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Students learn super lesson in math and science
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Jerry DeCaire demonstrated to the students how he drew different superheroes. DeCaire showed his old drawings and also drew new ones for the students.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students' names were picked randomly to win one of Jerry DeCaire's pictures. Pictured, from left are Brody Gensler, who won Wolverine; Sydney Bressler, who won Batman; Emma Puhl, who won Superman, and Bryan Minehart, who won the Flash.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students of Poland Union gathered to watch Jerry DeCaire, a professional comic book illustrator, put on a presentation about using math and science to draw Superheroes on March 2.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Poland Union students welcomed comic book illustrator, Jerry DeCaire, to their school on March 2.
DeCaire has worked for Marvel, and is currently working freelance and creating his own work. He travels around the country to give presentations to students about how every superhero he draws uses math and science.
DeCaire began by speaking to the students about the different superheroes he illustrates. He talked about his background and that he graduated college with a Bachelors of Science, studying biology, art and education.
DeCaire put an emphasis on the three P’s: perspective, proportion and physique.
“These are three things that every artist must know to draw a superhero,” said DeCaire.
After DeCaire showed the students characters that he had drawn prior to his presentation, he sat down and started drawing different superheroes and had the students guess who he was drawing.
Before the presentation started, some of the students names were randomly drawn to win the different drawings from DeCaire. Among the characters drawn were Batman, Superman, Wolverine and The Flash. Four lucky students got to take those pictures home.
DeCaire wanted to show that what students learn in school is important and that they will use it in their work after they finish school. Any job requires the knowledge of subjects that are taught in school, no matter what grade.
“No matter how old I get, I am still enthusiastic about this stuff. I really am, I love it,” said DeCaire.