Meet the Instructor - Dan Fione

As we start the registration for our classes at the North Penn School Districts Continuing Education Program, we thought you might like to Meet The Instructor. Today we focus on our Drawing Class Instructor, Mr. Dan Fione. Dan has been a freelance Illustrator for over 35 years. after High School he attended York Academy of Arts and his major was Illustration. After active duty with the U.S. Army. his first job was with Philco Ford as their staff illustrator while he attended classes at the Philadelphia College of Art, once again majoring in Illustration. Since then Dan has held a staff illustration at Research for Better Schools, Lit Brothers Department Store, and IAI Advertising. Leaving the last staff illustrator position he began his own freelance illustration career, starting out by creating pen and ink illustrations for advertising and publishing clients.

During his career as a freelance illustrator he has created many color illustrations using a variety of medium; pen and ink with color washes, pastel, airbrush and gouache, and acrylic paint. These mediums were used in a variety of techniques covering a myriad of subject matters and clients. Such a paleo art (dinosaur art) for National Geographic Books, poster art for the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C., Limited edition art for the Hello Columbus Foundation; a 25 foot mural for the Gold Star Mothers of Philadelphia and military historical projects for the National Parks Services in New York and Georgia. Dan has created other color work as cover art and text illustration for publishers, industry and pharmaceutical companies. His drawings and paintings have been published through out the United States, Japan, Australia, India and Europe.

Dan has been teaching drawing classes since he was an assistant instructor at York Academy. Since then he has been teaching drawing and illustration courses at Hussian School of Art,  the Art Institute of Philadelphia, Antonelli Institute and Continuing Education classes at Souderton and North Penn school districts.

Dan will be instructing a total of three different classes. One is held for students 18 and up on Monday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  The other two are on Saturdays starting with grades 2-4 where you will learn the basics of drawing including line, form, contrast, and perspective. Media will include pencil, charcoal, pastel and more. Recommended at least one prior class in multi-media art. The second class is for grades 5 - 12 where you will review basic drawing concepts, then learn to develop and refine these skills using pencil, charcoal, pastel and more. Recommended at least one prior class in multi-media art.

For more information on the Drawing Classes or other art classes offered by the North Penn Arts Alliance, please visit us at www.northpennarts.org/images/spring2014.pdf

To register for the classes please visit www.northpenncep.org

We will be introducing our other instructors throughout the month of February.