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Project Check-In 

Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ONLY

Rules:

If you choose to mount artwork, please use a light-weight material.

Please indicate if drawing aids, such as a grid or projector, were used.

·Surfaces used may include paper, canvas, wood, glass, or other appropriate surface

30-10  Painting - freehand - Includes oil, acrylic, and tempra paints. Typically and most effectively done on canvas.

30-20  Water Color - freehand - Includes finger paints. Typically done on paper

30-30  Colored Chalk and Oil Pastels -  

30-40  Sketches in color - Media used may include crayons, colored pencils, ink, or markers

30-50  Sketches in Black & White - Media used may include pen/ink, pencil, or charcoal

30-60 - Mixed Media - Artwork that includes more than one medium, such as ink, markers, pastels, charcoal, and/or paint. (Sketching done in pencil does not count as a separate medium.)

Judging Criteria:

Age Appropriateness  10%  - Is the work displayed and the project itself suitable for the age of the student? 

Presentation  10%  - Is the entry neatly and attractively cropped, matted and/or mounted? 

Composition  25%  - Did the artist make good choice and use of subject, space, and geometric elements (lines & shapes)?  

Use of Medium   25%  - Did the artist make effective use of the medium chosen for the project?  

Originality/Creativity   30%  - Is the subject interesting or unusual, or a unique interpretation or view of a common subject? Does the artist make creative choices in color, perspective, etc?