Name: _____________________________________
Period: ________
ColorWheel GradingRubric
Color Scheme Option
5 4
Category Excellent
Your design choices
fulfill all of these areas:
Composition &  Creativity/Originality
Creativity  Radial composition
 Balance
 Filling the space
You very carefully
painted your design,
Painting & using painting tech-
niques. Your mixed
Color Mixing
colored are nicely
balanced and easy to
tell apart.
Your painting
contains all of the
following:
 Four different color
Following schemes
 Correct color
Directions schemes
 Painted background
 Tints and/or shades
of colors that are
easily distinguished
Your project is very
neatly done and
Craftsmanship looks like it took time
and hard work.
You were always
on-task and did not
have to be prompted
Effort to work, and your
materials were
always cleaned up.
Points from Grid: _______ x 4
Satisfactory
Your design choices
may be lacking in one
of these areas:
 Creativity/Originality
 Radial composition
 Balance
 Filling the space
You carefully painted
your design. Your
mixed colors are
fairly balanced and
somewhat easy to tell
apart.
Your painting may be
lacking in one of
these areas:
 Four different color
schemes
 Correct color
schemes
 Painted background
 Tints and/or shades
of colors that are
easily distinguished
Your project is neatly
done and looks like it
took time and hard
work.
You were mostly
on-task and did not
have to be prompted
to work, and your
materials were
mostly cleaned up.
3 2 – 0 Needs
Emerging Improvement
Your design choices
Your design choices
may be lacking in two of
are not unique and do
these areas:
not create a radial
composition. Your
 Creativity/Originality
design is unbalanced
 Radial composition
and does not fill the
 Balance
space.
 Filling the space
You painted your Your painting looks
design, although rushed in its
some areas are not execution. Your
as neat as others. colors are very “off”
Your colors are not from the color wheel
always balanced and and are difficult to tell
are hard to tell apart. apart.
Your painting may be
lacking in two of
these areas: You missed many of
 Four different color the directions for this
schemes
project, resulting in a
 Correct color
schemes
sad Ms. Stephenson.
 Painted background 
 Tints and/or shades
of colors that are
easily distinguished
Your project is very
Your project may not
messy or did not
be neatly done and
have time and care
may appear rushed.
put into it.
You were
You were frequently
sometimes on-task,
off-task or did not
and your materials
use materials
were sometimes
appropriately.
cleaned up.
Total Points: ________/ 100
 Creative ColorWheel Checklist
Color Scheme Option
Planning & Experimenting
Your sketchbook for this unit should include:
 Color Theory Notes
 Color Wheel Practice (Paint Mixing)
 Acrylic Painting Techniques page
 Three (3) thumbnail sketches of ideas for
your project with annotations (notes to
yourself)
 A detailed final sketch of your painting that
includes ALL of the points to the right
Sketch Requirements
Create a final sketch of your color scheme
project in your sketchbook. The design
needs to:
 Use radial balance to rotate the design in
each quadrant around a central point
 Contain four (4) different color schemes
 Demonstrate a level of contrast between
each quadrant
 Include tints (color + white) and/or
shades (color + black) in your design

Creating
Lightly use a ruler and your 3H pencil to divide your canvas board into four equal
sections.

Using a transfer method, transfer the design from your sketchbook onto each section
of your canvas board, rotating the sketch 90° each time to create a radial
composition. Write your name on the back of the canvas.

Choose a different color scheme for each of the four sections of your canvas board.
Using your colored pencils, lightly color in your design to indicate where colors will go.
 Analogous  Triadic  Split-complementary
 Complementary  Warm colors  Analogous with a complement
 Monochromatic  Cool colors

Load up a paper plate (palette) with a small amount of each primary color and black
and white (for shades and/or tints).

Mix the primary colors together to create balanced hues. Carefully paint inside each
section of your color wheel, adding a second coat when necessary. Paint the
background of each section.

Upload your artwork to Artsonia and turn in this rubric to the turn-in slot for
your class period. OR Tape this rubric to the back of your project.
Make sure your name is on your artwork and turn it in to the turn-in slot for
your class period.

Due Date: _________________