540

spectator.

OF PAINTING.

When you draw from nature stand at a distance of 3 times the height of the object you wish to draw.

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

539 * 541

VII * X

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

VIII: Botany for Painters and Elements of Landscape Painting.

. . .

520

On various helps in preparing a picture.

521,

522,

523,

524,

525,

526,

527,

528,

529,

530

On the management of works.

531,

532

On the limitations of painting.

533,

534,

535

On the choice of a position.

536,

537

The apparent size of figures in a picture.

538,

539

spectator.

540,

541,

542,

543,

544,

545,

546,

547

Gradations of light and shade.

548

On the choice of light for a picture.

549,

550,

551,

552,

553,

554,

555

The distribution of light and shade.

556,

557,

558,

559

The juxtaposition of light and shade.

560

. . .