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Layers of Emotion
Painting Rubric

Objectives:
• Choose first emotion;
make a pencil sketch on
practice paper according
to what this emotion
looks like NON-
OBJECTIVELY (ONLY
line/color/shape). NO
recognizable imagery
(i.e. no faces/symbols/
etc.)
• Make the composition
complex and interesting.
• Draw sketch onto
canvas board.
• Paint with acrylic;
incorporate at least three
colors of paint, mix every color, and use color blending techniques.
• After base layer dries completely, apply tape to some areas of the canvas, criss crossing the
tape in your choice of pattern. About HALF of the painting’s surface should be covered with
tape.
• Choose second emotion, different from the first one; make new sketch on practice paper
representing this new emotion non-objectively; draw sketch onto canvas board where there is
no tape. Paint with acrylics, again incorporating at least three colors of paint and color mixing.
• After second layer dries completely, take off tape, and reapply tape in a new pattern. Again,
HALF of the painting should be covered with tape, but the tape should be in a different
formation.
• Choose third different emotion from the first two and repeat process of making a sketch,
painting with at least three colors, and removing the tape once the painting is dry.
• Minimum requirement: 3 layers of painting (but you are encouraged to do more!)

Total Points: ______

15-16 = A
13-14 = B
12 = C
10-11= D
0-9 = F
Concept Exceeds (4) Meets (3) Approaching (2) Experiencing
Difficulty (1)

Complexity of Each layer Fairly complex Fairly simple Weak composition;

Composition INDIVIDUALLY is composition with composition; each lots of unused
an extremely some unused layer has few space.
complex space in some of details.
composition; no the layers.
unused space.

Translation of LOTS of color/ Most of the layers Minimal attempt No attempt to use
emotions using shape/line/pattern use color/shape/ given to use color/ color/line/shape/
line, color, and used to show and line/texture to shape/line/pattern pattern to show
shape differentiate each show and to show and and differentiate
emotion layer differentiate each differentiate each each emotion
(each layer should emotion; some emotion. layer.
be UNIQUE) layers are similar

Painting: color Three or more Three or more Two colors used One color used per
mixing, color colors used per colors used per per layer; very little layer; no attempt
blending, and layer; all details layer but color use of color to blend colors;
precisions with pronounced; Color mixing and blending; few details are not
detail mixing and blending not used details pronounced.
blending used in in each layer; pronounced.
all layers. mostly pronounced
details.

Craftsmanship Extremely clean Mostly clean Somewhat clean Extremely messy,

painting; artist took painting, artist painting, artist artist did not put
their time. mostly took their rushed. time and care into
time. their work,

Student Reflections:

What I did well on this piece was

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This piece was a challenge because

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One thing that I will remember for next time is

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What emotions did you choose for your painting and how did
you represent each one with color, line, and shape?
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