Rubric

10 _____	Proper Format:
out of 50 _____	Content / Painting description:
	_____Technique and medium used: oil paints, watercolor, pastels, collage, pictures from outside sources like magazines, photographs, etc.
	_____Content/Subject: what the painting is about.
	_____Symbols: an image that represents an idea (e.g. white is a symbol of purity)
	_____Use of color: are the colors...
	muted or bright
	pure colors and/or mixed shades
	do the colors create a mood or a feeling?
	do the colors actually depend on the object they represent?
	_____How do you think Bearden's painting style relates to his feelings about "Jazz"?
_____ of 20	Use of art vocabulary
10 _____	Sentence structure: Awkward _____ Sophisticated _____
5 _____	Paragraph structure: Good _____ Poor _____
5 _____	Transitioins: Awkward _____ Smooth _____