Associations to the word «Silverpoint»

Wiktionary

SILVERPOINT, noun. A traditional technique for drawing by dragging a silver rod or wire across a surface, often prepared with gesso or primer.

Dictionary definition

SILVERPOINT, noun. A drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca