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It's a Work In Progress!

Our mixed 7th and 8th Grade classes hard at work on Steampunk Animals. The degree of detail and absolutely beautiful drawing skills are amazing. We are so proud of them!



6th Grade finished up some paper sculpture names, working on rendering and balancing. Alexander Calder was our inspiration for this small project. If the sculpture stood up on its own, it was a success!







Third Grade is working on a Jasper Johns-inspired watercolor resist. Jasper Johns thought letters, numbers and other ordinary objects should be used in art. The focus is on warm and cool colors.









Second Grade is Making a "Draw-To-Fit" Name artwork based on the shape of a fish. This teaches drawing coordination and use of Space, an important element of art.

What's Coming Up in TCDS ART!

Welcome to a busy new year in the Art Studio! You will begin to see process photos and some finished work this week on our current projects. With fresh project designs and limitless student creativity, Mrs. Paradis and Mrs. Phelps are looking forward to a beautiful year. Before photos, here are some behind-the-scenes things we want you to be aware of:

First, we're preparing a presentation for you for Curriculum Night, August 31 and September 1. It will be about standards and what kids can expect to learn, and hopefully answer the question "What do they DO in that Art Room anyway? Please join us at 5PM, 5:30PM or 6PM to get an up close look at everything from prep through project in the Art Studio.

Second, we are helping students prepare information for you for Conferences, so your students can lead you through a comprehensive picture of their school accomplishments.

Third, we are participating in a school-wide, organized program of cross-curricular project design, so that teachers can strengthen core academic classes by adding art components. This is a work in progress that will be happening throughout the year.

Finally, we are just beginning to talk as a Specialist Team about the Go Live Special Event at the end of the year. It's a school community event to showcase every student's accomplishments in Art, Music, Sports, Tech, Spanish and some of our exciting Clubs. It will be held on May 7th this year, so plan ahead!

Current Project- August 17, 2015

Current Projects:

2^nd Grade: NAME FISH

3^rd Grade: JASPER JOHNS

4^th Grade: ZENTANGLE INTIAL

5^th Grade: ME TREE

6^th Grade: Ms. Phelps: HANDFUL OF WORDS

                    Ms. Paradis: NAME SCULPTURE

7^th Grade: Ms. Phelps: STEAMPUNK ANIMALS

                    Ms. Paradis: “TREE OF WE” POSTER

8^th Grade: Ms. Phelps: STEAMPUNK ANIMALS

                   Ms. Paradis: “TREE OF WE” POSTER

Welcome to ART at TCDS 2015-2016

Welcome To Art!

2015-2016

TCDS Studio Art includes 2^nd through 8^th grade in a rich curriculum that includes Art History, drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking, and multicultural studies.

Early elementary Art studies focus on introduction to different media, imagination, and the process of making art. Grades reflect effort and improvement of skills. Later elementary grades continue with more challenging assignments to extend their use of media and knowledge of world art. We begin to focus on past and contemporary artists to learn from a variety of styles while expressing students’ own original ideas.

Middle school Students have increasingly advanced challenges with more complex media and use of specialized tools. We design assignments from art history and students use what they have learned from other artists to build their own unique styles.

Assignments support the National Core Art Standards. The Art Department challenges students on an individualized basis. By nature Art is highly differentiated among students and should reflect their viewpoints and individual imaginations. To grade a student’s work, we use a variety of assessments that include the process of creating art and the effort shown, in addition to the final outcome.  

The TCDS Art Department is led by two teachers, Mrs. Kala Phelps and Mrs. Jean Paradis. Mrs. Phelps teaches on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Paradis teaches on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Please feel free to email your child’s art teacher with any questions.

Thank you, and we are looking forward to seeing all our new and returning students! Don’t forget to visit our blog weekly to see pictures of what your children are creating. http://tcdsartdepartment.blogspot.com/  or you can link from our eplanner.

Please “like” our Facebook page Tucson Country Day School Art Department!

We are looking forward to a brilliant new school year!

 

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kala Phelps                         Mrs. Jean Paradis

kphelps@tcdcharterschool.com     jparadis@tcdcharterschool.com

2nd grade oil pastel bugs!

Bugs!!

Pima County Fair

Wow! This year we showed over 700 pieces and won 4 best in class ribbons. It is always wonderful to see all the art fill the Old Pubelo building. We have such talent at TCDS! Happy art making! -Mrs. Phelps 

Enjoy a few pictures!

6th grade radial color theory paintings

7th grade ceramic tiles

GO LIVE @ TCDS

GO LIVE at TCDS

7th & 8th grade Shadow Play

Valentines for Veterans

 

 

 

Reaching out to some of our most valued  community members, 5th grade and middle school students put their heads, hands and literally hearts together to send to the Veteran's Administration. One friend of our school reported that the display was beautiful. We think our students are beautiful for they way they wanted to honor our vets. 

Eric Carle Collage

  

 

 

 

Wow--what an amazing project for second grade! So many steps, planning and making in this art project. We learned about and copies Eric Carle's process and you can see how beautiful the outcome is. 

Interior Worlds

 

 

 

 Our mixed 7th and 8th grade students are truly advanced in skill and imagination. They imagined a world they could keep in a jar and painstakingly drew these surrealistic scenes.