The Mona Minion

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There is a post over at the Drawn! website featuring other artist's versions of the Mona Lisa. Here's my own interpretation... I drew her a little younger tha

Lego Mona Lisa Phone Wallpaper

Students listen to a Great Big Story video describing how the Mona Lisa got to be so famous. Fill in the blanks. Also, additional task activity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_DRNbpsU3Q

Mona Lisa, the precious legacy of Leonardo da Vinci, represents a zenith of methodological innovations in painting. How the painter managed to obtain such delicacy of the tonal transitions still occupies the mind of contemporary art researchers. Based on published results of scientific analyses performed on the painting and relying on historical sources, a copy of the painting was made using materials that were identical or at least equivalent to the ones Leonardo used. This paper is an…

Since the 1960s, the Etch-a-Sketch has been a toy staple for almost every child who has grown up in America. Those more familiar with the line of Etch-a-Sketches know that other versions have come out such as the Animator in 1986, a digital Etch-a-Sketch capable of storing 12 pictures; the Animator 2000 in 1988, which added computer games; the Etch-a-Sketch Color in 1993, which made six colors available for etching and sketching; and the Etch-A-Sketch Plug and Play Drawing System, where…

1503 is not only the year that Leonardo da Vinci began painting the most famous portrait in the world, it's also the exact number of pieces in this LEGO building kit masterpiece.