K-12 Art Teacher

JILL RENDA

I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED ART

AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Gilgo Beach at Sunset

White Stone Home Interior

Perspective Rendered in Marker and a Floor Plan Rendered in Photoshop

THIS LOVE LED ME TO

INTERIOR DESIGN

PRESENTATIONS ARE A BIG PART

OF INTERIOR DESIGN

From designing

the interiors of

homes to

designing the

interiors of

private jets

COLOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN A

PASSION OF MINE

MONOCHROMATIC COLOR STUDY

USING COLOR CARDS

MANGO COLOR STUDY USING GOUACHE PAINT

ROSE DETAIL USING

GOUACHE PAINT

POINTILLISM

ACRYLIC PAINT

CHERRY TREE

ACRYLIC PAINT

CEZZANE REPRODUCTION

ACRYLIC PAINT

BALLET SLIPPERS

ACRYLIC PAINT

ROBINS EGGS

OIL PAINT

CONTE CRAYON DRAWINGS

OIL PASTELS AND SOFT PASTELS

MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE

CHARCOAL DRAWINGS

Simon Cowel in his signature grey tee shirt

CELL-U-CLAY PUPPET

CHILDRENS’ FURNITURE

INSPIRED ME ALONG THE WAY!

CHAIRS PAINTED FROM

CHILDRENS’ BOOKS

I ENTERED ART FESTIVALS

I REALIZED A LOVE FOR

CERAMICS

I PAINTED SEASONAL MURALS

FOR A LOCAL DELI

WORKING WITH KIDS CHANGED

MY LIFE!

THIS WORK BEGAN WITH

SUMMER CAMP!

MANHASSET AFTERSCHOOL

XPERIENCE WAS A LOT OF FUN!

Together we made animals from recycled material, puppets and haunted

houses from paper bags!

THEN I WAS OFFERED A JOB IN

EARLY CHILDHOOD!

LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS

OH MY…

BEAR CAVE FOR HIBERNATION

BIRDS AND NESTS

BULLETIN BOARDS!

“Rainbow Garden”

“Chicka Chicka Boom Boom”

Polar Animals “The Runaway Bunny”

BULLETIN BOARDS

HALL DISPLAYS

Winter Landscapes using torn paper 3 & 4 yr olds

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

KINDERGARTEN-1ST GRADE

A Pumpkin in his environment with border

2ND GRADE STUDENT WORK

Jack-o-lanterns at night using Watercolor

2ND GRADE STUDENT WORK

Torn Paper Collage

3RD-4TH GRADE STUDENT WORK

Fall tree in oil pastels

and tempera paint

WE LEARNED TO DRAW THE

TREES FROM OBSERVATION

4TH-5TH GRADE STUDENT WORK

Self portraits

using

colored pencil.

Blind Contour

Portraits are

always fun!

SECONDARY SCHOOL

6TH GRADE STUDENT WORK

Pop art self

portrait using

tempera paint

on Acetate

sheets

9TH GRADE STUDENT WORK

Charcoal

self portrait

MOST RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN

INSPIRED TO CREATE ART

JOURNALS

MIXED MEDIA

DRAWINGS AND POETRY

AND DESIGNS FOR A MURAL IN

MANHATTAN

A RESTAURANT OWNER’S

JOURNEY TO NEW YORK

I FEEL AT HOME IN THE

CLASSROOM

THANK YOU FOR VIEWING MY

PORTFOLIO