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The Renaissance Workshop

@therenworkshop

Renaissance Drawing Revived. Reconstructing the methods, materials and practices of the Renaissance draftsman.

 London, England
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Joined January 2016
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Silverpoint after Simone Martini at the @NationalGallery
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The Italian Renaissance silverpoint styluses from The Renaissance Workshop
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Tony Jebson@ajebsonOct 3
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Your stylus continues its sterling service for me. Here's an attempt at Raphael's Head of a Muse, flipped for a leftie like me, and even though the original is black chalk (which seems to be impossible to get).
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Leonardo study in silverpoint
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Hand-forged historical reconstruction
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Silverpoint sketchbook study after Pietro Lorenzetti @narodnigalerie
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Thank you Prague. Until next time
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Reconstructing 500 year old silverpoint stylus
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Making historical reconstructions gives me the tools I need to decode the mysteries of what drawing meant to Renaissance artists, and how they drew. Hand-forging and making by hand each of their materials for drawing provides me with tactile information unavailable from reading
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Leonardo’s drawing process revealed
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How Leonardo da Vinci drew the Bust of a Warrior with silverpoint. The original drawing at the @britishmuseum demonstrates Leonardo’s supreme diligence and patience as a draughtsman. Here I replicate the drawing with the same materials used by Leonardo #leonardodavinci
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Drawing in silverpoint after Leonardo
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Study from Leonardo’s bust of a warrior at the British Museum. Silverpoint on paper prepared with a buff ground
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The Original Silverpoint Video shot at The Renaissance Workshop. All ori... youtube.com/shorts/Sb7lIK7aX… via @YouTube
The Original Silverpoint Video shot at The Renaissance Workshop. All...

The Original Silverpoint Video shot at The Renaissance Workshop. All...

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How Medieval and Renaissance artists ground pigments with water to prepare them for painting with egg yolk. #eggtempera #paint #pigment
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How Renaissance Apprentices Learned to Draw
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Gallerie degli Uffizi@UffiziGalleries29 Jun 2025
IL LEONARDO RITROVATO L'Adorazione dei Magi, capolavoro incompiuto di Leonardo, nel 2011 fu portato d'urgenza dagli Uffizi in restauro perché si stava offuscando. Dopo una miracolosa "terapia" durata 5 anni è guarito, tornando in museo con la perfezione di tutti i suoi dettagli.
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Gallerie degli Uffizi@UffiziGalleries2 Jul 2025
CAPOLAVORO... SU CARTA⁠ ⁠ L'immagine di San Girolamo anziano, attribuita al Verrocchio, accolto nella Galleria Palatina di Palazzo Pitti, fu realizzata su carta e poi incollata tempo dopo su tavola. 👉🏻 uffizi.it/opere/san-girolamo
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Gallerie degli Uffizi@UffiziGalleries9 Jul 2025
La trasposizione della bellezza! La fisionomia aggraziata del volto e l’elaborata acconciatura, pretesto per saggiare effetti di trasparenza: dalla matita su carta al colore su tavola. 📷️ Filippo Lippi, Studio di testa femminile, GDS #Uffizi | Tondo Bartolini #PalazzoPitti
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The use of bone white pigment in silverpoint drawing during the Renaissance
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