Drawing Lessons with Da Vinci - An Artist’s Guide to Geometry, Anatomy, and Proportion

A comprehensive art course that reveals Leonardo da Vinci's incredible life, work, and legacy.

• Explore the techniques, principles, and practice of Da Vinci's work: from the Vitruvian Man and the Mona Lisa to the La Scapigliata.
• With reproductions from his original sketchbooks that show the beauty, detail and incredible accuracy of his work to provide you with a greater insight of the Golden Ratio, the human form, sfumato, perspective and proportion.
• Step-by-step exercises demonstrate Da Vinci's original thought process to help inspire your own artistic skills and creativity.

A fascinating, practical insight to the art, engineering and philosophical life of Leonardo da Vinci.

About the author

Gabriel Martín Roig studied specialty painting at the University of Barcelona with a Masters in Museology and Management of Artistic and Ethnological Culture.

He has written and coordinated more than 150 books mainly related to fine arts, ancient and modern history, the history of art and fashion design for several publishing houses

Product details

• Authors: Gabriel MartíN Roig
• Publisher: David & Charles
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 16.06.2026
• EAN: 9781446316795
• ISBN: 978-1-4463-1679-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Drafting & Mechanical Drawing, Drawing & drawings, Painting, drawing and art manuals, Drawing and drawings in pencil, charcoal, crayon or pastel, Drawing and drawings in pen or brush and ink, Engineering graphics and draughting / technical drawing, ART / Techniques / Drawing / General, ART / Techniques / Drawing / Life