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Students will evaluate their pottery piece based on their experience on the wheel and the outcome of their completed pot.

Students will create a Parody of a Master painting, substituting animals as the human subject matter and creatively altering elements to engage the viewer in subtle changes of the original composition. Students will use knowledge of Color Theory and skill in color mixing to imitate the style of the work used for inspiration. All colors will be mixed and applied in a consistent manner. An Aesthetic Criticism will be written to Describe, Interpret, and Judge their work.

Students will create a well crafted and highly detailed Observational Realistic Self-Portrait by looking in a mirror and referring to a reference photograph of themselves that was created from a photo-shoot designed by the individual student. Students employ the five drawing skills that were developed during the first semester to achieve this cumulative assessment piece. Students must have a definite light source, broad value range, and great attention to detail.

Students will create an original drawing from observation of an animal skull. Drawings must have realistic proportions, have a full blended value scale and high contrast with ebony pencil, illusion of three-dimensional space, refined use of color media, and students must display good work ethic and use of studio time.

Students will create an original, well-crafted Kuna Indian Inspired Mola Collage with a Gator theme to celebrate the Gator Nation. Work will use complementary colors in combination, each element will have three layers, and repeated layered patterns will fill the negative space around the focal point of the abstract gator. 27-30=A; 24-26=B; 21-23=C; 18-20=D; 15-17=F

Students will create an original Ceramic Mask inspired by cultures around the world. Mask will be an abstract symmetrical form with animal, bird, aquatic, human or mythological features. Slab form must have sculptural relief, textured with pressed repeated pattern well-crafted, painted with mixed acrylics and embellished with mixed media of raffia, jute, beads, feathers or other added mixed-media. 27-30=A; 24-26=B; 21-23=C; 18-20=D; 15-17=F

Students will create an original drawing from observation of an animal skull. Drawings must have realistic proportions, have a full blended value scale and high contrast with ebony pencil, illusion of three-dimensional space, refined use of color media, and students must display good work ethic and use of studio time.