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In my first version of working with this idea I was trying to do something with concentric circles of blue around the man using Corel Painter. I didn't like the result and decided to go back to incorporating the full drawing.

I drew an outline of the man using the trace feature, filled it with water, then used a layer mask to remove the water from the head.

I wanted to use a handwriting font for the quote. I discoverd there is a daVinci font out there, but it wasn't a free download. Instead I used something I already had called Chiller and applied a Photoshop default style to it. I like the ability to move back and forth between Painter and Photoshop.

There is a wonderful book by Michael J. Gelb, called How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day. He elaborates on the seven principles he categorized: Curiosita (an insatiably curious approach to life and an unrelenting quest for continuous learning), Dimostrazione A commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence, and a willingness to learn from mistakes), Sensazione (The continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to enliven experience), Sfumato (literally "Going up in smoke"--A willingness to embrace abiguity, p=aradox, and uncertainty), Art/Scienze (The development of the balance between sicence and art, logic and imagination. "Whole-brain" thinking.), Corporalita (The cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness, and poise", Connessione (A recognition of all things and phenomena. Systems thinking).