Leonardo da Vinci

Imagine a person who could paint like a wizard, build like an engineer, and study the human body like a scientist — all at once! That person was Leonardo da Vinci. He lived in Italy during the Renaissance (1452–1519) and is best known for painting the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

But today we'll focus on Leonardo's real superpower: curiosity. He filled notebooks with drawings that mixed art and science, always asking how things work and how to make them better.

Leonardo painted faces with tiny, invisible brushstrokes so they looked alive and mysterious. He carefully studied people and animals, dissected corpses to draw muscles and bones, and made precise anatomical sketches that helped medicine. He also sketched inventions long before they existed: designs for flying machines, a parachute, armored vehicles, and a mechanical knight.

Most of his machines were never built in his lifetime, but his ideas showed a new way to think: observe closely, draw clearly, and test ideas. That way of mixing art, science, and hands-on tinkering changed how people learned and created for centuries.

Today Leonardo's notebooks still inspire artists, engineers, and curious kids. So here's the big idea: stay curious, draw your questions, and try to build answers — because a single curious mind can change the world, just like Leonardo.