Rubric For Pointillism

Score
Completeness

4
Student has
completely finished
a painting of a tree
and has added a
detailed
background.

3
Student has finished a
painting of a tree, but
could have made the
tree/background more
detailed.

2
Student has
partially
finished a
painting of a
tree.

Neatness

The
tree/background
was neatly painted.

The tree/background
was somewhat neatly
painted-there may be
splotches of paint in
some areas that could
have been cleaned up
by blotting the paper
with a paper towel
when it was still wet.
The student could add
more layers of paint
over it so that it
doesnt look so runny.
The student The
student used 3 of the
4 of these elements.

The student
needs to clean
up areas of
runniness. It
is difficult to
tell that the
painting is of a
tree.

Effectiveness/Creativity The student used

the elements of art
and principles of
design in an
effective way. 1)
The tree covered
most of the picture
plane, 2) it used
colors that worked
well together, 3)
objects were
depicted as forms,
not twodimensional
objects. 4) Tree
stood out from the
background.

Score Percentage:
Created by: Jenna Criner

The student
used 2 out of
four of these
elements.

1-0
Student only
used a few dots
to paint the
leaves of the
tree, and there
is nothing in the
background.
The painting
was not neatly
done.

The student
only used one or
0 of these
elements.