silver point
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Then they will inspect Leonardo’s tools — red chalk, ink and silver point — and use their own versions to create imaginative art.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2014
The whole point of the book is to delight people who can understand that "Debussy is the wettest music —passion done in silver point," and similar subtle apperceptions.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are drawn on papers of various colors and different preparations, with pen, pencil, crayon, charcoal, silver point, tempera, or water-colors.
From Dürer Artist-Biographies by M. F. Sweetser
And for the expression of a beautiful line, such as a profile, nothing could be more suitable than a silver point.
From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed
A gold point, giving a warmer line, can also be used in the same way as a silver point, the paper first having been treated with Chinese white.
From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed
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