Digital Pointillist LandscapesAfter studying the history of the pointillism medium and the famous artists who pioneered it, the students made their own landscape paintings in the technique. Unlike Georges Seurat, Paul Signac and Maximillien Luce, who used paint on canvas, the students in Mr. Biondolillo's class made their paintings digitally, on an iPad app called Paper by 53. Some students painted places that they knew, some painted landscapes from a movie, and others created a scene all their own, each one made by grouping hundreds of small, colorful dots.. Grid PortraitsWhat began with a lesson on caricatures folded into learning about some of the great portrait artists in history. The students surveyed the different techniques and styles of artists like Frida Khalo, Leonardo Da Vinci and Marc Chagall before making their own portrait drawings in a technique made famous by Chuck Close. The students divided up a sheet of paper into a grid, drew the same grid over a photograph and copied the contents of each box one at at time. Art Nouveau TilesThis project is so popular that it is taught to all freshmen at St. Francis Prep. After learning the history of the art nouveau movement, the students are tasked with creating paintings on tiles the go with the themes and styles of that period. Some students chose to use all four tiles to create one image, some chose to spread two images over two tiles, and others chose to paint a different image on each one. Acrylic on ceramic tiles. 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. Comic Book CoversAs a natural followup to the superhero character design, it was time to place those characters in a world of their own. Students learned about the components of a comic book cover, including a dynamic title and a publishing box featuring the character's unique logo. Many students chose to add story elements to their covers, while other let the characters speak for themselves. These were done with marker, colored pencil, paint or digitally.
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