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I am a big fan of Leonardo Da Vinci. Well, I would say that everybody is.

Quicklinks:

My DaVinci Youtube Channel - DaVinci Book Reviews - The DaVinci musuem in Florence - Visual Dictionary of DaVinci's works

 

Did you know that over his lifetime Leonardo da Vinci painted less than 20 paintings? Yet, two of his paintings are possibly the most famous paintings in the world and of all time? (The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper)

 

My Youtube channel entitled "Cardboard da Vinci". It has lots of things about da Vinci and it has a whole lot of stuff about making things, tutorials, arts, crafts, and more. Be more creative! Be more da Vinci.

You can visit the channel on youtube right here: Cardboard da Vinci.

You can also watch all the videos without leaving this website right here: Cardboard da Vinci videos

 

 

Are you looking to make a da Vinci machine? Amazon has a whole lot of great kits covering a wide variety of his designs. I have a page on my website here: da Vinci inventions you can make

 

 

NEW Jan 2026: I give you the artwork. You print it up and put it on the face of a clock so you can have your very own Iconic vitruvian Man clock. Easy project - Make a Vitruvian Man clock

 

 

 

An analysis of da Vinci's Anunciation - It is one of da Vinci's earliest works. He completed it while he was an apprentice. It is a depiction that is drawn from Luke 1.26-39 where the Angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she would conceive miraculously and give birth to a son to be named Jesus and called "the Son of God" - Check out my analysis of this painting here: Analysis of the Anunciation

 

I visited the da Vinci museum in Florence Italy. And I have pictures and a video for you. This is a very interactive musuem which has a whole lot of Leonardo's machines that you can see built and even operate. A visit to the daVinci museum

 

 

 

 

A visual dictionary of Leonardo da Vinci's works - See his works and paintings. I have thumbnails and larger images you can enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

da Vinci's Earliest known work

A Dog and a Fish! This is accepted by Art Historians as a painting that da Vinci collaborated on. He was between the ages of 16 and 18 and he painted the dog and the fish! Get a closer look here: Tobias and the Angel

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews of various da Vinci books - da Vinci was profoundly prodigious in his output and in so many different ways. This scope of material has inspired a similarly large collection of books about him and his work.

 

 

 

da Vinci's Ball Bearing - He didn't invent the ball bearing but he was fascinated by them and developed them. And they are an extremely important part of the modern world. These little devices just work very hard, quietly doing their thing.

 

 

 

da Vinci on his death bed - Both a painting and an essay written in 1550 about da Vinci's death.

 

 

 

 

Deluge by da Vinci (Apocalypse drawing) -

 

 

 

 

We are living in difficult times. There are many challenges facing humanity. DaVinci knew the solution to these problems over 500 years ago. I show you his solution in this poignant little cardboard storyboard machine. Watch the video and learn the solution right here:
The DaVinci Solution

And you can make a wonderful little cardboard storytelling machine like this too.

 

Giorgio Vasari wrote a book entitled "The lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors, and architects in 1650 which is 31 years after da Vinci died. And I have the chapter about da Vinci right here: Davinci Biography from a 1650 book

This is an English translated version published between 1912 and 1914.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video I made of my trip to the Da Vinci Museum in Florence.



Wills youtube videos about Leonardo:



 

Interested in DaVinci's inventions? Would you like to make one? Many of them are available in kit form and are available on Amazon. I have a page of them right here: DaVinci's inventions you can make. (This takes you to my list of projects you can buy on Amazon)

 

 

We are living in troubled times. There are many challenges facing humanity. DaVinci knew the solution to these problems over 500 years ago. I show you his solution in this poignant little cardboard storyboard machine. Watch the video and learn the solution right here: The DaVinci Solution

And you can make a wonderful little cardboard storytelling machine like this too.

 

Medieval Paint

How to Make Medieval Paint like DaVinci did!

You use egg yolk to make something called egg tempera. Its how DaVinci did it! How to Make Medieval Egg Tempera Paint

 

 

DaVinci Catapult

The DaVinci Catapult

I show you step by step how to make this Leonardo DaVinci designed catapult. It is unique and different. And it uses an embroidery hoop for it's power. And if you don't have an embroidery hoop I give you the link so you can buy one cheap on amazon.