Portfolio Prep

Mrs. Conklin

Portfolio Prep is an art course designed to teach students how to think and make work like an artist! Students in this class create works for their Senior Art Show and college portfolios.

Be sure to check out the amazing work of Portfolio Prep's Senior Art Majors: Click on each student's name to go directly to their pages.

Lisa Conklin, Olivia Friedman, Jason Jean, Jessica Kiesel, Omar Lawrence, Colin McHugh and Cat Mednick on their Senior Art Major pages!!

Scroll down to see what our Junior Portfolio Prep Students have been creating!

Cardboard Portraits

Lilianna Kehnle | grade 11 | 10.5" x 9" x 2.5’" | cardboard and hot glue

Makayla Thuesday | grade 10 | 9" x9" | oil pastels, color pencil, tape, cardboard, hot glue, and ebony pencil

Creative Flow

Portfolio Prep students were encouraged to explore their creativity through exploration of media and methods.

Lilianna Kehnle | grade 11

Use 12 different media/ compositions to portray 1 item

B. Jacobsen | grade 11 | marker

Continuous contour line drawing

Lilianna Kehnle | grade 11 | coffee on paper

Unconventional materials exploration

Makayla Thuesday | grade 11 | toilet paper, paper towels, candle wax, watercolor, tape, and pens, on black cardboard

Makayla Thuesday | grade 11 | 8" w x 6" long: scented candle wax, non scented candle wax, paper towels, toilet tissue, water color paint, and a little fire

Makayla Thuesday | grade 11 | 8 inches long: eyelash glue, glow in the dark sequins, paper towel, toilet tissue, non scented candle wax, water color, nail gems, and fire