On the right this piece is one of the many sketches found in his book called the…. We can see that Leonardo understood the different aspects of autonomy way before his time. He has clearly drawn very detailed sketches of the mechanics of the body 9arm and the ligaments), showing how they all fit together into one. The detail is very fine, to get the various shades Leonardo has used very small and fine linear lines overlapping in some areas to show the darkness and shadow. One of the first, to create the sense of prospective, he has used a curved linear tone, which helps to empathise the movement of the body, to further this he has created a series of sketches showing the differences in the body and how they change with the movement of the body. This gives a sense of prospective and in a way, helps to break down the slight differences in the movement of the body and create motion thought out the piece (like a chain reaction). Because there are many different sketches and are all similar in design, there is no sense of a focal point, but rather a collaboration of picture bringing it together as a whole. This also helps to create balance, therefore making it nicer to look at. Again to create this he has used ink and paper, to help empathise the mechanics if the human body and focusing on the subject
This relates to my work and theme ‘Connecting Shapes and Forms’ because he shows details of the bones and of the human form showing they fit together and how extrondanry they can be . If I am to take anything from this, I would try and use the different styles of linear techniques to help me show the various tones and shades of light and dark which will create form and shape, rather than a basic 2d piece. I feel that this with plain background would help because I will then be able to capture the slight lose and elaborate detail of the veins and the ribs which would help me to achieve my aims of creating texture, which I would find very hard if not). I will try