430

The gradations of shade and colour in leaves.

The shadows of plants are never black, for where the atmosphere penetrates there can never be utter darkness.

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

429 * 431

VII * X

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

VIII: Botany for Painters and Elements of Landscape Painting.

. . .

410,

411

The insertion of the leaves.

412,

413,

414,

415,

416,

417,

418,

419

Light on branches and leaves.

420,

421,

422

The proportions of light and shade in a leaf.

423,

424,

425,

426

Of the transparency of leaves.

427,

428,

429

The gradations of shade and colour in leaves.

430,

431,

432,

433,

434

A classification of trees according to their colours.

435

The proportions of light and shade in trees.

436,

437,

438,

439,

440

of the spectator.

441,

442,

443

The effects of morning light.

444,

445,

446,

447,

448

The effects of midday light.

449

The appearance of trees in the distance.

450

. . .