AP Studio Art and Design Rubric Name:

Assignment # Due Date

Novice Artist Master Grade

Written evidence identifies an inquiry but visual Written evidence identifies an inquiry that relates
Written evidence identifies an inquiry that guides
evidence does not relate to that inquiry to the sustained investigation the sustained investigation
Question
inquiry

OR AND AND
Written evidence does not identify an inquiry. Visual evidence demonstrates the sustained Visual evidence demonstrates the sustained
investigation investigation
10-14 15-18 19-20
Visual evidence of practice, experimentation, OR Visual evidence of practice, experimentation, OR Visual evidence of practice, experimentation, AND
revision; however, visual evidence does not relate revision relates to the sustained investigation revision (it is best if process photos are included)
experimentation,

to a sustained investigation AND demonstrates development of the sustained

Practice,

revision

Written evidence relates to the visual evidence of

investigation
practice, experimentation, OR revision AND
Written evidence describes how the sustained
investigation shows evidence of practice,
experimentation, OR revision.
10-14 15-18 19-20
Little to no evidence of visual relationships Visual relationships among materials, processes, Visual relationships among materials, processes,
among materials, processes, OR ideas. OR ideas are evident. AND ideas are clearly evident and demonstrate
Process
Material

Ideas

synthesis.

10-14 15-18 19-20

Visual evidence of rudimentary and moderate Visual evidence of moderate and good Visual evidence of good and advanced
2D/Drawing skills. 2D/Drawing skills 2D/Drawing skills
Skill Level

2D: Thoughtful use of the Elements and Principles of

Design
Drawing: Light/shade, illusion of depth, use of
perspective, mark-making, line quality,
composition, rendering of form
0-7 8-14 15-20
Little to no research is evident in the work. The work reflects some research on the part of the The work reflects relevant research on the part of
student, but work would benefit from more the student
research and or use of reference images. Research can take many forms:
-Learning about professional artists
Research

-Investigating other subjects related to the focus of

the sustained investigation
-Learning new techniques by using books, videos,
magazines, etc .....and so on
Student can describe any research they did that
might not be visually evident in the work itself.
0-4 5-8 9-10
 Non-digital work: Non-digital work: Non-digital work:
The work has been photographed, but the The work has been photographed, but it may need The work has been photographed under good
photo quality is poor. better lighting or focus lighting.
Submission

The image of the work is in focus

An image of the work has been uploaded to
Google Drive but is not in the correct location.
The questions from this rubric may be included
but the answers are vague.
0-4
The image of the work has been uploaded to
Google Drive by 11:59 pm on the due date. Most
of the questions from this rubric have been
answered in a Google doc and has been included
with the image
5-8
The image of the work has been cropped
The image of the work has been uploaded to
Google Drive by 11:59 pm on the due date. All of
the questions from this rubric have been
answered thoroughly in a Google doc and have
been included with the image
9-10
Late = 70 to start

Answer the following questions in a Google Doc labeled Sustained Investigation 1. Upload your Google Doc along with the image of your work in a folder labeled
Sustained Investigation in your AP Art folder.

State the following in writing:

Identify the questions that guided your sustained investigation

Describe how your sustained investigation shows evidence of practice, experimentation, and revision guided by your questions (1200 characters
maximum, including spaces, for response to both prompts)

 Materials used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

 Processes used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

 Size (height × width × depth, in inches)