If you dream of becoming the latest Picasso or fancy brushing up on your artistic skills, now’s your chance as the Nintendo DS Touch Screen transforms into your very own canvas. Art Academy training gives both budding and experienced artists simple and creative tips and tricks to improve, enhance and even learn how to draw and paint. Whatever your ability, you’ll find the step-by-step approach to lessons easy to follow. Art Academy offers lessons and art materials to get you started on your initial artistic journey, as well as more advanced art courses for those more adventurous artists wanting to take their art to the next level. The helpful tutor, Vince, is on hand to show you how to use the art materials and what to draw, as well as teaching you art theory and techniques to explore independently. Some lessons are inspired by work from famous artists such as Albrecht Dürer (German), Paul Cézanne (French), Leonardo da Vinci (Italian), Jan van Huysum (Dutch), John Constable (English) and many more to get your creative juices flowing. Game Features Discover creative and fun ways to improve and enhance your artistic skills and even learn how to draw and paint. Accessible portable art course for everyone, each lesson has a step by step approach Use the Touch Screen to paint or draw with realistic behaving paints and pencils Save creations on to the cartridge and use the slide show feature to view them Use the Free Paint to create original pieces, take pictures using Nintendo DSi cameras to use as reference.