Welcome to Mrs. Wudel's Fine Arts    

"Fine Art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together."   -John Ruskin

 "How important are the visual arts in our society?  I feel strongly that the visual arts are of vast and incalculable importance.  Of course I could be prejudiced.  I am a visual art!"                           -Kermit the Frog

If you have any questions pertaining to your child's progress, test percentages, grade, projects, due dates or up-coming events, please DO NOT hesitate to call me at Arcadia Valley High School (573) 546-9700 EXT 3.

Thank you,

Mrs. Leslie Wudel

Arcadia Valley Fine Art Director

7th-8th MS

9-12 HS

First Hour  (8:10-9:00) Art History (Advanced Level)

I.   Chapter Three; The Art of Egypt  read the chapter, review teacher supplied study guide, notes and journal questions reviewed. 

A.  review class notes

B.  discuss possible information and answers for 6 essay questions (of which two will be used for essay/journal test)

C.  review test...emphasis on questions, art, architecture and individuals from each time period (Pre-dynastic through New Kingdom)

D.  1.  Journal test Thursday, October 14th

     2.  Chapter test Friday, October 15th

E.  Review test results and journal writing Monday, October 18th

F.   End of first quarter review and grades October 20th

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Art 3 and 4      Second Hour/9:05-9:55

I.     Self-portrait acrylic paintings using previous 12 Acrylic Techniques taught in September

II.  Assigned September 20th...Due October 20th

As this has been a long-term project with two previous projects attached to their developing skills, the final grade will be determined by a culmination of all procedures

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Third Hour            Art Two       10:00-10:50

I.  practice work pertaining to drapery work, shading and highlights, and body studies have been combined to help the students acquire the require concepts applied for working in pencil and charcoal mediums

II.  drapery/clothing study assigned September 13th (MON), students do a large lay out from a gridded, smaller picture

III. gridded work is transferred to large, 118 lb quality paper

IV. pencil medium is required for the final piece, due October 7th...

V. drapery drawing of a swag and weighted piece using conte and charcoal will be provided as a final test (assigned October 11th...Due October 19th

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Fourth Hour....through...Lunch is my planning period...10:55-12:00 Please feel free to contact me during this period

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Fifth Hour       Art One       12:20-1:22

I.  September 27th through October 7th we will be working on the concepts of One and Two Point Perspective

II. October 11th-October 20th....the students will complete a two point perspective design, using contour lines, shading, color pencils, rulers and eraser lifting

III.The final project will be considered as part of their perspective final

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8th Grade    Sixth HOUR/ 1:26-2:16

I.  Students will draw a picture of a building or location area in Arcadia Valley

II. Their pictures will be transferred to a smaller canvas board

III. They will learn to apply acrylic paints and oil pastels to their pieces to complete a mixed-media landscape picture

IV. Assigned September 27th...Due October 18th

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7th hour...........7th Grade...............2:20-3:10

I.  Students will study mask-work of Africa

II. they will then, recreate their own, interpretive mask

III. using mixed media materials, they will apply them to their masks, which will be required to have a 2-dimension, raised facial feature effect

IV. Assigned.........September 27th....

V.  Due October 20th................

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Safe School and Home bound students will coordinate missing assignments and work through their Safe School instructors/and off-campus home bound instructor