Art 203 ADVANCED DRAWING III SLO Assessment

Art 203 ADVANCED DRAWING III SLO Assessment

Submitted by Carol Bishop, Ph.D. Dept. of Art

Art 203 ADVANCED DRAWING III SLO

Produce a series of advanced level drawings showing development from idea to completed form using a visual vocabulary of marks, design and drawing media. A rubric will be used to assess their ability to apply the appropriate drawing techniques, design structures and drawing media to compositions.

Produce drawings with advanced level color applications and light logic to create successful compositions. A rubric will be used to assess their ability to create color and light effects when applied to drawn compositions.

Art 203 DRAWING III
ASSESSMENT RUBRIC / A Superior Grade
(100-90%) / B Above Average Grade
(89-80%) / C Average Grade (79-70%) / D Below Average: F Fail
(69-0%)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Make drawing using mark techniques at a highly advanced level. / Demonstrates exceptional observational abilities in sighting and representing mark techniques for drawing. / Demonstrates above average observational abilities in sighting, representing mark techniques for drawing. / Demonstrates acceptable observational abilities in sighting and representing mark techniques for drawing. / Demonstrates little ability in sighting and representing mark techniques for drawing.
Make drawing using light and shading at a highly advanced level. / Demonstrates exceptional ability to sight and make drawings using light and shading. / Demonstrates good ability to sight and make drawings using light and shading. / Demonstrates general ability to sight and represent shape and make drawings using light and shading. / Generally unable to sight and make drawings using light and shading Need to improve accuracy and execution quality.
Construct drawings that create successful compositions. / Demonstrates exceptional ability to construct drawings that have successful compositions. / Demonstrates good ability to construct drawings that have successful compositions. / Demonstrates acceptable ability to construct drawings that have successful compositions. Needs improvement in composition skills. / Demonstrates limited ability, with errors, to construct drawings that have successful compositions. Needs improvement in skills, technique. May be incomplete.

Description of Assessment Method:

During the last class session students were asked to make a drawing of a shoe (still life exercise.)They were not given any restrictions except paper size. Media or style was not assigned. They could observe a real shoe or conceive an image from their heads. They were under a time restraint (ten minutes) so that composition planning, choice of media and style would tend to reveal how the course objectives were integrated into their personal drawing expressions. This was a third level course and had five students so the whole class is part of the assessment. Two other faculty members besides the instructor contributed to the analysis by critiquing the drawings for assessment.

1. Students were required to use a visual vocabulary of advanced drawing marks that when placed on a plane, create an image of a still life object (shoe.)

2. Advanced drawing students would be able to incorporate a demonstration of shading (value system) and light (light logic) that indicates color (note: monochromatic as well as using hues would be acceptable.)

3. Students had to incorporate marks into a framing (on the paper) through a compositional strategy at an advanced level.

Assessment:

1. Students who could use a visual vocabulary of advanced drawing marks that when placed on a plane, create an image of a still life object (shoe.) Completing this task successfully indicates that an advanced student could symbolically use marking to create an associative image (drawing) and could express style, give content and instill meaning into the image through the use of their chosen marks

2. Advanced drawing students who could give a successful demonstration of shading (value system) and light (light logic) that indicates color could create drawings that are more expressive and have a personal interpretation and viewpoint.

3. Students who incorporate marks into a framing (on the paper) through a compositional strategy at an advanced level, indicate an ability to organize, problem solve and express ideas central to the process of drawing.

Assessment measure:

ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
EVALUATION / A Superior Grade
(100-90%) / B Above Average Grade
(89-80%) / C Average Grade (79-70%) / D Below Average: F Fail
(69-0%)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Make drawing using mark techniques at a highly advanced level. / Demonstrates exceptional observational abilities in sighting and representing mark techniques for drawing.
40% / Demonstrates above average observational abilities in sighting, representing mark techniques for drawing.
40% / Demonstrates acceptable observational abilities in sighting and representing mark techniques for drawing.
20% / Demonstrates little ability in sighting and representing mark techniques for drawing.
0%
Make drawing using light and shading at a highly advanced level. / Demonstrates exceptional ability to sight and make drawings using light and shading.
20% / Demonstrates good ability to sight and make drawings using light and shading.
60% / Demonstrates general ability to sight and represent shape and make drawings using light and shading.
20% / Generally unable to sight and make drawings using light and shading Need to improve accuracy and execution quality.
Construct drawings that create successful compositions. / Demonstrates exceptional ability to construct drawings that have successful compositions.
40% / Demonstrates good ability to construct drawings that have successful compositions.
40% / Demonstrates acceptable ability to construct drawings that have successful compositions. Needs improvement in composition skills.
20% / Demonstrates limited ability, with errors, to construct drawings that have successful compositions. Needs improvement in skills, technique. May be incomplete.

Since there is a normal spread between average, above average and superior average in the assessment results, this indicates that some students, even at an advanced level are doing advanced level drawing average work. Clearly, participation is a factor. The student whose participation (did not attend all lectures and critiques) was poor throughout the semester was the one who received average grades on all outcomes. The limited time given for the completion of the test assignment indicates some students need more time to complete a highly successful artwork. The outcomes also indicate that factors such as the complete freedom to choose style and interpret the idea of “shoe” might have to be more specific in order to assess a student’s real abilities.

How Results will be used:

The Department agrees on basic forms of drawing: finished developed drawings, quick observational drawings, and sketches. Clarifying the uses of when and how these various approaches should be used will now be an ongoing exercise so students learn to leave enough time to do a quick sketch versus the longer time it takes to finish a more complete image. Having students carry a range of media with them at all times as a regular practice would allow them to pick the best media for any given challenge.Light logic and color systems will be the topics of more quizzes. Design and composition strategies will be examined on a more regular basis to make sure that, even at an advanced level, students constantly review fundamental foundations of drawing.

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