Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 and died in 1519. Painting and being an artist is in the da Vinci genes. When Leonardo was just fifteen years old his artistic career had begun. He was an apprentice for a famous artist by the name of Verrochio. While working for Verrochio he did little things in the background of paintings and eventually became an even better painter than Verrochio. From here he became famous in his early twenties. He wasn’t only a painter, but also an inventor. Inventing things like flying machines, geometry, me

Leonardo turned out to be a whole lot different than I thought he would be and I could relate to some of his situations. He liked to do different types of paintings that no other artist was doing. This I felt made him a rebel, which I like to be at in times of my life. He was one amazing person that I will have a different perspective on for the rest of my life. I also came to realize that the Mona Lisa is a very good piece of art. One just needs to concentrate on the beauty and the overall meaning of what it is showing. All in all I am very glad I chose the write this art essay about talented Leonardo da Vinci and learn about his masterpiece, the Mona Lisa.

chanics, municipal construction, canals and architecture. Leonardo da Vinci liked to use two main types of techniques in his paintings; sfumato and chiaroscuro. Sfumato is a technique that artists use to make smoky overall haze effect to a painting using a lightly tainted varnish. Leonardo da Vinci liked to use this technique because dusk was his most favorite time of the day and during dusk usually came fog. The ot

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