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Sumi-e Painting 
Sumi-e painting
Students create a personal painting, choosing from one of the Four Gentlemen/Animal/or Nature, using Sumi-e painting techniques. Students learn how to use a brush to make gestural strokes. Students learn how to dilute a variety of values from black ink.
Rubric Code: WCW4B2
By mbourassa
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Subject: Arts and Design  
Type: Assignment  
Grade Levels: K-5

Powered by iRubric Sumi-e Paintings
Skill Grade
  Excellent

10 pts

Good

8 pts

Fair

6 pts

Needs Improvement

4 pts

Technique/Brush strokes
20 pts

strokes based on subject matter and movement
Excellent

Final painting contains a wide variety of brush strokes 3+. Brush strokes make the image "come alive" with personality, or express the "essence" of that object.
Good

Final painting contains a few (2 or less) varieties of brush strokes. Brush strokes are used to enhance the subject matter's look and qualities.
Fair

Final painting contains the same style of brush stroke throughout. Brush strokes do not add to the personality of the subject matter.
Needs Improvement

Brush strokes are not intentional and lack expression of any subject matter...i.e. covered entire paper with black ink.
Management of time and materials
20 pts

Brush skills
Development of brush handling skills.
Excellent

Student takes proper care of their brush and materials. They make efforts to keep ink from splattering. They stand when painting and excel at following instructions. Student completes both the Brush exercises and the Sumi-e paintings (perhaps doing several?), showing numerous examples (8+) of brush strokes - experimentation.
Good

Student is aware of their brush and makes effort to take care of materials. They make minimal splatters and keep their brush to themselves. Student is mostly attentive and follows instructions.
Brush stroke sampler shows 5+ examples.
Fair

Student is careless with brush and materials. They may splatter. Student has trouble standing still. Student is distracted from following instructions. Few brush stroke examples.
Needs Improvement

Work in incomplete - no connection to demonstration, or characteristic of Sumi-e painting. i.e. fills paper with black paint, paints a monster truck. Brush stroke exercise is consistently the same.
Elements and Principles of Design
20 pts

Value - use of various monotone values, light/dark
Balance - Empty Space
Rhythm - repetition of brush strokes
Emphasis
Excellent

Artwork contains a wide tonal range; greater than 4. Artwork has the "empty space" that is characteristic of the Sumi-e painters. Brush strokes are repeated to create rhythm, movement, or texture.
Some part of the subject matter is emphasized, by shape/tone/or size.
Good

Artwork contains a variety of tones; at least 4. There is some empty space, could be more. Some movement
Fair

Artwork contains minimal tonal range; less than 3 tones.
Little or no movement, lines are stiff/rigid. Paper is filled with subject matter with very little empty space.
Needs Improvement

There is no tonal range. Subject is not recognizable. Paper is filled with no empty space.
Craftsmanship
20 pts

Excellent

Finished artwork exceeds expectations. Artwork is well crafted. Attention to detail is apparent. Lines are neat and precise, as well a variety of them, expressing different parts of the chosen subject matter.
There is a sense of balance and a relationship is present Paper is free from unintentional drips/splashes/tears/folds/etc. Signature is clear and location is appropriate.
Good

Finished artwork is made to the best of student's ability. Artwork is crafted with attention. Artwork includes detail. Care is taken to make lines that are neat, fluid, and intentional.
Fair

Finished artwork is below the student's ability.Artwork is sloppy and poorly thought out. Little or no attention to Sumi-e characteristics/subject matter. Artwork appears unkept and without care to neatness.
Needs Improvement

Artwork show no signs of craftsmanship, effort, or care.
EFFORT
20 pts

Excellent

Excellent Effort
All the Time Work exceeds age level expectations, Tried your very best! achieves their goal/meets the lesson objective beyond expectations.
Good

Good Effort
Most of the time Student tries his/her best and meets age level expectations. Learner is trying most of the time to do their best work.
Fair

Satisfactory/Some of the time
Student is working towards age level expectations. Student is trying, only some of the time. Could try harder.
Needs Improvement

Little or no effort/Next
time I will put for the effort
Little to no work is produced. Student is not meeting age level expectations. Student is not trying.
Participation
Lesson Participation Grade
  Excellent

All the time

5 pts

Good

Most of the time

4 pts

Fair

Some of the time

3 pts

Needs Improvemnetitle

Little or no effort

2 pts

Participation
20 pts

Excellent

Learner participated in the discussion/learning activity with valuable contributions, respect for learning time, and was attentive and engaged in the activity all the time.
Good

Most of the time the learner participated in the discussion/learning activity with contributions, respect, and most of their attention. Was engaged most of the time.
Fair

Learners participation was inconsistent during discussions or activity, mostly was q part when prompted. Learner needs to work on volunteering independently. Learner is easily distracted, and/or distracting to others and is not able to engage. Next time…
Needs Improvemnetitle

Student needs to work on
Participation skills. Leaner is prone to outbursts, Interferes
frequently with the learning of others
Distraction to
self and to others
Conflicts affect the e learners
ability to engage Next time…



Keywords:
  • painting, Sumi-e, Asian, bamboo brush, value, monotone



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