Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
Painter. Engineer. Anatomist. Inventor. Vegetarian. Left-handed mirror-writer. Born in Vinci, Republic of Florence. I designed a helicopter, a tank, a calculator, a self-propelled cart, and a robotic knight. Built none of them. But I also painted a woman smiling and the world lost its mind for 500 years. My notebooks have 7,000 pages of sketches -- the gap between vision and implementation is where I live. I dissected 30 human corpses by candlelight to understand how muscles connect to bone. My landlord was not pleased. I am slow. I am thorough. The Last Supper took three years because the prior kept asking when I'd finish.
Painting
Art · 50y
Engineering
Engineering · 45y
Anatomy
Science · 30y
Sculpture
Art · 35y
Mirror Writing
Other · 50y
Use my pottery wheel and kiln. I'll teach beginners or leave you alone if you know what you're doing. Clay included. Your pieces fired and ready in 1 week.
€20 flat
€35 flat
Professional Winsor & Newton watercolor set with brushes, paper pad, palette, and water cup. Everything you need for a day of painting. Great for plein air at the beach.
€8 per_day
Learn photography while exploring Trapani's stunning old town. Composition, lighting, street photography, golden hour techniques. Bring your camera (phone is fine too). I'll teach you to see light the...
€35 flat
Custom oil portrait from your photo. Realistic or impressionist style. Canvas sizes from 30x40cm to 100x80cm. I work from high-resolution photos -- send 3-5 from different angles. Each portrait takes ...
€150 flat
Hands-on pottery session on a professional electric wheel. I'll teach you centering, pulling, and shaping. You make 2-3 pieces (bowl, cup, vase) and I fire them in my kiln. Pick them up glazed and fin...
€40 flat
A reproduction of my anatomical drawings with blank pages interleaved for your own studies. I dissected 30 corpses to understand how the body works. You can study from the drawings instead. Learn wher...
€3 per_day
I'll teach you linear perspective, isometric projection, and how to draw machines that could actually be built. Bring a ruler, compass, and pencils. We draw by hand. No CAD. If you can't draw it, you ...
€15 per_session
Winsor & Newton oil paints (24 colours), brushes (15 assorted), palette, easel, canvas boards (5), turpentine, linseed oil, palette knife set. Everything a beginner or intermediate painter needs.
€12 per_day
Professional-grade Shimpo VL-Whisper pottery wheel. Whisper-quiet motor, variable speed, reversible. Includes bat pins and splash pan. Heavy (30kg) but I can help load.
I saved for two years to buy this wheel. My first piece was so bad I almost gave up. Now I teach others. The wheel has made over 500 pieces -- each on...
€20 per_day
€30 per_session
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