a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on a specially prepared paper.

A drawing implement made using a tip of silver or silver alloy; also a drawing made using this, traditionally on a surface prepared with gesso.

Silverpoint predates the use of graphite as a drawing medium and was used by old masters such as Jan Van Eyck, Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Durer and Raphael. Renaissance artists used silver and occasionallly leadpoint for underdrawings of their paintings and for separate studies on paper.