How do you identify an original pencil etching on paper from an original print?

Answer 1

You could look for raised brush strokes in the original as opposed to a print.

Sometimes some so called oil painting painted by this way: first step ----use a kind of machine to print on the canvas , second step -----add some paint on the canvas according to the shape of print.

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i think you need look many of sample painting,you will know what is original and what is reproduction . this is original oil painting and oil painting reproduction.

Answer 2

There is no such thing as a pencil etching, an etching is a metal plate where acid has been used to 'etch' the artist's lines. A print is then made from that plate, and some presses cause an indentation on the backside. Artists sign their prints and include the number of the print, for example 5/100 means the print was #5 off the press in an edition of 100. A Pencil drawing is just that, a drawing or a sketch. You may be thinking of hatching and crosshatching for shading.