Chuck Close Rubric	Name: _____________

Art One

Beginner (5pts)	Proficient (10pts)	Intermediate (15pts)	Exemplary (20pts)	Student Grade	Teacher Grade
Fundamentals	Has difficulty demonstrating basic line, shape, and design; works of art do not demonstrate facility with basic skills	Has some difficulty demonstrating basic line, shape, and design; works of art demonstrate some knowledge of basic skills	Demonstrates confidence with line, shape, and basic elements of design; is able to create acceptable works of art with this knowledge	Demonstrates mastery of line, shape, and basic elements of design; is able to use this knowledge to create exemplary works of art
Applied Knowledge	Is unable to put into practice skills and theories based on discussions, readings, and observations	Has little ability to put into practice skills and theories based on discussions, readings, and observations	Has some ability to put into practice skills and theories based on discussions, readings, and observations	Has excellent ability to put into practice skills and theories based on discussions, readings, and observations
Craftsmanship: Value Scale	Is unable to put into practice skills of mixing colors gradually effectively and efficiently. Work is lacking neatness in more than 80% of the scale, little to no effort was put into keeping lines straight and there are many smudges and blemishes.	Has little ability to put into practice skills of mixing colors gradually effectively and efficiently. Work is lacking in neatness, lines are not very clean and there are various smudges or blemishes.	Has some ability to put into practice skills of mixing colors gradually effectively and efficiently Work is somewhat neat, lines are clean and there are some smudges or blemishes.	Has excellent ability to mix colors gradually effectively and efficiently. All work is neat, lines are clean and there are no smudges or blemishes.
Craftsmanship: Final Painting	Is unable to put into practice skills of mixing colors effectively and efficiently. Work is lacking neatness in more than 80% of the scale, little to no effort was put into keeping lines straight and there are many smudges and blemishes.	Has little ability to put into practice skills of mixing colors effectively and efficiently. Work is lacking in neatness, lines are not very clean and there are various smudges or blemishes.	Has some ability to put into practice skills of mixing colors effectively and efficiently Work is somewhat neat, lines are clean and there are some smudges or blemishes.	Has excellent ability to mix colors effectively and efficiently. All work is neat, lines are clean and there are no smudges or blemishes.
Composition and Design	Painting disregards an effective use of the rule of thirds, and contained little to no use of elements and principles of design.	Paintings over all proficiently demonstrate the use of the rule of thirds, and the elements and principles of design.	Painting generally demonstrates an effective use of the rule of thirds, and uses multiple elements and principles of design.	Painting exemplifies an effective use of the rule of thirds, and multiple elements and principles of design.
Written work	Is unable to put into practice skills and theories based on readings done in class. Does not clearly and thoroughly answer the prompts.	Has some difficulty demonstrating putting into practice skills and theories based on readings done in class. Somewhat clearly answers the prompts.	Has some ability to put into practice skills and theories based on readings done in class. Clearly and thoroughly answers the prompts, but some information is missing. Thoughts are mostly complete, and thoughtful.	Is more than able to put into practice skills and theories based on readings done in class. Clearly and thoroughly answers the prompts. Thoughts are complete, and thoughtful.
Extension Questions (5pts each)
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