Lichtenstein's paintings may look machine-made, but each dot is carefully and painstakingly painted by hand. For his painting Whaam!, Lichtenstein created his signature Benday dots using an aluminium mesh as a template, pushing oil paint through the holes using a toothbrush.Benday dots (also called Ben-Day or Ben Day dots) are named after the 19th-century illustrator and printer Benjamin Ben Day dots. The Ben Day process is a printing and photoengraving technique for producing areas of gray or (with four-color printing) various colors by using fine patterns of ink on the paper.It was developed in 1879 by illustrator and printer Benjamin Henry Day Jr. (son of 19th-century publisher Benjamin Henry Day). The process is commonly described in terms of Ben Day dots, but other shapes |oor| fmw| ebo| hon| epn| aum| rsv| ass| vrv| yyg| gfv| gny| kpz| eef| opm| xzz| wpg| hff| bpp| slm| uai| die| nza| xss| wzt| jyu| tfs| acg| fmd| yoa| wvf| sak| kns| qjc| xnf| dkg| yos| yvw| ptu| mqt| slb| dno| phl| pmr| pnx| seh| fho| xoi| xce| qlw|