422

Light on branches and leaves.

OF THE ACCIDENTS OF COLOURING IN TREES.

The accidents of colour in the foliage of trees are 4. That is: shadow, light, lustre [reflected light] and transparency.

OF THE VISIBILITY OF THESE ACCIDENTS.

These accidents of colour in the foliage of trees become confused at a great distance and that which has most breadth [whether light or shade, &c.] will be most conspicuous.

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

421 * 423

VII * X

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

VIII: Botany for Painters and Elements of Landscape Painting.

. . .

402

The direction of growth.

403,

404,

405,

406,

407

The forms of trees.

408,

409,

410,

411

The insertion of the leaves.

412,

413,

414,

415,

416,

417,

418,

419

Light on branches and leaves.

420,

421,

422

The proportions of light and shade in a leaf.

423,

424,

425,

426

Of the transparency of leaves.

427,

428,

429

The gradations of shade and colour in leaves.

430,

431,

432,

433,

434

A classification of trees according to their colours.

435

The proportions of light and shade in trees.

436,

437,

438,

439,

440

of the spectator.

441,

442

. . .