The Art of Metalpoint Drawing
This video demonstrates the use of a metalpoint stylus, a traditional drawing tool used by artists like Leonardo da Vinci before the widespread adoption of the graphite pencil. The process involves using a metal tip—often silver—to leave a mark on specially prepared paper. As the metal oxidizes over time, the lines darken, creating a permanent and delicate image. The footage highlights the precision required for this technique, which relies on the chemical reaction between the metal stylus and the surface rather than the abrasion of a graphite core.
well and da vinci died in 1519 while erasable graphite pencils were developed after 1565.
Nice loop
Holy shit. Calm down da vinci ($405 USD)
I hate all this AI scripts and voices
Yea, I call it bullshit. Pencils wasn't a thing then, something more of a carbon crayon was available. Good for sketching huge painting, but not really for technical drawings in the notebook. Also he could get "not eraisable" property by just using pen and ink. But as he did a lo
They looked like this in Davincis era. Only a small point made of silver was soldered on brass.
why didnt he just invent the ball pen?
Its not that he refused its that the pencils and paper as we know it didnt exist at that time
Maybe because pencils were made long after DaVinchi era first graphite use was 16th century.
"Leonardo why can't you use normal paper and pens you fucking Hipster?" "REEEEE"