Still-Life Painting Rubric
Score / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 01. Preparedness: drawing and painting materials. Still-life drawing and discussion. / Very good preparation, with materials and reference. / Good preparation with materials and reference. / Could be more prepared needs to develop a clearer proposal. / Very little preparation. / No preparation.
2. Quality of under drawing and overall composition. Asymmetrical use of space. / Excellent quality of under drawing and overall composition. Asymmetrical use of space. / Good quality of under drawing and overall composition. Asymmetrical use of space. / Developing quality of under drawing and over all composition. Asymmetrical use of space needs improvement. / Poor quality of under drawing and over all composition. Symmetrical use of space. / No under drawing, use of space.
3. Painting Technique and Color Selection and Application. Edges are painted to finish. / Excellent painting and blending technique, color selection is tetrad.
Edges are painted to finish. / Good painting and blending technique, color selection is tetrad.
Edges are painted to finish. / Developing painting and blending technique, color selection needs revision. Edges not finished. / Poor painting and blending technique, color selection significant needs revision. Edges not finished. / No aesthetics.
5. Studio participation and clean up. / Studio time was well attended and student was attentive during class. Spills, paint and trash were cleaned up at the end of class. / Studio time was attended and student was fairly attentive during class. Spills, paint and trash were mostly cleaned up at the end of class. / Studio time could be better attended and student could be more attentive during class. Spills, paint and trash were sometimes not cleaned up at the end of class. / Studio time was not well attended and student needs to be much attentive during class. Spills, paint and trash were not cleaned up at the end of class as significant number of times. / No participation or cleanup.
Total Score/5
Critique 3 points total: 1 point = student present; 1 point = painting presented; 1 point = participation in class discussion
Major abstract Expressionist Artists:
· Charles Alston
· Alice Baber
· William Baziotes
· Norman Bluhm
· Louise Bourgeois
· Ernest Briggs
· James Brooks
· Fritz Bultman
· Hans Burkhardt
· Jack Bush
· Alexander Calder
· Nicolas Carone
· Giorgio Cavallon
· John Chamberlain
· Elaine de Kooning
· Willem de Kooning
· Robert De Niro, Sr.
· Richard Diebenkorn
· Mark di Suvero
· Enrico Donati
· Edward Dugmore
· Friedel Dzubas
· Jimmy Ernst
· Herbert Ferber
· Perle Fine
· Sam Francis
· Jane Frank
· Helen Frankenthaler
· Sonia Gechtoff
· Michael Goldberg
· Robert Goodnough
· Arshile Gorky
· Adolph Gottlieb
· Morris Graves
· Cleve Gray
· Philip Guston
· David Hare
· Grace Hartigan
· Hans Hofmann
· Paul Jenkins
· James Kelly
· Earl Kerkam
· Franz Kline
· Albert Kotin
· Lee Krasner
· Ibram Lassaw
· Alfred Leslie
· Norman Lewis
· Richard Lippold
· Seymour Lipton
· Morris Louis
· Conrad Marca-Relli
· Nicholas Marsicano
· Mercedes Matter
· Joan Mitchell
· Robert Motherwell
· Louise Nevelson
· Barnett Newman
· Isamu Noguchi
· Kenzo Okada
· Stephen Pace
· Ray Parker
· Jackson Pollock
· Fuller Potter
· Richard Pousette-Dart
· Ad Reinhardt
· Milton Resnick
· George Rickey
· Jean-Paul Riopelle
· William Ronald
· Theodore Roszak
· Mark Rothko
· Anne Ryan
· Louis Schanker
· Jon Schueler
· Charles Seliger
· Harold Shapinsky
· Thomas Sills
· David Smith
· Theodoros Stamos
· Richard Stankiewicz
· Joe Stefanelli
· Hedda Sterne
· Clyfford Still
· Alma Thomas
· Mark Tobey
· Bradley Walker Tomlin
· Cy Twombly
· Jack Tworkov
· Esteban Vicente
· Peter Voulkos
· Hale Woodruff
· Emerson Woelffer
· Taro Yamamoto
· Manouchehr Yektai