• Many details and elements create variety and visual interest
• Many textures enhance the drawing
• Value and form clearly create depth
• Variety of overlapping shapes and lines enhance depth

Sample 1
The student used a variety of details, shapes, lines and textures to create visual interest. The overlapping shapes and lines and the values clearly create depth.

Sample 2
The drawing contains a variety of textures and overlapping lines and shapes, which create visual interest. Value and the overlapping shapes also create depth within the drawing.

• Details and elements create variety and visual interest
• Textures enhance the drawing
• Value and form create depth
• Overlapping shapes and lines enhance depth

Sample 1
Shading and the variety of textures, shapes, and lines enhance the drawing. The road and the overlapping mountains and hills create depth within the work.

Sample 2
Placing the house in the middle ground and a large tree in the foreground created visual interest in the drawing. The student included a variety of overlapping shapes, value, shading, and a variety of textures that enhance the work.

Approaching Proficient

• Details and elements create some variety and visual interest
• Some textures enhance the drawing
• Value and form create some depth
• Overlapping shapes and lines somewhat enhance depth

Sample 1
The student included some variety in the details, shapes, and lines. The only use of texture is in the hills and grass, with none on the tree or building. The overlapping lines in the hills create some sense of depth. 

Sample 2
Visual interest was created by the repeated use of overlapping triangular shapes. Few details, textures, or other shapes were included. Depth was created by overlapping and changing the sizes of the mountains.

• Details and elements rarely create variety or visual interest
• Textures rarely enhance the drawing
• Value and form create minimal depth
• Shapes and lines rarely enhance depth

Sample 1
There are details and variety in the drawing, but they do not provide visual interest. There is no real sense of depth because the trees in the middle ground seem smaller than those in the background. Overlapping shapes and lines are not utilized.

Sample 2
The shading in this drawing makes it difficult to see the few details included in boards and windows of the house. A few different shapes were included, but those on the left are not discernible. Some sense of depth was created by the mountains. 

The drawing does not include the elements of art and/or is incomplete.

Sample 1
The drawing is a cityscape, rather than a landscape, and does not address the task.

Sample 2
The drawing did not complete the requirements of the task. The student included two buildings, neither of which were the focus. There is little use of the elements and principles, such as no overlapping, sense of depth, or use of value.

• Fills the entire space in a unified composition
• Includes a balanced environment with clearly distinct foreground, middle ground, and background
• Shows clear perspective with changes in proportion
• Demonstrates neatness through intentional craftsmanship and mark-making

Sample 1
The drawing demonstrates neatness and intentional craftsmanship. It fills the entire space in a well-balanced, unified composition. The road demonstrates a clear perspective as it leads the viewer through the foreground, middle ground, and background.

Sample 2
The student created a balanced and unified composition that has a distinction between foreground, middle ground, and background. Craftsmanship and marksmanship are demonstrated, especially in the pencil work of the trees.

• Fills space in a unified composition
• Includes a balanced environment with distinct foreground, middle ground, and background
• Shows perspective with changes in proportion
• Demonstrates neatness through craftsmanship and mark-making

Sample 1
The student created a unified composition and a balanced environment with a foreground, middle ground, and background. Changes in proportion and overlapping helped to demonstrate proportion. The work is neat and shows attention to detail and craftsmanship.

Sample 2
The drawing is a unified, balanced composition that is neat and demonstrates craftsmanship. Changes in proportion are not demonstrated.

This sample illustrates that students may demonstrate different proficiencies across rubric dimensions. The drawing is exemplary in the Elements and Principles of Art dimension.

• Fills some space or lacks a unified composition
• Includes an environment with somewhat distinct foreground, middle ground, and background
• Shows some perspective or proportion
• Demonstrates some neatness through craftsmanship and mark-making

Sample 1
The drawing fills the space and is somewhat unified because of the abundance of mountains. There is little foreground and some use of proportion to create depth. It is neat, but it shows a minimal level of craftsmanship.

Sample 2
The drawing is neat, displaying some sense of craftsmanship in the details, but there is minimal distinction between foreground, middle ground, and background and no use of proportion.

• Fills little space and/or lacks a unified composition
• Includes an environment with minimally distinct foreground, middle ground, and background
• Shows minimal perspective or proportion
• Demonstrates little neatness with minimal craftsmanship and mark-making

Sample 1
Although the drawing shows some attempt at foreground and background, those principles are not distinct. There is no use of proportion or perspective. The drawing is neat but displays minimal craftsmanship.

Sample 2
The drawing does fill the space and even continues off the drawing area. The nondescript shapes keep it from being unified. There is little evidence of proportion, craftsmanship, or foreground, middle ground, and background.

The drawing demonstrates no craftsmanship and/or is incomplete.

The drawing did not fulfill the requirements of the task. The student drew a view of the school buildings, not a landscape. There is only some indication that the setting is outside, because it includes a bench and barrels.

• Made revisions in addition to those suggested
• Applied many elements and principles of design to improve the artwork
• Revisions greatly enhanced the artwork’s overall appearance

Sample 1
The student’s revisions and use of the elements and principles greatly enhanced the artwork. Many details, shapes, and lines were added to the foreground and background. The student incorporated the teacher’s suggestions about value and texture, which added to the effectiveness of the piece. 

Sample 2
This student used the elements and principles and the teacher’s suggestions to craft visual interest and a unified composition from a stark draft. Details were added to the building and also to create the desert landscape. Play of light can be seen on the side of the building. The student also added a road which creates the sense of depth and perspective in the work.

• Made all suggested revisions
• Applied elements and principles of design to improve the artwork
• Revisions enhanced the artwork’s overall appearance

Sample 1
The teacher suggested that the student use their draft to create another drawing with more value and small details. The placement of the house and mountains remains the same as the first drawing. The student transformed their idea into a more realistic landscape that shows the use of value and some textures.

Sample 2
The student made revisions suggested by the teacher, including adding changing the shape and texture of the mountains, putting more details into building and sidewalk, and adding a tree. The new direction and vanishing point of the road improved the perspective. However, the tree’s size disrupts that perspective and creates a disjointed middle ground.

• Made some suggested revisions
• Applied some elements and principles of design to improve the artwork
• Revisions somewhat enhanced the artwork’s overall appearance

The student made some revisions suggested by the teacher. A larger tree was added in the foreground, and a little texture was added with grass. The tree, remaining hills, and the background remain without texture.

• Made few suggested revisions
• Applied few elements and principles of design to improve the artwork
• Revisions minimally enhanced the artwork’s overall appearance

Sample 1
Even though the student added a few details like plants and clouds, the revisions did not enhance the drawing. The student added the sun in one corner as a light source but did not add value or shading around the objects. The drawing still shows few elements and principles and lacks a unified composition.

Sample 2
The student’s revisions minimally enhance the artwork's appearance and included some of the teacher’s feedback. Mountains were added for depth, but there is no variety in the shapes. The only detail added was the snow. The student did not incorporate other elements and principals to improve the artwork.

The student did not revise the drawing and/or address feedback.

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