Course-wide Assessment Evaluation for ARTS-252 (Drawing 2)
In-class Assignment, Fall 2014
Department of Art and Design
Submitted by Liz Di Giorgio
Course assessed: All sections of ARTS-252
Relevant QCC Educational Objectives
1. Communicate effectively through reading, writing, listening, and speaking
5. Integrate knowledge and skills in their program of study
10. Apply aesthetic and intellectual criteria in the evaluation or creation of works in the
humanities or the arts
Relevant Curricular Objectives
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS: CONCENTRATIONS IN ART AND
PHOTOGRAPHY, DANCE, MUSIC, THEATRE ARTS, AND
INTERDISCIPLINARY, A.S. (FA1)
A. In praxis, students will demonstrate progressive development and competency in the
technical skills requisite for artistic self-expression in at least one major area of
performance.
B. Students will demonstrate a progressive understanding of the various elements and
basic interrelated processes of creation, interpretation, and execution within their
discipline.
C. In written work, discussion and creation of art, students will appropriately utilize the
vocabulary of their respective discipline.
G. Students will integrate personal observation and objective criticism in the evolution
of their artistic work.
H. Students will form and defend fundamental value judgments about works of art
within their major area of concentration.
I. Employing creative abstraction, metaphor and imagination, students will create art
which clearly articulates their evolving artistic vision, and satisfies their drive toward
expression.
Course Objectives
This course is a continuation of Drawing 1, which includes acquiring skill in representation
of objects through form, line, texture, drawing from nature, still life, and the human figure,
with the addition of visual points of view other than the representational.
Technical
Through direct experience, lectures, demonstrations, classroom projects, discussions, group
critiques, classroom projects, and additional work required outside the classroom, students
will develop a method of working that that is specifically suited to the needs of personal
artistic expression.
Aesthetic
1. Students will demonstrate the ability to observe the contour from real life.
2. Students will demonstrate the ability to apply the principles of one- and two-point
perspective.
3. Students will demonstrate the ability to translate light and shade into a drawing.
4. Students will demonstrate the ability to achieve a wide tonal range in drawing.
5. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how to construct the features and
incorporate them in a portrait.
6. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the figure, including proportion,
volume, and shading.
7. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the process of abstracting from
nature as well as giving a personal approach to drawing.
8. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how a composition is created through
the interaction of figure and ground.
9. Students will demonstrate the ability to use methods, marks or materials suited to a
personal aesthetic or artistic purpose.
Assessment Project
Students will complete a drawing in the categories of still life, portrait, landscape or figure, a
drawing that is abstracted from those categories, or a nonobjective work.
ARTS-252 Drawing 2 Rubric Results
Semester: Fall 2014
Total number of students evaluated:
Evaluation Data Source: Studio assignments, class discussions and group critiques
1. Demonstrates the ability to observe the
contour from real life.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
2. Demonstrates the ability to apply the
principles of one- and two-point perspective.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
3. Demonstrates the ability to translate light and
shade into a drawing.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
4. Demonstrates the ability to achieve a wide
tonal range in a drawing.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
5. Demonstrates an understanding of how to
construct the features and incorporate them in a
portrait.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
6. Demonstrates an understanding of the figure,
including proportion, volume, and shading.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
7. Demonstrates an understanding of the
process of abstracting from nature as well as
giving a personal approach to a drawing.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
8. Demonstrates an understanding of how a
composition is created through the interaction
of figure and ground.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
9. Demonstrates the ability to use methods,
marks or materials suited to a personal aesthetic
or artistic purpose.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
Results by Category
Total number of projects assessed: 12
1. Demonstrates the ability to observe the contour from real life.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
7
4
1
0
0
2. Demonstrates the ability to apply the principles of one- and two-point perspective.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
3
5
3
1
0
3. Demonstrates the ability to translate light and shade into a drawing.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
6
4
2
0
0
4. Demonstrates the ability to achieve a wide tonal range in a drawing.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
8
2
1
1
0
5. Demonstrates an understanding of how to construct the features and incorporate them in
a portrait.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
5
4
2
1
0
6. Demonstrates an understanding of the figure, including proportion, volume, and shading.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
3
6
2
1
0
7. Demonstrates an understanding of the process of abstracting from nature as well as giving
a personal approach to a drawing.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
7
2
2
1
0
8. Demonstrates an understanding of how a composition is created through the interaction
of figure and ground.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
5
6
0
1
0
9. Demonstrates the ability to use methods, marks or materials suited to a personal aesthetic
or artistic purpose.
Excellent
Good
Average
Fair
Poor
4
6
1
1
0
Action Plan
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Introduce more still lifes, interiors, or landscape drawings assignments that feature
elements in perspective.
Employ lighting that is conducive to chiaroscuro.
Increase number of portrait assignments, including models, students, or self-portraits.
Include drawings that are poetic, abstract, or non-objective in PowerPoint
presentations or lectures.
(Please see artifacts in Appendix A)
Appendix A
Artifacts
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