 20:28
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Jessica Noyes: This would be correct in a different context.
8 hrs
  -> You're right, Jessica. I wasn't able to see the Spanish text when I submitted my response.
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haft tints / half tones


Explanation:
An intermediate color
noun An intermediate color; a middle tint; in painting, a color that is intermediate between the extreme lights and strong shades of a picture. Also half-tone .

half-tint - definition and meaning - Wordnik

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 17:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 92
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1 day 22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
wash


Explanation:
Could this work?

A wash is a term for a visual arts technique resulting in a semi-transparent layer of colour. A wash of diluted ink or watercolor paint applied in combination with drawing is called pen and wash, wash drawing, or ink and wash.[2] Normally only one or two colours of wash are used; if more colours are used the result is likely to be classified as a full watercolor painting.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 81
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Reference comments


16 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: mezzotint

Reference information:
Perhaps this might help


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzotint
    https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/m/mezzotint#:~:text=The%20process%20involves%20indenting%20the,image%20would%20be%20solid%20black.
Peter Guest
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  liz askew: Darkness into Light: The Early Mezzotint Yale University https://artgallery.yale.edu › pdfs › ag-doc-2214-0002-doc In 1642, Ludwig von Siegen, a soldier in the service of William VI,. Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, produced the first mezzotint, a portrait of
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agree  Andrew Bramhall: Got one hanging on my wall...!
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Reference: Refs.

Reference information:
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/spanish-english/media-tinta
half-tone
https://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/la media tint...
half-tone

https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/media tinta
5 Painting media tinta [f] mezzotint
6 Painting media tinta [f] halftone

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
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