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Sumi-e Painting Sumi-e Painting Students create a personal painting, choosing from one of the Four Gentlemen/Animal/or Nature, using Sumi-e painting techniques. Students learn how to use a brush to make gestural strokes. Students learn how to dilute a variety of values from black ink. Rubric Code: CX5BCC4 By spmorais Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Arts and Design Type: Assignment Grade Levels: K-5

Sumi-e Paintings Skill Grade
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 15 pts	Fair 10 pts	Needs Improvement 8 pts
Technique/Brush strokes 20 pts strokes based on subject matter and movement	Excellent Final painting contains a wide variety of brush strokes 3+. Brush strokes make the image "come alive" with personality, or express the "essence" of that object.	Good Final painting contains a few (2 or less) varieties of brush strokes. Brush strokes are used to enhance the subject matter's look and qualities.	Fair Final painting contains the same style of brush stroke throughout. Brush strokes do not add to the personality of the subject matter.	Needs Improvement Brush strokes are not intentional and lack expression of any subject matter...i.e. covered entire paper with black ink.
Management of time and materials 20 pts Brush skills Development of brush handling skills.	Excellent Student takes proper care of their brush and materials. They make efforts to keep ink from splattering. They stand when painting and excel at following instructions. Student completes both the Brush exercises and the Sumi-e paintings (perhaps doing several?), showing numerous examples (8+) of brush strokes - experimentation.	Good Student is aware of their brush and makes effort to take care of materials. They make minimal splatters and keep their brush to themselves. Student is mostly attentive and follows instructions. Brush stroke sampler shows 5+ examples.	Fair Student is careless with brush and materials. They may splatter. Student has trouble standing still. Student is distracted from following instructions. Few brush stroke examples.	Needs Improvement Work in incomplete - no connection to demonstration, or characteristic of Sumi-e painting. i.e. fills paper with black paint, paints a monster truck. Brush stroke exercise is consistently the same.
Elements and Principles of Design 20 pts Value - use of various monotone values, light/dark Balance - Empty Space Rhythm - repetition of brush strokes Emphasis	Excellent Artwork contains a wide tonal range; greater than 4. Artwork has the "empty space" that is characteristic of the Sumi-e painters. Brush strokes are repeated to create rhythm, movement, or texture. Some part of the subject matter is emphasized, by shape/tone/or size.	Good Artwork contains a variety of tones; at least 4. There is some empty space, could be more. Some movement	Fair Artwork contains minimal tonal range; less than 3 tones. Little or no movement, lines are stiff/rigid. Paper is filled with subject matter with very little empty space.	Needs Improvement There is no tonal range. Subject is not recognizable. Paper is filled with no empty space.
Craftsmanship 20 pts	Excellent Finished artwork exceeds expectations. Artwork is well crafted. Attention to detail is apparent. Lines are neat and precise, as well a variety of them, expressing different parts of the chosen subject matter. There is a sense of balance and a relationship is present Paper is free from unintentional drips/splashes/tears/folds/etc. Signature is clear and location is appropriate.	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, fluid, and intentional.	Fair Finished artwork is below the student's ability.Artwork is sloppy and poorly thought out. Little or no attention to Sumi-e characteristics/subject matter. Artwork appears unkept and without care to neatness.	Needs Improvement Artwork show no signs of craftsmanship, effort, or care.
EFFORT 20 pts	Excellent Excellent Effort All the Time Work exceeds age level expectations, Tried your very best! achieves their goal/meets the lesson objective beyond expectations.	Good Good Effort Most of the time Student tries his/her best and meets age level expectations. Learner is trying most of the time to do their best work.	Fair Satisfactory/Some of the time Student is working towards age level expectations. Student is trying, only some of the time. Could try harder.	Needs Improvement Little or no effort/Next time I will put for the effort Little to no work is produced. Student is not meeting age level expectations. Student is not trying.

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painting, Sumi-e, Asian, bamboo brush, value, monotone

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