Formatted Contents Note:
Outline of da Vinci's life 6 -- Drawn in 7 -- Inside the mastermind 8 -- Techniques and Materials: Then and Now 12 -- Dry drawers 14 -- Skill with ink and quill 18 -- Brush 20 -- Metalpoint - silverpoint 22 -- Grounds for mixed media 24 -- Da Vinci's Skills Revealed 28 -- Da Vinci's approach, advice and devices 30 -- To see or not to see 34 -- Deciphering da Vinci's lines 36 -- Light and shade 39 -- Fundamental P's 42 -- Proportion 50 -- Perception 53 -- Position 54 -- Placement 55 -- Planes 56 -- Priorities 57 -- Putting the 'Seven P's' into practice (Exercise) 58 -- Sfumato - chiaroscuro 62 -- Art of drawing sfumato tomatoes 63 -- Drawing Da Vinci's Universe 68 -- Animals and animated inventions 70 -- Draws shoots and leaves 75 -- Exposed to the elements 78 -- Drapery 86 -- Experiment with tradition 94 -- Human Nature 98 -- Human proportions 100 -- Artist - scientist - anatomist 103 -- Handy hints 113 -- Seeing a head 117 -- Quintessential portrait 128 -- Composing and Drawing Conclusions 130 -- Last Supper 132 -- Drawing conclusions 135 -- Virgin uncovered after 400 years in hiding 137 -- Myth-conceptions and myth-interpretations 138.
