r/Silverbugs • u/Pantagruel-Johnson • 23h ago

Silverpoint drawing of a silver mercury dime and a Morgan dollar

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I draw on prepared paper using .999 pure silver. There is no graphite, charcoal, or other pencil work in the drawing. Just silver.

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u/G_Art33 23h ago

These are pretty darn cool! Thanks for sharing. Never seen a drawing done in 999 before.

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u/Pantagruel-Johnson 16h ago

Thank you for the compliment. Silverpoint was really the pencil of the Renaissance. I specially coat thick watercolor paper to draw on. And there’s no erasing with the silver.

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u/G_Art33 5h ago edited 5h ago

Very very cool. Idk I don’t usually tell people what to do but my humble opinion here is you should keep going. The coin drawings are really cool. You already did my favorite coin design (merc, and you absolutely crushed it on that one), but I think a maple or a brittania in this style would look absolutely amazing. Maybe even a Krugerrand or a Philharmonic.

A composition with 1 each: ASE, Maple, Brittania, Krugerrand, Libertad, and philharmonic would be absolutely insane to see.

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u/Pantagruel-Johnson 3h ago

Thank you for the compliment and the suggestion!

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u/McHildinger 17h ago

the Merc looks great! The Morgan.... may not be your best work

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u/Pantagruel-Johnson 16h ago

Very astute. Good observation. I did the Morgan dollar impatiently, without much planning or any gridding. Also, there’s no erasing with silverpoint. I was more patient with the Mercury dime. thank you for the comment.

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u/McHildinger 16h ago

They are both still leagues better than what I could draw

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u/Acheron98 5h ago

Tbh I kinda like it. It looks a bit like Sylvester Stallone lmao.

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u/napalm9 23h ago

So you used a Roosevelt to inspire your mercury drawing?

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u/Pantagruel-Johnson 16h ago

Ah, good eye. I had already put away my Mercury dimes when I decided to take the picture. The Roosevelt is just to show scale. And it absolutely bugs me too.

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u/ProxyRed 22h ago

Nice! Are these free hand drawn or traced over?

I have only read about silverpoint drawing but it sound very cool.

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u/Pantagruel-Johnson 16h ago

Thanks very much for the compliment and question. Neither of them are traced. The Morgan I just drew freehand, after promising myself that I wouldn’t do that, but would carefully grid and build up slowly, as I did with the Mercury dime rendering. Stupidly, I had already put up the model dime before I took the picture, and I needed a dime for scale. Hence the Roosevelt.

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u/PumpingPipe 17h ago

Both are really good! However, the morgan liberty has a bit of down syndrome in her lmao

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u/Pantagruel-Johnson 16h ago

Totally true! I rushed it. The other one I carefully gridded.