The Voice of Experience → Leonardo da Vinci || The Da Vinci Road

On drawing from Nature; stand at a distance of 3 times the height of the object you wish to draw.

A broad light high up and not too strong will render the details of objects very nicely for the observing artist.

A painter who works from nature should have a window, which he can raise and lower. The reason is that sometimes you will want to finish a thing you are drawing close to the light.