4th Graders finished their beautiful pop art dog portraits. We call it "Pup Art".
See the gallery of images here on Artsonia. This lesson became quite a sensation a couple years back when one student made a
Brilliant Mistake. See the videos below to learn about Shark Dog.
Two years ago I did this Pup Art project with 4th graders as well. An incredible thing happened during this lesson that taught us all a new lesson. Find out more in the Story of Shark Dog Video and the Shark Dog video below.
Three 5th graders stopped in before lunch today to give me a gift in the form of this serenade.
Thank you girls for all the years you shared your talents with me in art class and now for sharing your musical talents with me in this sweet song.
First Place Winners (custom t-shirt):
Michael K. 4-4
Alexis E. 5-4
Jai G. 2-3
Second Place Winners (free family pass to the Art Institute of Chicago):
Evan T. K-2
Maggie W. K-1
Peter G. 3-2
Sylvia M. MA2
Dryden's School's participation on Artsonia has ranked it #1 in the state of Illinois and we are currently #8 in the USA (out of over 5000 art galleries across the country!!)Thanks so much Dryden Artists and families for showing so much support for Art Education!View our gallery here.
This is our 6th year of burning digital portfolios in art class with our graduating 5th graders. I have a working portfolio for every student at Dryden on my harddrive that I add to each time we have a finished piece of art, video, or random snapshot. Students are always surprised to see the things that I've saved for them over the years. They each get a CD with their artwork and a shared folder that has anything from field trip pictures to snapshots from the first day of school in kindergarten.
Our portfolio envelop has a feedback form. Students who show their discs to their families, sign the form, & return it by next art class will be entered into a raffle for great prizes.
 Looking at her Kindergarten wear-a-bow art. |  Looking at her paper crane for Japan |
 Looking at his Kindergarten self-portrait. |  Looking at the picture used for iPod graphic |
 Our 5th graders as they looked on the first day of Kindergarten |  Here is Kayley as a first grader working on her Monochromatic fish painting. |
We use
ARTSONIA as our online digital art gallery. This allows students to see their growth and learning over time before our Digital Portfolio Burning Day.
Learn more about digital portfolios from our Fugleflick video below:
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