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DRW-M-04 Drawing & Painting Observation Intermediate

Texture & Surface

Depicting different surface textures in a way making viewer almost feel them

The five levels

Each anchor describes what separates one level from the next — not a general description of quality. This is the text the evaluator itself reads.

  • Level 1 Below Standard

    All surfaces appear made of same material

    Example Skin, metal and wood appear similar

  • Level 2 Approaching

    Texture hints present but unconvincing

    Example Attempt noticed but texture not felt

  • Level 3 At Standard

    Convincing textures in main areas

    Example Difference between different materials noticeable

  • Level 4 Above Standard

    Expressive textures evoking sensory feeling

    Example Viewer almost feels the surfaces

  • Level 5 Exemplary

    Texture as expressive tool participating in meaning construction

    Example Texture says something about the painting's subject

Where does your own work sit on these levels?

Submit one work to be read against this criterion alone: your position across the five levels, why you are not higher and why not lower, three literal quotes from your own work, and one exercise with its success check. Your first card is free.

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