Page 433 - (DK) The Ultimate Visual Dictionary 2nd Ed.

DRA WING

Silver lines
oxidize to a Vanishing
light brown point located
color on head of
man riding
rearing horse

Figures drawn
in ink on top
of lines
Lines of
squared
pavement slabs
Line drawn recede toward
in silverpoint a single
using a rule vanishing
point

Complex perspective EXAMPLE OF A SILVERPOINT DRAWING Paper prepared
drawing done as a The Adoration of the Magi, Leonardo da Vinci, 1481 with size (glue)
preparatory study Pen and ink over silverpoint on paper and pigment
for a painting 6½ × 11½ in (16.5 × 29.2 cm)

Handmade, tinted
paper

Charcoal lines
softened by
rubbing and
smudging
Blending
creates depth
and shadow

Broad charcoal
Charcoal mark
gives strong,
expressive lines

EXAMPLE OF A CHARCOAL DRAWING
Charcoal on paper

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