Installation Classes - The Art of and FOR the TBS Community

7th Graders in this year's new Art Installation Class, meet in either the amphitheater, main room, the MS deck, and other campus areas as needed for development and installation of community artwork.

Click on the 7th Grade Installation Class Page button above for an in depth look at 5 different simultaneous projects currently in process!!

6th Graders in this year's new Art Installation Class, meet in Wildcat, and other campus areas as needed, to develop and install community artwork.

Click on the 6th Grade Installation Class Page button above for an in depth look at 4 different simultaneous projects currently in process!!

Drawing 1, 2, 3, in the Studio

Middle School students are engaged in drawing exercises at the beginning of each class. Though most of these exercises are 10 minute silent focused observation work done solo in the student's sketch book, drawing can also become a boisterous group activity that cultivates the students interpretive skills in both drawing and analyzing quick sketches of their peers.

Observation and realistic drawing can be a tricky skill, because it relies mostly on the drawer's ability to slow down and actually SEE the object through careful looking, rather than the actual physical motions of drawing an object.

Here's a fun website for exercising your "Seeing" skills when drawing, http://emptyeasel.com/2008/07/01/learning-to-draw-the-one-drawing-skill-every-beginning-artist-needs/

Altered Books and the Story of Their Creation - 8th Grade 2011-2012

8th Grade students of this new school year have been busy these first months, honing their creative process in the Art Studio through drawing excersises (and lessons), exploring new materials (mod podge, clays...), using new tools (t-squares, dremmel rotary, sculpting...), and consistent project planning.

Clocks and Altered Books; Story Time! - 7th Grade 2011-2012

7th Grade students of this new school year have been busy these first months, honing their creative process in the Art Studio through drawing excersises (and lessons), exploring new materials (mod podge, clays...), using new tools (t-squares, dremmel rotary, sculpting...), and consistent project planning.

Clocks and the Time it Takes to Make Them - 6th Grade 2011-2012

Sixth Grade students of this new school year have been busy these first months, honing their creative process in the Art Studio through drawing excersises (and lessons), exploring new materials (mod podge, clays...), using new tools (t-squares, dremmel rotary, sculpting...), and consistent project planning.