Oil Painting Techniques and Materials
L’utilisation du sfumato, cet effet vaporeux qui adoucit les contours, est déjà à l’époque une marque de fabrique de Léonard. Alberti, dans son traité sur la peinture, conseille de dessiner des traits précis, et c’est exactement ce que fait Verrocchio. Léonard, parce qu’il prend soin d’observer le monde réel, a compris quant à lui que le conseil d’
... See moreWalter Isaacson • Léonard de Vinci: La biographie (QUANTO) (French Edition)
There are four key steps to the Feynman Technique:1. Choose a concept you want to learn about2. Explain it to a 12 year old3. Reflect, Refine, and Simplify4. Organize and Review
Shane • The Feynman Technique: Master the Art of Learning
A good painting is a remarkable feat of organization. Every part of it is wonderful in itself because it seems so alive in its share in the making of the unity of the whole, and the whole is so definitely one thing.
Robert Henri • The Art Spirit
Whether my hand was aided by any peculiar inspiration, or I was deceived by my own fond conceptions, this portrait, though hastily executed, appeared unexceptionable to my own taste.