Two part course: May 10th AND May 17, Saturdays 2-5pm

$180

Max 8 participants

Ages 16+

All materials provided

Silverpoint - also known as metalpoint - is a traditional medium for drawing, using silver (or other metals) to make marks on specially prepared surfaces. 

Ordinarily, metal won't mark paper, so artists use coatings such as gesso to create a layer that can been drawn on. 

This ground layer is a big part of metalpoint drawing and there are many additives, binders and pigments to experiment with.

Although most metals will initially appear as a grey line, different metals will show their colour in slant light, and those that tarnish, such as silver, will change colour over time.

The first session covers the basics of metalpoint and explores a range of substrates from ready-made papers to preparing a traditional gesso ground.

In the second session we’ll work on the traditional gesso ground and focus more on drawing techniques, the challenge of erasing, using different metals and combining metalpoint with mixed media.

Participants will each be given a 2mm silver nib in a kita-boshi mechanical pencil and a range of metalpoint papers to take away. Additional grounds and metals will be available to experiment with during the workshop.