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Pencil Still Life

A pencil still life showing the shadows and highlights of the subjects. May use the following types of shading: modeling, hatching, cross-hatching, stippling.

Rubric Code: TB4AB4

By DTarantino

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Subject: Arts and Design

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Pencil Still Life Enter rubric description
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Average 2 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts
Content Measures how accurate the positive/negative spaces are.	Excellent Student observed the positive and negative spaces very well. Drawing is very accurate.	Good Student mostly observed the positive and negative spaces well, with a few minor differences. Drawing is mostly accurate.	Average Student did not carefully observe the positive spaces. Lacking accuracy in many parts of drawing.	Needs Improvement Student did not pay much attention to the positive and negative spaces. Accuracy is not apparent in the piece.
Value How the shadows and highlights were rendered. Gradation means a gradual step by step change from dark to light.	Excellent Observed correct values. Created smooth transition (gradation) in shadows that required it. Highlights appear in the correct places. At least 5 shades visible.	Good Attempted to observe realistic values. Created a somewhat smooth transition (gradation) in shadows that required it. Highlights are slightly off. 3 different values visible.	Average Did not carefully observe where shadows fell. Transition from dark to light (gradation) is not accurate. Some highlights are in wrong place. Two to one value changes visible.	Needs Improvement Value changes were not observed and rendered on drawing. Transition (gradation) is not visible. Highlights not visible.
Craftsmanship Enter description	Excellent Did not finish too quickly or take too long. Drawing is neat and not smudged.	Good Finished in a realistic amount of time. Drawing is fairly neat, one small smudge or mark is visible.	Average Finished by due date, but drawing was not neat. Had smudges and marks. Some bends or wrinkles were visible.	Needs Improvement Not finished by due date. Drawing was messy and did not show much care. Smudges, wrinkles, tears, bends evident.
Use of Medium Shows experience and understanding of medium.	Excellent Work shows strong understanding and skillful handling of the medium. Techniques using the medium are strongly evident.	Good Work shows a good understanding and adept handling of medium. Techniques used with the medium are evident in the work.	Average Work shows a fair understanding and an average handling of the medium. The techniques used with the medium are somewhat evident in the work.	Needs Improvement Work shows little understanding and a poor handling of the medium. The techniques used with the medium are not evident.
Effort	Excellent Student put in great effort. Student focused well on project. Class time was used wisely.	Good Student put in a good effort. Student focused on project. Class time was, mostly, used wisely.	Average Student put in an average effort. Did not focus well on project used some class time wisely.	Needs Improvement Student put in little to no effort. Did not focus much at all on project. Did not use class time wisely.

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