Teaching Portfolio — Ella Mahoney

Tenets of Practice

10th Grade Visual Arts: The Clinton School

Students spent a 5 weeks practicing drawing and painting bones from observation with a variety of media.

For the final assessment they composed and photographed their own vanitas and then chose a drawing or painting media to complete an observational still life with.

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Pratt Institute: Saturday Art School, Grades 9-12: Watercolor Paintings

9th Grade Art and Design- Paper Sculpture and Observational Drawing

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IB Visual Arts Sketchbook and Process Work- 11th & 12th Grade

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LaGuardia High School, Grades 11-12: Digital Double Exposure

Second Grade, Collage

Second Grade, Collage

Second Grade, Collage

Second Grade, Collage

Third Grade, Oil Pastel Self Portrait with Collage Background

Third Grade, Oil Pastel Self Portrait with Collage Background

First Grade, Collage

First Grade, Collage

Second Grade, Imaginary Animal Painting

Second Grade, Imaginary Animal Painting

First Grade, Watercolor Sea Creatures

First Grade, Watercolor Sea Creatures

First Grade, Music Paintings

First Grade, Music Paintings

Fourth Grade, Oil Pastel City

Fourth Grade, Oil Pastel City

Fourth Grade, Oil Pastel Imaginary City

Fourth Grade, Oil Pastel Imaginary City

First Grade, Oil Pastel Self Portraits

First Grade, Oil Pastel Self Portraits

5th Grade, Oil Pastel

5th Grade, Oil Pastel

5th Grade, Oil Pastel

5th Grade, Oil Pastel

5th Grade, Oil Pastel

5th Grade, Oil Pastel

Third Grade, Clay Sculpture

Third Grade, Clay Sculpture

Third Grade, Clay Sculpture

Third Grade, Clay Sculpture

Third Grade, Clay Sculpture

Third Grade, Clay Sculpture

5th Grade, Model Magic Sculpture

5th Grade, Model Magic Sculpture

Second Grade, Collage

Second Grade, Collage

Third Grade, Oil Pastel Self Portrait with Collage Background

First Grade, Collage

Second Grade, Imaginary Animal Painting

First Grade, Watercolor Sea Creatures

First Grade, Music Paintings

Fourth Grade, Oil Pastel City

Fourth Grade, Oil Pastel Imaginary City

First Grade, Oil Pastel Self Portraits

Third Grade, Clay Sculpture

Third Grade, Clay Sculpture

Studio in a School, Grades 1-4

Second Grade, Class Special Project, PS 152X

Second Grade, Class Special Project, PS 152X

Pratt Saturday Art School Exhibit

Pratt Saturday Art School Exhibit

Final Exhibition, PS 152X

Final Exhibition, PS 152X

Third Grade Students Working on a Large Scale Collage City, PS 152X

Third Grade Students Working on a Large Scale Collage City, PS 152X

Fifth Grade Animal Portrait Exhibition, PS 49Q

Fifth Grade Animal Portrait Exhibition, PS 49Q

Students practicing color mixing, PS 152X

Students practicing color mixing, PS 152X

Fifth Grade Animal Portrait Exhibition, PS 49Q

Fifth Grade Animal Portrait Exhibition, PS 49Q

Third Grade reflecting on oil pastel drawings, PS 152X

Third Grade reflecting on oil pastel drawings, PS 152X

Third Grade reflecting on oil pastel drawings, PS 152X

Third Grade reflecting on oil pastel drawings, PS 152X

Second Grade, Class Special Project, PS 152X

Pratt Saturday Art School Exhibit

Fifth Grade Animal Portrait Exhibition, PS 49Q

Students practicing color mixing, PS 152X

Fifth Grade Animal Portrait Exhibition, PS 49Q

Third Grade reflecting on oil pastel drawings, PS 152X

Third Grade reflecting on oil pastel drawings, PS 152X

Final exhibitions and students working.