Sfumato paintings

Sfumato style

Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–19; in the Louvre, Paris. Painting is a magic show. We are the illusionists. By arranging a pattern of shapes, values, and colors, we

What is it? This week we’re taking a look at a technique called “sfumato” (pronounced sfoo-mah-toh). This is also a word with its origin in -you guessed it!- the Italian lang…

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Etienne Adolphe Piot

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The artist, who’s currently based in London, runs us through her blurry paintings and series titled A Familiar Stranger.