Mrs. Teckchandani
Working on Art from Home
Hello Honeybee family! Hopefully everyone has found some kind of new normal for now and is safe and healthy. Remember art is a great way to stay centered and connected with your own thoughts and emotions. I highly encourage all students to find time to be creative along with the other learning continuing to happen. There is no need to go buy any special materials and if students are working on independent projects, please post here and I will enter extra credit. Assignment choices provided are in the file link below. Miss you all and hope all is well.
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Welcome to our Art Program
Dear Shoesmith Family,
I’m looking forward to starting our new school year with our scholar-artists. My name is Mrs. Teckchandani (Tek-CHAN-dani) but everyone calls me Mrs. T, and this will be my sixth year teaching.
A little bit about me – I have a Bachelor’s Degree from Columbia College where I studied Fine Arts. Printmaking and painting are my favorite mediums to work in. I also earned my Masters Degree in Elementary Education from Columbia and am Endorsed to teach Art, Science and Social Studies. When I’m not at work I’m probably spending time with my family which includes my husband and our first grade daughter and pre-k son. We love walking around, relaxing and hunting for snacks :)
In my second year teaching art here at Shoesmith, the focus for the first couple of weeks in art will be procedure and routine. I want to help our students learn how to grow their responsibility in our art room and to be accountable for caring for and storing their work. We need to lay a good groundwork of HOW to work in the art room, because the product in art is not the student’s artwork as much as the students exploration and learning. During this time we will also be practicing some art basics, such as shading/value, sketching methods, revision and art history/vocabulary.
After we have mastered our procedural requirements, we will be opening art stations one at a time, beginning with drawing, then painting, collage, sculpture, textiles and printmaking. We will also have various pop up and smaller stations throughout the year, such as card-making, jewelry-making and sewing. Students in each classroom will need to show mastery of material care and clean-up for each center before graduating to the next.
Using this method, as the year progresses, students will be able to begin to choose the medium (type of materials) they are working with at a given time, which is what we are working toward. We want to get every student to the point of choice-based art so they can fully express, experiment and experience.
I can’t wait to see what our artists produce this year!
-Ms. T
I’m looking forward to starting our new school year with our scholar-artists. My name is Mrs. Teckchandani (Tek-CHAN-dani) but everyone calls me Mrs. T, and this will be my sixth year teaching.
A little bit about me – I have a Bachelor’s Degree from Columbia College where I studied Fine Arts. Printmaking and painting are my favorite mediums to work in. I also earned my Masters Degree in Elementary Education from Columbia and am Endorsed to teach Art, Science and Social Studies. When I’m not at work I’m probably spending time with my family which includes my husband and our first grade daughter and pre-k son. We love walking around, relaxing and hunting for snacks :)
In my second year teaching art here at Shoesmith, the focus for the first couple of weeks in art will be procedure and routine. I want to help our students learn how to grow their responsibility in our art room and to be accountable for caring for and storing their work. We need to lay a good groundwork of HOW to work in the art room, because the product in art is not the student’s artwork as much as the students exploration and learning. During this time we will also be practicing some art basics, such as shading/value, sketching methods, revision and art history/vocabulary.
After we have mastered our procedural requirements, we will be opening art stations one at a time, beginning with drawing, then painting, collage, sculpture, textiles and printmaking. We will also have various pop up and smaller stations throughout the year, such as card-making, jewelry-making and sewing. Students in each classroom will need to show mastery of material care and clean-up for each center before graduating to the next.
Using this method, as the year progresses, students will be able to begin to choose the medium (type of materials) they are working with at a given time, which is what we are working toward. We want to get every student to the point of choice-based art so they can fully express, experiment and experience.
I can’t wait to see what our artists produce this year!
-Ms. T
Stop-Motion Animation Projects
Our students in grades 4-6 had their first chance to explore stop-motion animation. Some knew the basics of the process, but for most this was the first introduction to the idea. We discussed how many photos played after one another create the movement of the video. The students worked in small groups and the goal was to try to create a video with some continuity of motion and a plot or theme. Below are some highlights.
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January - Chasing Miró
Students viewed the artwork of Joan Miró, a pioneer of Surrealism. We discussed the elements of art that were apparent in his work, specifically color, line and shape. We discussed that to create work in his style, those elements would have to be the central theme of the work. The students used different mediums to put their own spins on Miró's work. How do you think they did? :)
November Printmaking
In November we opened the printmaking studio. Primary grades worked on styrofoam marker mono prints. They created their art and then printed by putting pressure on damp paper over their styrofoam writing plate. The students were so excited to see their results and the slight changes that occur in texture with printing. Our upper grades did linoleum relief printing. They dug into the surface using a scratch stick and then they used a roller and ink to prepare their plates for printing. They were amazed with the results and to see how the prints turned out. They all did a great job - looking forward to what they make next in printing!
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