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Facial Drawing 
Facial Drawing 100 points x 2
Students are to complete drawing their face using careful observation, rules of facial spacing, and various shading techniques.
Rubric Code: QC3BC5
By todao88
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Subject: Arts and Design  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Emerging / Beginner

6 pts

Getting There

8 pts

Mastered

10 pts

Facial Shape

Emerging / Beginner

The facial shape is round or rectangular not oval as it should be.
Getting There

The shape of the face is almost there, but doesn't look oval,
Mastered

The shape of the face is in proportion. It is an oval shape.
Eye - position

Emerging / Beginner

The eyes are way too high or low. The spacing between eyes and the side of the face is way too large or small. The eyes is too large or small for face
Getting There

Eyes are either a little too high or low, compared to the mid- line of the face. The space between the eyes is either slightly too large or too small
Mastered

Eyes are above the mid-line of the face. The eyes should be about half way down the face. The space between the eyes is the distance of one eye length and the space from the eye to the side of the face is one eye length.
Eye

Emerging / Beginner

The pupil and iris are not in porportion. You can see the whole circle of the iris, and the pupil is not centered.
Getting There

The pupil is not a complete circle or you can see the whole circle. The pupil is slightly offset from center.
Mastered

The iris is a complete circle, but the whole circle is not visible. The pupil is centered in the middle of the iris with highlight accent.
Eye brow / Eye lid

Emerging / Beginner

Both the eye brow and the eye lid were not in the proper placement in relationship to the eye.
Getting There

Either the eye brow or the eye lid were not in the proper placement in relationship to the eye or missing.
Mastered

Eye brow and eye lid were placed correctly in relationship to the eye.
Nose

Emerging / Beginner

The nose is way too large or small for the face. The nose is very cartoonish. Did not use shading.
Getting There

The base of the nose is slightly above or below the midline between the eyes and the chin. The nose looks cartoonish or is slightly too big or small for the face.
Mastered

The base of the nose is at the midline between the eyes and the chin. The nose is correctly shaded, highlighted and is the width of one eye.
Lips

Emerging / Beginner

The lips are slightly too large or small and has no definition (shading).
Getting There

The lips are slightly too large or small for the face and more definition (shading) needed.
Mastered

The lips are at the base of the mid-line between the nose and the chin. The lips are the width of two eyes. Shading and highlights accent the lips with the top lip darker.
Hair

Emerging / Beginner

The hair needs highlights and a soft and realistic look. Somehow the hair is cartoon like and or stringy.
Getting There

The hair looks slightly off and and somehow not so soft and realistic and natural. Perhaps needing highlights.
Mastered

The hair looks realistic by using soft pencil strokes and highlights to accent several areas.
Shading Value

Emerging / Beginner

Drawing includes one value
Getting There

Drawing demonstrates some understanding of value and includes at least two values and hatching.
Mastered

Drawing demonstrates a good understanding of value and includes three or more values from light to dark including several highlights and hatching and cross-hatching techniques.
Classroom Behavior

Emerging / Beginner

Interrupted class on a seemingly regular basis.
Getting There

Interrupted class one or two times.
Mastered

Used class time wisely and did not disrupt others.
Overall Appearance/Neat

Emerging / Beginner

It looks like no effort was made to erase either guidelines or finger smudges or no effort at all put in to the drawing.
No background.
Artwork is rushed.
Getting There

Guidelines are still visible. More work needs to be done on the background before showing.
You are almost there. Just a little more practice.
Mastered

All guidelines and smudges were erased.
It looks like a professional drew it.
Detailed (including the background) and carefully executed



Keywords:
  • Values, shapes, proportions, facial spacing, shading, smudging, hatching and cross-hatching



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