Mona Lisa in MS Paint

Leonardo Da Vinci spent years to finish the grand painting, Mona Lisa.
However, in this generation, people also could use several hours to paint a Mona Lisa.




[Source from: How to paint the MONA LISA with MS PAINT by EclecticAsylumArt]

Mona Lisa

蒙娜麗莎

Mona Lisa(Italian: La Gioconda, French:La Joconde)
Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–1506
Oil on poplar
77 × 53 cm, 30 × 21 in
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo.

The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic.The ambiguity of the sitter's expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting's continuing fascination.Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing and parody.

[Source: Wikipedia]

As I said before, everyone knows Mona Lisa is famous but why? Let's see the secret. He create and apply two special drawing methods, chiaroscuro(輪廓模糊法 or 暈塗法) and sfumato (空氣遠近法) to Mona Lisa.

1. First, the living hands of Mona Lisa, Da Cinci uses the chiaroscuro to show the plump hands, the light and shadow constructs the shape of hands, soft and beauty.

2. For many years, people are all guessing what is Mona Lisa smiling for, no one knows, and this is exactly what the smile famouses for. It is reported that Da Vinci is playing music in the painting studio while drawing in order to keep her in a happy mood.

The method of chiaroscuro also makes the shape of her face very soft and natural. The most attractive point is her smile which is drawn with extended shadow, it gives us a large room of imagination.

3. The background is drawn by sfumato. Da Vinci considers that the far view of mountain will be dim under the affection of air and light. The misty background puts all the attention on Mona Lisa.

Refferences and further readings:

Mona Lisa, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Mona Lisa Mania, from Mona Lisa Mania - 29173 Northwestern Hwy - Southfield

陳彬彬, (2008), 從零開始圖解西洋名畫, 台灣:晨星出版有限公司