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I challenged myself to use an art supply I already had instead of buying something new, so I dug out the metalpoint kit I\u2019ve rarely used. Metal needs a surface to grab onto, so I experimented with a Gessobord for the dove. It worked really well\u2014a bit bumpy, but the darks were darker than I thought they\u2019d be. In the end, though, I think it looks like a graphite drawing, and it didn\u2019t capture the soft, dreamy quality of metalpoint drawings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6\u201dx8\u201d, silver and nickel on Gessobord<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I tried a new surface for the Saw Whet Owl. It\u2019s called Legion Art Coated Cover. I bought it through Acuity Papers<\/a>, and I have to say, it\u2019s the all-time best and most careful packaging I\u2019ve seen. The 20 sheets (three different paper types) were wrapped, labeled, and boxed with cardboard buffers around the edges. Honestly, I marveled at the care taken the entire time I opened the package, and here I am writing about it days later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9\u201dx12\u201d silver, brass, and copper on Legion Art Coated Cover<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This paper is silky smooth. It\u2019s coated with clay. I really liked the end result, even though I know I\u2019ll be stuck in the high key value range. It looks like metalpoint, and the shine is truly awesome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I learned a lesson about the Legion paper, though. Erasing it will leave a smooth spot that will be nearly impossible to cover up. This shouldn\u2019t have been a surprise because metalpoint is known for being difficult to erase. I hadn\u2019t planned a background, but I added one after realizing that there was no way to fix a number of small erased areas in the white space surrounding the owl. Live and learn. The spots ended up creating interesting splotches in the branches and tree trunks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I challenged myself to use an art supply I already had instead of buying something new, so I dug out the metalpoint kit I\u2019ve rarely used. Metal needs a surface to grab onto, so I experimented with a Gessobord for the dove. It worked really well\u2014a bit bumpy, but the darks were darker than I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[380,606,420],"tags":[467,415,605,427,428],"class_list":["post-2239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-metalpoint","category-pencil","tag-bird","tag-drawing","tag-legion","tag-metalpoint","tag-silverpoint"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3wmm6-A7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2239"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2244,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239\/revisions\/2244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}