Atmospheric Landscape Painting Rubric Score 4 3 2 1 0 1. Preparedness: Very good preparation, Good preparation Could be more Very little No painting materials. with materials and with materials and prepared needs to preparation. preparation. Photo taken by student reference. reference. develop a clearer discussed. proposal. 2. Quality of under Excellent quality of Good quality of Under drawing Under drawing and No under drawing and under drawing and under drawing and composition composition need drawing. composition. aesthetically pleasing and aesthetically could be considerable composition. pleasing improved. improvement. composition. 4. Steps for Painting is over the top. Good use of color Use of color and Use of color and No atmospheric painting Wow. Excellent use of and texture and texture and texture and various atmospheric were followed. color and texture and various various atmospheric effects effects. various atmospheric atmospheric atmospheric could be improved. effects. Sharp and good effects. Sharp and effects could be contrast in foreground, good contrast in improved. as distance towards foreground, as background increases, distance towards loss of sharpness and background value contrast. Colors increases, loss of lighten with distance. sharpness and value contrast. Colors lighten with distance. 5. Studio participation Studio time was well Studio time was Studio time could Studio time was not No and clean up. attended and student attended and be better attended well attended and participation was attentive during student was fairly and student could student needs to be or cleanup. class. Spills, paint and attentive during be more attentive much attentive trash were cleaned up class. Spills, paint during class. during class. Spills, at the end of class. and trash were Spills, paint and paint and trash mostly cleaned up trash were were not cleaned up at the end of class. sometimes not at the end of class as cleaned up at the significant number end of class. of times. Total Score/5 Critique 3 points total: 1 point = student present; 1 point = painting presented; 1 point = participation in class discussion Steps/Formula: 1. Take a photograph that demonstrates a landscape with increasing distance towards mountains and sky. 2. Divide the photo into four parts. Paint the sky first…brighter at top, lighter and less intense towards the horizon, “glaze” in clouds with large at top with diminishing size towards the horizon. 3. The foreground will have the strongest contrasts, sharp details, and shadows. Hue is at full intensity. 4. Mid-foreground – details lessen. Shadows softer lighter. Add hue complement at 1/8 to 1. 5. Mid-distance- merging shapes and no detail. Colors begin to “blue.” Add ¼ hue complement and ¼ white. 6. Distance: No detail. ½ complement to ½ white.