Assessment Rubric: Value Portrait

Objective
Understand
that people
have been
a favourite
subject of
artists
throughout
the history
of art.
Consider
expression,
mood and
line quality
in an
artwork
with people
as the
subject
matter.
Create a
detailed
portrait
drawing
using grid
to guide
placement
of features.

Evidence
Discussion and
review.

Level 4
Thorough
grasp of
concept.
Offers good
examples.

Level 3
Understan
ds
concept.
Descriptio
ns not
always
clear.

Critical looking
and talking.

Vivid,
descriptive
and
insightful
interpretive
language.

Descriptiv
e and
interpretiv
e
language.

Student artwork.

Used
correct
facial
proportions
to make
the portrait
look
realistic.
Achieved a
variety of

Student artwork.

Student
artwork
effectively
uses grid to
guide
proportion.
Each
square
shows
careful
observation
.
Competent
use of
facial
proportion.

Competent
use of tone

Student artwork.

Level 2
Awareness
of
concept.
Can
restate,
but
without
descriptio
ns.
Limited
and
descriptiv
e
interpretiv
e
language.

Level 1
No
evidence of
understandi
ng.

Student
artwork
somewhat
uses grid
to guide
proportion
.

Minimal
evidence
of using a
grid.

No
evidence of
using grid.

Some use
of facial
proportion
s.

Little use
of facial
proportion
s.

No attempt
to use facial
proportions.

Achieved
somewhat

Minimal
evidence

No attempt
to use

No ability to
describe
and
interpret.

tone to
describe
contours of
face.

and value
achieved
realistic
effect.

realistic
effect with
use of
tone and
value.

of
observatio
n and
replicating
values. .

observe
tones and
replicate
values.