Hugo Chapman discusses metalpoint drawing, as ‘Drawing in Silver and Gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns’ opens at the British Museum, London

My project The Grind Fever was the opening act for Pürpura, we get to hang with them and it was a lot of fun.

Learn how to start silverpoint drawing drawing today. Learn about its history as well as drawings done in silverpoint by Leonardo da Vinci and others.

Recto Study of Christ's drapery rising from the tomb Metalpoint, heightened with white, on blue prepared paper

Performative drawing with wire pads and metalpoint on paper. Draw to Perform - Day of performances & workshops. Sunday 11 July 2021, Toynbee Studios, London. This short performative drawing by artist Ram Samocha combines between several elements of drawing and mark-making. Samocha draws with a drill, metalpoint and wire pads on a round-shaped paper. The outcome is an abstract three-dimensional work of art.

A major retrospective of artist Ree Morton permanently closes this week at the Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (ICA LA) after being shuttered through the pandemic. Willa Wasserman uses metalpoint to create undefinable spaces.

Circle of Domenico Ghirlandaio - Head of a man wearing a cap [1495-1505] Metalpoint, heightened with brush and white, on reddish orange prepared paper. Metmuseum AN 1975.1.329 In this arresting study of a man’s head, the subject is portrayed in three-quarter view, directly confronting the viewer with his gaze. With white heightening, the artist carefully studied the effect of light upon his individual facial features and the contours of his hair. Head studies of this kind, executed in similar technique and with meticulous attention to physiognomy, recall the work of Domenico Ghirlandaio; however, the drawing was probably made by an artist in his circle. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459479

Leonardo used both sides of the paper for his detailed studies of a dog's left forepaw. The paw, probably of a deerhound, is shown from a variety of angles. This is typical of Leonardo's analytical approach to the natural world, which he explored through extensive, and often annotated, drawings. Here Leonardo used metalpoint - a technique which required considerable control, for it was difficult to correct lines drawn with the metal (usually silver) stylus on specially prepared paper. The faint TL stamp, lower left, confirms the drawing, made around 1480, later formed part the drawings collection formed by the British painter Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830).