Silverpoint Drawing 5.5×7″ lavender prepared paper I did this drawing with a silver stylus on paper that I prepared with a lavender tint, and then used white charcoal for the highlights. Over time the lines will tarnish to a metallic sepia tone. This is a drawing medium known as silverpoint, which was used extensively during… Read more »
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“Lenten Rose”
Silverpoint Drawing 4×6″ lavender prepared paper “Lenten Rose” was drawn with a silver stylus in a medium known as silverpoint, which pre-dates the pencil, and was used extensively during the Renaissance era. I prepared the paper with a pale lavender tone, then used white charcoal for highlights. The lines are actually silver and will tarnish… Read more »
“Max”
Silverpoint Drawing 10×8″ ocher prepared paper The Bucks County newspapers have recently published an interview I gave about silverpoint, a drawing medium which pre-dates the graphite pencil. It appeared in these locals: New Hope Life, Yardley Voice, Doylestown Observer, and a few others. Please see Times Publishing Newspapers, Inc. for the full article. This portrait… Read more »
“George Washington”
Silverpoint Drawing 10×8″ green-gray prepared paper This is the complete portrait of George Washington; see “George’s Eye” detail of previous post. I prepared the paper with a green-gray tone and heightened the drawing in white. The drawing is made with a silver wire; with time the lines will tarnish to a metallic sepia tone. To… Read more »
“George’s Eye”
Silverpoint Drawing, detail green-gray prepared paper This detail of an 10″ x 8″ portrait of George Washington shows the layering of fine lines used to create tones. Silverpoint is a drawing made with a silver stylus on a specially coated surface. With time the silver lines tarnish to a metallic sepia tone. (I’ll show the… Read more »
“Fallen Bell”
Silverpoint Drawing 4×6″ gray-green prepared paper Did you know that silverpoint pre-dates the pencil as a drawing medium and reached its height during the Renaissance? This drawing was done with a silver stylus on paper that I prepared with a gray-green tone and heightened with white charcoal. The silver lines will tarnish over time to… Read more »
“Single Bell”
Silverpoint Drawing 5×7″ gray-greenprepared paper Lots of drawing lately – of bells and whistles! I love the negative space of these objects, the dark hollow…more to come. “Single Bell” was drawn with a silver stylus – a drawing medium known as silverpoint, which pre-dates the pencil. This technique was used extensively during the Renaissance era,… Read more »
“Venus Comb”
Silverpoint Drawing 5×7″ gray-blue prepared paper This seashell was drawn with a silver stylus – a drawing medium known as silverpoint, which pre-dates the pencil. This was used extensively during the Renaissance era, though some of the earliest silverpoints date back to the 12th century. I prepared the paper with a gray-blue tone and heightened… Read more »
“Round and Around”
Silverpoint Drawing 5×7″ green-gray prepared paper This drawing is created with a silver stylus on a specially coated surface – a Renaissance-era medium known as silverpoint. I prepared the paper with a green-gray tone and added white charcoal highlights. Silverpoint will tarnish to a metallic sepia tone over time. To learn more about it, and… Read more »
“Two Shells”
Silverpoint Drawing 5×7″ gray-blue prepared panel This was drawn with a silver stylus on a gray-blue toned surface. As silver tarnishes, so will a silverpoint tarnish to a warm metallic tone. To learn more about this Renaissance-era drawing medium (that pre-dates the pencil) visit my website. Please email me if you are interested in purchasing… Read more »