Until tilted to the light, this looks like a hazy, gray smudge with no definition. The process was fast and fun. I used my aluminum “Brillo pad” for the background after I scored numerous, thin branches and grasses into the surface with the end of a paintbrush. The deer was sketched in gold.
This owl settled into a tree and I took four quick, blurry pictures just to prove it happened. Metalpoint seemed to be a good medium for a mysterious, moody drawing.
A third rooster in less than a week. I’m on a roll.
I always get my presents early, and this year, my husband bought me this 24K gold stylus for metalpoint drawings. The paper is a clay-coated paper from silverpointweb.com. I don’t know if it’s any particular brand. It picks up marks from pretty much everything but appears to erase well, thank goodness.
I’m looking forward to using gold on different surfaces. It looks like a warm gray but has a gold reflection when the light hits it just right.