Spheres – Y10 Skills Assignment - Criteria for Achievement NAME:_________________
Excellence
Perfect circles & ellipses
Tonal drawing
Continuous shading using dry materials
like pencil
Tonal drawing with wet materials like
water colour using wash technique
Using warm and cool colour to describe
near and far
Line art techniques – solid colour tool
used to create illusion of gradients with
Merit
Achievement
Not Yet Achieved
Level 6 - 5
Level 5 - 4
Level 4 - 3
The student demonstrates knowledge of
at least 3 different strategies to create a
perfect circle shape and applies these
strategies in their work to create perfect
circle and ellipse shapes. Their skills are
fluent and the student understands the
spatial relationship of the square and
circle / rectangle and ellipse.
The student uses drop-out line in
planning these compositional shapes.
The student understands concepts
oflight source, light and dark and
consistently uses a full range of tonal
values appropriately in their work to
describe 3-dimensional form and
surface. Their mark-making skills with a
range (more than two) of dry media are
fluent in rendering illusions of contour
and space.
As above…mark making skills with a at
least two different wet media are fluent
in rendering illusions of contour and
space
The student demonstrates fluent
understanding of concepts of aerial
colour to create illusions of form, space
and depth.
The student understands the concept of
line art techniques to describe form and
The student demonstrates knowledge of
ways to create circles and ellipses with
reasonable symmetry. The student uses
appropriate skills to plan and execute
these compositional shapes.
The student demonstrates some ability
to create and draw circles and ellipses
but has not yet achieved control of
techniques / produced sufficient
evidence.
The student demonstrates an
understanding of the significant
concepts of light and dark and uses a
reasonable range of tonal values to
describe 3-dimensional form and
surface. Their mark-making skill with at
least two different dry media shows
reasonable control and recognition of
contour and space.
As above…mark making skills with a at
least two different wet media show
reasonable control and recognition of
contour and space.
The student demonstrates good
understanding of how to use aerial
colour to suggest ‘near’ (warm, bright,
light) and far (cool, dull, dark)
The student can use line art techniques
confidently to create tonal gradients.
The student shows recognition of some
concepts of light and dark and attempts
to use tonal values to describe 3dimensional form and surface. Their
mark-making with dry media lacks
control and recognition of contour and
space.
As above…mark making skill with wet
media lacks control and recognition of
contour and space.
The student applies some warm and
cool colours appropriately but lacks
judgement at times.
The student applies some line art
techniques with limited effect.
hatching, stippling, scribbling
technique
Layering techniques with mixed media
Cutting skills – cutting along edges
neatly
Gluing – collage techniques – sticking
things down flat with neat edges
Finished Drawing 1 – greyscale mixed
media (charcoal, pencil, ink, acrylic)
Finished Drawing 2 – colour
Painting (acrylic)
Extension
Relief Sculpture Drawings – based on
the Art Practice of Rohan Whealeans
(NZ)
JOURNAL (workbook)
Date:
Comment
Final Grade:
surface and can create continuous
gradients in a variety of techniques with
fluent skills.
The student can skillfully control the
viscosity of wet media and combine
effectively with dry media in thin layers
using appropriate processes and
procedures with understanding.
The student consistently uses scissor
techniques effectively to create shapes
with perfect edges .
The student consistently uses collage
techniques effectively to glue shapes
with perfect edges .
The student can skillfully control and
accurately interpret tonal values from a
photograph of appropriate subject
matter using full tonal range and a
variety of black and white media with
understanding of layering
The student can skillfully compose form
and space and accurately interpret
colour values from an appropriate
photograph using full tonal range in
acrylic medium with understanding and
fluent control of layering techniques.
The student uses materials, forms,
colour and techniques fluently and
effectively in experimental and
interpretive work with understanding.
Evidence of all work for this unit
including experiments, notes and
photos is neatly and effectively
presented in the student’s personal
journal of learning (workbook)
The student can control thin layers of
wet media and dry media using
appropriate processes and procedures.
The student can use layers of wet media
and dry media with limited effect.
The student can use scissor techniques
with sufficient control
The student uses scissor techniques
with limited effect.
The student can use collage techniques
with sufficient control
The student uses collage techniques
with limited effect.
The student shows control and
reasonable accuracy of tonal values
interpreted from a photograph of
appropriate subject matter using full
tonal range and some understanding of
layering.
The student shows reasonable
composition of form and space and
some accuracy in their interpretation of
colour values from an appropriate
photograph using good tonal range and
some understanding and control of
layering techniques.
The student uses materials, forms,
colour and techniques with some
understanding in experimental and
interpretive work.
Evidence of most of the work for this
unit is neatly presented in the student’s
journal of learning (workbook)
The student shows limited control of
tonal values and interpretation of the
photograph.
The student shows limited control of
form and space, layering techniques and
interpretation of colour values.
The student shows limited control of
materials, forms, colour and techniques
in experimental and interpretive work.
Evidence of some work is presented in
the student’s personal journal of
learning (workbook).