1. Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci Organization Name
and his flying machine

2. Leonardo da Vinci Lived from 1452-1519
Leonardo was born in a farmhouse in Italy near Vinci
His father and grandparents raised him
When he was 14 years old he studied under a well known artist of the time, Andrea del Verrocchio. Eventually, da Vinci became so good at painting that his teacher felt he could never paint as well as da Vinci.
Learning never exhausts the mind. -- Leonardo da Vinci

3. Growing as an Artist At 20 he was considered a master artist student
Leonardo da Vinci created some of the most famous pieces of art in the world
And at an early age his interests spanned from art, science, architecture and inventing. Today, the term “Renaissance Man” is used to describe a person with many abilities and interests, like Leonardo da Vinci.
“Lady with an Ermine”

4. High Renaissance
Pioneering use of chiaroscuro—a stark contrast between darkness and light that gave a three- dimensionality to his figures— and sfumato—a technique that makes soft borders around his figures which makes them look soft and smoky. 
As a perfectionist, da Vinci frequently didn’t complete paintings, or would paint over an image until he got it where he was okay with it.
“The Immortal Mortal”

5. One of the Most Famous Paintings
The "Mona Lisa" is a picture of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant.
The painting’s original Italian name—“La Gioconda”—supports the theory, but it’s far from certain. Some art historians believe the merchant commissioned the portrait to celebrate the pending birth of the couple’s next child, which means the subject could have been pregnant at the time of the painting.
“Mona Lisa”

6. Following the Artist Path
“The Last Supper”- 1498
He painted for popes and kings
Da Vinci viewed science and art as overlapping subjects rather than separate ones. He believed studying science made him a better artist. 
“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” -- Leonardo da Vinci

7. The Beauty in Sketches
Studied the human body to more accurately depict those gestures and movements, da Vinci began to seriously study anatomy and dissect human and animal bodies during the 1480s.

8. The Beauty in Sketches
His drawings of the heart and vascular system, organs and other bone and muscular structures are some of the first on human record.
Da Vinci frequently wrote backwards. It took a long time for researchers to realize that the words could be read when viewing them in a mirror.

9. Thinking Outside the Box
He drew ideas for musical instruments, war machines, calculators, boats, etc. Many of these plans were limited by the level of technology at the time.
Flight was of particular interest to da Vinci. He studied the flight of birds and created plans for flying machines that resemble hang gliders and helicopters.
Many of Leonardo da Vinci’s machines have since been built and tested, to varying levels of success.

10. Da Vinci’s Interest in Flying
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11. Ideas
Using his inventive mind, da Vinci sketched an armored tank propelled by two men cranking a shaft and even an enormous crossbow that required a small army of men to operate.

12. A True Renaissance Man
Although da Vinci is known for his artistic abilities, fewer than two-dozen paintings made by him exist. One reason is that his interests were so varied that he wasn’t a prolific painter.
For centuries afterward, however, thousands of pages from his private journals with notes, drawings, observations and scientific theories have surfaced and provided a fuller measure of a true “Renaissance man.”

13. Todays Project Expect a lot of erasing! Materials: Name on your paper
Pencil
Eraser
Brown Colored Pencil
Glue Stick
Tissue Paper
Hand Wipes
Name on your paper
Expect a lot of erasing!
Be Patient
You are going to get sticky
You’re going to create your own masterpiece

14. Steps 1, 2, 3 Put Your Name on Your Paper! Step One Step Two
Step Three

15. Steps 4, 5, 6
Step Four
Step Five
Step Six

16. Steps 7, 8, 9
Step Seven
Step Eight
Step Nine

17. Step 10 – Colored Pencil
Use the colored pencil to color in the wood. Color light in certain areas and dark in others. Use your regular pencil too for the gray.

18. Step 11 – Gluing Add glue to a small section of the helicopter blade.
Add little bits of tissue over the glue. They can be scrunched to add texture or flat. Use the end of the pencil to push it down.

19. Step 11 – Gluing Use different colors of tissue to the sections.
Be creative to make it your own.

20. Great Job!
I can’t wait to see your results.
See you next time!

21. References
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