Comments | deathandthegirl: Three silverpoint drawings.

deathandthegirl

Three silverpoint drawings.

May 23, 2011 14:04

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murmur May 23 2011, 19:37:35 UTC

i love these so much!!

deathandthegirl May 24 2011, 04:11:02 UTC

Thanks! I intend to explore this further during the summer.

murmur May 24 2011, 15:55:27 UTC

cool, can't wait to see what else you do.

deathandthegirl May 28 2011, 01:35:28 UTC

I'll keep you posted. :)

paperflower86 May 24 2011, 16:16:00 UTC

Nice, it's be interesting to see the originals, I don't think I've ever seen a silverpoint drawing in RL. Is it similiar to drawing with a pencil?

deathandthegirl May 28 2011, 01:35:15 UTC

It's similar to drawing with a very hard pencil. You can't really erase-- well, you can a little, but who wants to waste silver? In order for the silver to show up, you usually have to use a gouache wash on the paper first before starting the drawing. It's an interesting medium. If you've seen very old drawings that look like pencil (from the Renaissance), they're actually silverpoint or metalpoint. By the 18th century silverpoint had more or less fallen out of favor. You can also draw with gold, and it doesn't tarnish.