SCORING GUIDELINES FOR DRAWING

The scoring rubric for AP Portfolios goes from 6 (excellent) through 5(strong), 4 (good), 3 (moderate), 2 (weak) and 1 (poor).

If you are working on a Drawing portfolio, your work will be scored based on your drawing skills and expertise. This may include, but not be limited, to:

  1. Line Quality
  2. Light and Shade
  3. Rendering of Form
  4. Composition
  5. Surface Manipulation
  6. The Illusion of Depth
  7. Mark Making

Considering the elements above, the key scoring descriptors used for your QUALITY are as follows:

  1. Understanding of Composition, Concept, and Execution
  2. Decision Making and Intention
  3. Originality, Imagination, and Invention
  4. Experimentation and Risk Taking
  5. Confident, Evocative Work that Engages the Viewer
  6. Technical Competence and Skill with Drawing Materials and Media
  7. Understanding and Use of Digital or Photographic Media
  8. Appropriation and the Student “Voice”
  9. Overall Accomplishment

The key scoring descriptors for your CONCENTRATION are as follows:

  1. Integration of the Topic of the Concentration and the Work Presented
  2. Decision Making and Discovery Through Investigation
  3. Originality and Innovative Thinking
  4. Evocative Theme that Engages the Viewer
  5. Transformation and Growth
  6. Technical Competence and Skill with Materials and Media
  7. Understanding the Use of Digital or Photographic Processes
  8. Appropriation and the Student “Voice”
  9. Image Quality (for Weak and Poor Concentration Only)
  10. Overall Accomplishment and Quality

The key scoring descriptors for your BREADTH are as follows:

  1. Investigation of a Broad Range of Visual Concepts and Composition
  2. Decision Making in Terms of Experimentation and/or Risk Taking
  3. Originality, Imagination, and Invention in Using the Elements and Principles of Design in Drawing Composition
  4. Originality and Innovative Thinking
  5. Range of Intentions or Approaches
  6. Confident, Evocative Work that Engages the Viewer
  7. Technical Competence and Skill with Drawing Materials and Media
  8. Understanding the Use of Digital or Photographic Sources
  9. Appropriation and the Student “Voice”
  10. Image Quality (for Weak and Poor Breadth Sections Only)
  11. Overall Accomplishment and Quality

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