When visitors step into the Louvre, most make a beeline for one small painting. It isn’t the largest, most colorful, or even the most technically complex artwork there. Yet, the Mona Lisa commands ...

After 28 months, Vincenzo Perugia was arrested for the theft of the Mona Lisa. Shown here is the transfer of the painting from the Italian Ministry of Public Instruction to France. Bettmann / Corbis ...

This challenge recreates the Mona Lisa using alcohol markers, starting with base colours and building shadows through careful blending. Fine details prove difficult, so texture techniques are used to ...