Reporting: What I learned about George Rodrigue and Jackson Pollock: Blue Dogs

One thing I learned during this project is that how to show value in our blue dog painting - Kensley 3rd Grade

One thing I learned during this project is that George Rodrigue painted the blue dog over and over in different backgrounds - Lee - 3rd Grade

One thing that I learned during this project is that George Rodrigue was inspired by his white dog Tiffany and the Loupe Garou - Abby - 3rd Grade

3rd Grade George Rodrigue and Jackson Pollock

3rd graders have been busy studying the lives and artworks of George Rodrigue and Jackson Pollock. They created a colorful oil pastel background with scratched designs for the background that is abstract like Pollock. Then they drew their own blue dog like Rodrigue, each dog with it's own theme.  

3rd grade Pollock/Rodrigue Dogs

3rd grade artists studied the art of Jackson Pollock as well as George Rodrigue. They learned that Jackson Pollock was an artist who loved to splatter and spill paint onto a huge canvas. They were inspired by his artwork and created a background for their dogs.

The also looked at the art of George Rodrigue. Rodrigue was famous for his Blue Dog. They looked at the ways that he used his blue dogs to communicate in his work. Our artists created their own themed blue dogs.