1. LEONARDO DA VINCI By: Meladia Blundell

2. WHEN I WAS BORN I was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy

3. MY CHILDHOOD I spent my first five years at Hamlet of Anchiano in the home of my mother. In 1457 I lived in the household of my father, grandparents and uncle, Francesco. In a small town named Vinci. My father married a sixteen-years-old girl whose name was Albiera. And she loved me but she died young unfortunately. When I was young a kite dropped from the sky and hovered over my cradle, it’s feathers brushing my face. And I had an obsession with devising a machine for flying.

4. MY EARLY LIFE I, Leonardo da Vinci, spent most of my time with my father’s family at Vinci. I developed interest in nature and precocious display of artistic talent. I spent most of my time without parents. I was outside for most of the time observing nature and sketching some of it.

5. WHAT I STUDIED When I was 17, I went to become an apprentice of painting. I studied the nature around me. And I also drew a lot of plants and other things in the world. I had some famous artwork like Mona Lisa that I made in 1517 and The Last Supper in 1498. Mona Lisa The Last Supper

6. WHAT SCHOOL DID I GO TO I never attended public school I was raised by my single father.

7. MY FAMILY I never got married because I painted. I didn’t have any brothers or sisters.

8. MY FRIENDS My friend’s name was Andrea del Verrocchio, who ran one of the largest artists’ workshop in Florence. Andrea del Verrocchio

9. FACTS ABOUT LEONARDO -I drew a plans for the first armored car in 1485 -I never got married or had children -I was famous for the way he used light in his portraits

10. WHY I CHOSE LEONARDO DA VINCI? I chose Leonardo da Vinci because I love drawing and he drew. And it inspires me to do it more.

11. DID YOU KNOW? That My most Famous Paintings are the last supper and Mona Lisa. The Last Supper Mona Lisa

12. DID YOU KNOW? -I was one of the first Italians to use oil paint. -I was left-handed

13. MY DEATH I died on May 2,1519 in Amboise, France.

14. BIBLIOGRAPHY http://www.davinciposter.com/index_files/Page1119.htm http://www.leonardo-da-vinci.ch/science http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/davinci/section1.rhtml http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/people/leonardo-da- vinci-early-life-work:-vinci-florence.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci

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