It was a freehand drawing that da Vinci transferred to his board, much like tracing a drawing with carbon paper today. As an artist, I really don't like this idea of close inspection to see how an artist achived what he did. Just look at the finished painting, it's a masterpiece.
how an artist achived what he did - just look at the finished painting
Sorry but I disagree. Was watching a special on William Turners landscapes and the technique he used to make them, it was amazing and fascinating to learn how they were created. I had thought artist just take paint and create the painting, it/his was not done that way at all there was much more to it.
It would be great to see it in person, but unfortunately being herded like cattle so you can glance at it for a few seconds through plexiglass, that’s barely possible.
Yep - and any charcoal drawing used as a framework would have been freehand - unless he traced of from a copy of National Geographic or some other magazine...the article seems to be a jealousy-laden attempt to cut the master artist down.
Exactly!!