User talk:Leonardonerd72j

Leonardo would first creat a detiled painting in gray or brown.then he applied his colors in transparent glazzes on top,some of rhe under paint would show through the layers,useing sublty to creat form.on his palette he had muted,earthy browns,greens,and blues.this helped give a sense of unity to the elements in the painting.Leonardos technique for softening coloers is known as "sfumato".It is as if all the edges have been obscurd by a haze of transparent shadows,or smoke.creating colors by applying glazzes gives a painting a depth you cant get by applying color mixed on a palette.Leonardo's soft,gentel lighting was crucel to his paintings. facial features were not strongley defined or out lined,but yet conveyed by soft blended variations in tone and color the further from the focus point of the painting,the darker and more monochromatic the sadows became.