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Sumi-e painting

Students create a Sumi-e brush painting with the four brush stroke techniques as well a composition that evokes a spiritual connection,and asymmetry .

Rubric Code: JX2WXB7

By MDJohnson

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Subject: Arts and Design

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Sumi-e Painted Composition
	Needs more work. 3 pts	Good 5 pts	Excellent 7 pts
Brush strokes 7 pts Strokes based on 4 strokes and movement.	Needs more work. Final painting contains less than 2 varieties of brush strokes. Brush strokes do not add to the movement.	Good Final painting contains 3 varieties of brush strokes. Brush strokes are used correctly. Movement in the leaves.	Excellent Final painting contains a wide variety of brush strokes 4 total. Brush strokes make the tree come alive.
Composition 7 pts The design is well laid out and balanced.	Needs more work. Artwork needs more fluidity.The branches are choppy. The leaves to symmetrical.	Good Composition is good. Asymmetrical. Blank area in the composition for the spiritual side to Asian brush paintings.	Excellent Composition works well with the size of the paper. There is a blank area for the spiritual side to the painting. Asymmetrical and well balanced. Leaves extend beyond the border of the paper.
Brush skills 7 pts Development of brush handling skills.	Needs more work. Student is careless with brush and materials. Student has trouble sitting still. Student is distracted from following instructions.	Good Student is aware of their brush and makes effort to take care of materials. Student followed instructions.	Excellent Student takes proper care of their brush and materials. They make efforts to keep ink neat. Student excels at following instructions.
Craftsmanship 7 pts How much control, hand eye coordination is used as a tool. How carefully did use use the correct brush to fit the stroke?	Needs more work. Finished artwork is below the student's ability.Artwork is sloppy and poorly thought out. Little or no attention to detail. Artwork appears unkept and without care to neatness.	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.	Excellent Finished artwork exceeds expectations. Artwork is well crafted. Attention to detail is apparent. Lines are neat and precise.