You will agree with me that; everyone whether young or old, male or female, no matter where they come from love the works of one artist or the other. Leonardo DaVinci is one man who has a large patronage all over the world due to his excellence in art. There is a saying that, “you can recognize someone you know very well even when he or she is in the dark”. That’s the same way you will have to be able to identify Leonardo DaVinci’s paintings if you love them. But, it’s okay if you can’t identify his works when you see them although you love them, here are some tips that will help you identify his works and other things you never knew about him. Read on…..
Leonardo DaVinci an Italian was born in the year 1452 but died in the year 1519, blew the minds of people with his creativity and style in art although, he was also an engineer and architect. Even though he was very famous, he actually finished fairly few paintings but two of his works “Mona Lisa” and “The last supper” are the best known Leonardo DaVinci paintings of all times. These few tips will help you know how to identify his works apart from him being left handed.
Looking for more lifelike figures than in earlier painters’ works will be a good start because; Leonardo as an artist captured life around him by always sketching and scribbling in his journal. He was also one of the first painters’ to show more movement and not just rigid, posed portraits of human and animal subjects in his paintings.
Like some painters’ mix their colors on a palette, Leonardo rather layered them thinly on the work of art to develop rich textures, color blends and an almost three – dimensional effect. You therefore have to know that, the ability to create a three – dimensional effect artwork was enhanced by Leonardo’s study and sketching of the human form. Therefore notice the individual layers of paint that are thin, not thick stroke of already blended colors.
Leonardo often used a blend of paint brushes and his own thumb to get the effects he wanted on his picture. He was one of the first of his time to use oil paints because; he enjoyed the freedom to amend a painting in progress. Note, he was also an inventor and a designer of flying machines.
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