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Stained Glass WindowsTo work in stained glass is very difficult, but the students in Mr. Biondolillo's class did the next best thing. After learning the history of the medium, the students selected a pair of fictional enemies (one hero and one villain), and created window coverings on vellum paper. After first creating the frame out of black construction paper and mounting it to vellum, the students drew their characters and backgrounds in pencil, inked them, and colored the reverse side in colored pencil. The results may be difficult to see here, but when hung on the windows replicate a true stained glass effect. You wouldn't know it by how great they came, but this was the first project of the year. Still Life DrawingsThe students followed their "stained glass windows" with practice in one-point perspective, shading and drawing small objects and groups of objects in an effort to work their way up to drawing a still life. Two thematic, involved arrangements were made for each class, and the students photographed these in harsh lighting before cropping them and adapting them to their drawings. Landscape PaintingsThis project is a personal favorite of the teacher, Mr. Biondolillo, because the class trains for it by painting a landscape together, step by step. Once they've completed their class paintings, each student creates their own landscape painting in gouache paint on canvas panel, working from a photograph. There are many ways to make a good painting, and each student achieves that by bringing his or her individuality to it. Sketchbooks of da VinciDrawing human anatomy is one of the most important things an art student can learn. This may come naturally to some, but the truth is that as much as observation is important, there are also rules to drawing the face and the figure that everyone must learn. After spending several weeks practicing the canon of the face and figure, the class was introduced to the works of the great Leonardo da Vinci. It was explained that, while the artist is of unparalleled importance, that he got that way by practicing his whole life. The students are then tasked to create their own sketchbook page in sepia pencils. Each page was to contain three drawings - one of the face, one of the figure and one of an element one might find in da Vinci's work, such as an idea for an invention or a study of a flower. These drawings were then scribbled over in ink and painted with coffee to create an aged effect, as though they may have come from the Renaissance. Superhero Character DesignAfter making the switch to distance learning, Mr. Biondolillo introduced the class to their next assignment - character design. The students were tasked with imagining themselves as superheroes (or supervillains), and creating a costume and logo that symbolized the character. This work shows itself first in the concept art, and then in the turnaround views of the character. These were done with marker, paint, colored pencil or digitally, and were the first step in preparing them for their grand, final project. Fantasy Self-PortraitsEvery year, Mr. Biondolillo's sophomore fine arts class ends with a very personal project - for each student to paint a self-portrait as a famous fictional character of their choosing. While normally, this project is accomplished with gouache paint on canvas, because of the coronavirus pandemic, supplies became limited. Here you will see the self portraits in many formats, including drawing, painting, digital and colored pencils. Sophomores in Commercial Art spend a year exploring Commercial art production, jobs, industry, and different media. AnimationsHistoric Photos - RecreationsPerspective in PhotographyIllustrated MapSneaker DesignFood IllustrationSkyline ProjectIn their architecture unit, students learned about what makes an icon. They had to reimagine how they could create a building that would significantly alter a city skyline. Animation StoryboardOrganic Abstraction Geometric Abstraction Paraline Perspective The start of our journey in this course started our Mac Lab where students were introduced to Adobe Photoshop. This photo-manipulation program allowed the artists to redesign reality and trick the eye with visually altered images. Some of the first tools taught to them were basic editing tools, such as the Move, Marquees, Lassos and Wands. To practice them, they were asked to create a portrait, similar to Giuseppe Arcimboldo, using only fruits and vegetable images, This task may seem basic, but to join together the images together took time, patience and understanding of Photoshop. For this project, students were introduced to the basic tools of Adobe: Photoshop. Through the use of Selection Tools, (such as Marquees, Lassos, and Wands), Clone Stamps and Transformations and Adjustments, students combined various images from ALL four Seasons, (Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn.), into one unified scene. The transitions of the seasons should appear nearly flawless to the viewer. Students were challenged to use these basic tools to create a complicated image with many imaginative possibilities. For this project, students chose one masterpiece from a classical era of art history. Some of the artists chosen were Da Vinci, Michelangelo,Rapheal, Botticelli as well as a variety of others. Students challenged themselves in their second project through creative and critical thinking skills. Students had to make drastic changes to ‘MODERNIZE’ their paintings by adding in images from TODAY. Through various tools in Adobe: Photoshop, such as Selection Tools, Clone Stamp, Adjustments, Filters, Layers, Layer Masks, Layer Adjustments and various Transformations, students were able to adjust colors, textures and perspectives to trick the eye into believing the Master Painters originally added in these details. In this collection of images, students were asked to take an expressionistic self portrait photograph. Then, they had to think of a word and/or phrase to describe themselves. These words and phrases would be used to make up the entirety of their self portraits to the point where they original photograph is no longer necessary. Through Adobe: Photoshop, students learned to create their own Brushes made up of words/ phrases as well as use Paths to write along the outlines of their features. In the end, layers of words, one on top of another, were used to create form, and three-dimensional visualization. Students also used Filters and Color Adjustments to enhance their portraits. This challenged the students’ creativity and observational skills. Throughout the school year, the artists of Adv. Studio in Art Honors practice a variety of drawing techniques, such as working with value (shading) and color. They also practiced how to create strong compositions and how to develop creative ideas. Below are a series of drawing assignments and projects related to the more Fine Art aspect of this course. CONTRAST INITIALSBASIC SHAPE STILL LIFECRAYON STILL LIFE DRAWINGSIGN LANGUAGE HAND DRAWINGSCLASSICAL SELF PORTRAIT INTERPRETATIONSVISUAL JOURNALS & COLOR EXPLORATIONSStudents were asked to research cultural idols and artifacts like an archaeologist would search out for. Based on their research, they created their own adventures and designed a mythological idol and/or artifact.and to create their own unique version. Their drawings are done in a pen and ink process. Working with pen and ink can be time consuming and a lot of patience is required. Students first practiced with everyday pens to draw and shade with. This allowed them to get comfortable with the permanence of the medium. Then, through similar process they would with calligraphy pens and ink wells to create images full of shading and design work. Afterwards, we took out drawings and brought them to life in clay! The students took the initiative at home to create a three dimensional, in the round version of their two dimensional drawing. The likenesses wonderfully resemble their drawings. ILLUSTRATION DESIGNTowards the end of the year, students are introduced to Illustration Design. They are introduced to story-boards, layout designs and how to use traditional techniques like shading and color mixing with graphic design work. Each student created a unique and original story in which they had to express visually. Here are some wonderful examples of their creations! Enjoy! |
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