Metal points (drawing)

The lead point

As of the Middle Ages, the point of Plomb is the point most frequently used because of its affordable price and its facility of use. It has the advantage obligatorily of not ordering a special preparation of the support. In the first sketches carried out with this point, it releases an impression of vibration, characteristic of the modern art. The feature of lead is gray dark. Always a little larger than the other points, its line is fattier thus heavier, especially on prepared surfaces.

The money point

Less current than the lead point, the point of Argent is more used by the Masters for the neat drawings. The artists make confidence with the excellent quality of material although it is very coûteux.
The support on which the artist uses the money point must necessarily be prepared. The use of this material thus requires a great skill, precision and self-discipline because the point is indelible.

Contemporary Masters of the money point

'' Victor Koulbak ''

Other points

The tin , harder than lead, gives a more subtle feature, but this only on one preparation containing much adhesive. It is most of the time used in order to mark the shades on a prepared paper. Harder than the money, lead and gold, but however less than tin, the point of Cuivre is little utilisée.
The Gold being a very invaluable metal, one understands that its point is very seldom employed by the artists. In the points, it is usually combined with the money in variable proportions rising with sometimes more half of money; it is also combined with copper. For a point of a good durability, one adds always an at least little copper to money and gold alloys. According to alloys and their proportions, the nuance of the feature of the gold point varies so much so that it can be confused with that of the money or copper, but the purer gold is, the more its feature is black.

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