Explore Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works like the Mona ... Leonardo began by doing the cartoon - a full-scale drawing on paper. He pricked the outlines and rubbed with a pouncing bag while ...

These high Renaissance caricaturesque drawings are a far cry from the expected pristine beauty of da Vinci’s work that we have become accustomed to. Leonardo ... of brown paper using brown ...

A singular genius of infinite curiosity, Leonardo da Vinci left behind masterpieces ... the artist starts with a full-scale drawing on paper, called a cartoon. They prick holes in the cartoon ...