Student Name____________________________________________________Project Name_______________________________________________________Class Period______________
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LEVEL
CREATING 20%
Organize & develop artistic ideas and work. (AS2a)
Artists experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts,
media, and art-making approaches.
Refine and complete artistic work. (AS3)
Artists develop excellence through practice and constructive
critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work over time.
Essential questions:
1. Why do artists follow or break from established
traditions?
PRESENTING 30%
CONNECTING 9%
RESPONDING 20%
Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
(AS6)
Objects, artifacts, and artworks collected, preserved, or
presented either by artists, museums, or other venues
communicate meaning and a record of social, cultural, and
political experiences resulting in the cultivating of appreciation
and understanding.
Neatness and care within the handling of media and in the
completed artwork. (Borders, clean erasing, smudge-free,
crisp edges and corners, etc. – an overall professional
presentation)
Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural,
and historical context to deepen understanding.
(AS11)
People develop ideas and understandings of
society, culture, and history through their
interactions with and analysis of art.
Visual imagery influences
understanding of and responses
to the world. (AS7b)
Essential questions:
1. How do created images cultivate appreciation &
understanding?
4
The work demonstrates a strong understanding of the
importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of
images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and
circulation of creative work.
The work demonstrates a strong awareness of practices, issues,
and ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source, and
creative commons as they apply to creating works of at and
design.
Strong visual connection between the finished artwork and the
intended meaning of the artwork.
The work is technically excellent; materials and media are
successfully refined to effectively express ideas. The work
conveys a sense of successful transformation and growth.
The work is neat and patiently rendered in charcoal with
excellent technique and displays careful preservation and
protection that is reflected in the final presentation.
The work is a strong example of experimentation and planning
that explores a personally meaningful theme, idea or concept.
3
The work demonstrates an adequate understanding of the
importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of
images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and
circulation of creative work.
The work demonstrates some awareness of practices, issues,
and ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source, and
creative commons as they apply to creating works of at and
design.
The work is a fair example of experimentation and planning that
explores a personally meaningful theme, idea or concept.
2
The work demonstrates a weak understanding of the importance
of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images,
materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of
creative work.
The work demonstrates little evidence of an understanding of the
importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of
images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and
circulation of creative work.
The work demonstrates no awareness of practices, issues, and
ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source, and
creative commons as they apply to creating works of at and
design.
The work is a poor example of experimentation and planning that
explores a personally meaningful theme, idea or concept.
Essential questions:
1. How does making art attune people to their
surroundings?
The idea for the work thoroughly demonstrates
knowledge gained regarding a chosen personal,
social, cultural, historical, concept, theme, or idea
with an art making approach.
The work clearly demonstrates a broad range of
intentions, purposes or approaches developed within
a context of ideas and understandings of society,
culture, history and personal interactions with and
analysis of art.
1. How do images influence
our views of each other and
the world?
Based on the specific set of
criteria for the work, thoroughly
evaluates the effectiveness of
the work and it’s influence on the
viewer’s ideas, feelings and
behaviors.
Some visual connection between the finished artwork and the
intended meaning of the artwork.
The work demonstrates adequate technical competence and
use of materials and media; technical aspects and articulation
of ideas do not always work together. Some transformation is
noticeable; some growth is evident, but the work may be
repetitive.
The artwork shows evidence of knowledge gained
regarding a chosen personal, social, cultural,
historical concept, theme, or idea, with an art making
approach.
The Fundamentals of
Drawing class requires
your complete focus:
using all 45 minutes of
class time AND
sometimes, outside time
to successfully complete
artwork.
1. Readiness to work
extreme focus on
completing the
assignment.
2. Respectful of media,
classmates & tools.
3. Maintenance of
personal and communal
spaces.
The work as a whole is confident and evocative;
engages the viewer with visual qualities.
4. Followed school &
studio policies.
Based on the specific set of
criteria for the work, evaluates
the effectiveness of the work and
it’s influence on the viewer’s
ideas, feelings and behaviors.
3 out of 4 criteria.
Please improve on the
following criteria:
1 Readiness
The work shows a variety of intentions, purposes or
approaches, although not all are successfully
articulated.
2 Respectfulness
The work is neat and patiently rendered/constructed with good
technique and displays good preservation and protection that
is reflected in the final presentation.
Some of the work has discernible evocative or
engaging qualities, though confidence is not strongly
apparent; conversely, the work may display
confidence but not be engaging.
4 Policies
Limited visual connection between the finished artwork and the
intended meaning of the artwork.
To a limited extent, the artwork shows weak
evidence of an ability to demonstrate the knowledge
gained regarding a chosen personal, social, cultural,
historical concept, theme, or idea, with an art making
approach.
Overall the work demonstrates weak technical competence
and awkward use of materials and media. The work is mostly
The work demonstrates little awareness of practices, issues, and
repetitive; only a few pieces show slight signs of
ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source, and creative transformation or suggest growth.
commons as they apply to creating works of at and design.
The work shows limited neatness and patience in the
The work is a weak example of experimentation and planning that
construction. The final presentation of the work reflects a
explores a personally meaningful theme, idea or concept.
limited attempt at preservation and protection.
1
Essential questions:
Confident and evocative work that engages the
viewer. The “wow” factor.
STUDIO PROCEDURE
10%
Personal focus and
studio etiquette.
Little evidence of a visual connection between the finished
artwork and the intended meaning of the artwork.
The work shows very little technical competence; it is naïve
and lacks skill. Overall the work shows negligible
transformation and growth.
The artwork is finished, but lacks neatness and patience in the
construction. The final presentation displays little to no
attempt at preserving and protecting the work.
3 Maintenance
Based on the specific set of
criteria for the work, a weak
evaluation is given on the
effectiveness of the work and it’s
influence on the viewer’s ideas,
feelings and behaviors.
The work does not clearly demonstrate a variety of
intentions, purposes or approaches.
2 out of 4 criteria.
Please improve on the
following criteria:
1 Readiness
2 Respectfulness
3 Maintenance
There is little about the work that is engaging; the
work lacks confidence.
The artwork shows some evidence of an attempt to
demonstrate knowledge gained regarding a chosen
personal, social, cultural, historical concept, theme,
or idea, with an art making approach.
The work does not demonstrate a variety of
intentions or purposes or approaches.
The work does not engage the viewer; there is no
confidence evident in the work.
4 Policies
Based on the specific set of
criteria for the work, there is
some evidence of an attempt to
evaluate the effectiveness of the
work and it’s influence on the
viewer’s ideas, feelings and
behaviors.
1 out of 4 criteria.
Please improve on the
following criteria:
1 Readiness
2 Respectfulness
3 Maintenance
4 Policies
Student Name____________________________________________________Project Name_______________________________________________________Class Period______________
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What was the goal of creating this particular piece of art?
What is an area of this artwork that works well? Explain why it works well.
What is an area that needs to be worked on? Explain why it needs to be reworked.
At this point in the class, what are your creative strengths?
At this point in the class, what do you need to work on to become a better artist?
What do you want to focus on improving for the next piece of art?