Cuddliest artist in Vienna, panda's paintings go on sale

Giant Panda Yang Yang uses finger paint and a brush to create a picture at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

VIENNA (Reuters) - Vienna Zoo is luring visitors with a new attraction: a painting panda.

Yang Yang, a female that gave birth to twins two years ago, has learned to use a brush to paint small pictures, and 100 of them are being sold online for 490 euros ($560) each, to raise funds to produce a picture book about the Austrian zoo's pandas.

Yang Yang's abstract works are reminiscent of the first attempts of a small child - black splotches on white paper.

Giant Panda Yang Yang uses finger paint and a brush to create a picture at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

(Reporting by Heinz-Peter Bader, writing by Kirsti Knolle, editing by Robin Pomeroy)

Giant Panda Yang Yang holds a brush behind pictures it painted at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

Giant Panda Yang Yang uses finger paint and a brush to create a picture at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader