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.
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