dry point

Whistler made a dry-point of her, The Velvet Gown, and in black velvet she wanted to be painted.

A "dry point" plate is produced by drawing on a copper plate with a steel or diamond point, and without biting by acid.

A grizzly bear that I followed one day, paused on a dry point in a park to dig out some mice.

In stipple engraving, the burin and the dry point are used alternately, according to the degree of vigour or delicacy required.

Philippe Le Bas was the first to make use of dry-point to render the misty tones of distances and the clearness of skies.