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Silverpoint Drawing with Scott Rawlins, June 30, July 2 & 3, 10-3:30pm, $300
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Before the advent of the graphite pencil, styluses containing various kinds of metal were used as drawing tools. One of the most enduring of these was silver. "Silverpoint," as this medium came to be called, has been employed by artists from the Renaissance to the present. Silverpoint drawings are created by "stroking" the surface of a specially prepared ground with sterling silver wire. Time and patience are required to build up value, but the result is a sensitive rendering that possesses a timeless quality.
Participants in this workshop will experiment with silverpoint on a variety of surfaces (including one they will prepare themselves) and will learn how to highlight elements of their drawings to emphasize relevant features.
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| Scott Rawlins is Associate Professor and Chair of the Fine Arts Department at Arcadia University in Glenside, PA where he teaches scientific illustration, drawing and design. Mr. Rawlins graduated from Earlham College with a degree in biology and holds graduate degrees in museum education and medical illustration form the George Washington University and the University of Michigan respectively. A former musem curator, Mr. Rawlins maintains contact with the museum field through his work as a research assistant at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. His work has appeared in the Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration, the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, and Northeastern Naturalist.
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