Skeletons! Skeletons are an important symbol in Mexican culture They represent an ______________________ and _____________________ afterlife for the deceased Reminds the living that there is life after death Skulls are decorated: _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Design a Day of the Dead sugar skull! 3 2 1 0 Colors Used a wide variety of bright, colors. (7-8) Colors go well together. Used a small variety of bright colors. (5-6). Colors mostly go well together. Used some dull colors. (3-4). Colors don’t go well together. Did not colors. Only used two colors. (1-2) Design Incorporated cultural designs as seen on Mexican skulls (flowers, patterns, gems) Incorporated one type of Mexican design. Designs are more related to Halloween than Day of the Dead. Did not paint any designs on skull. Craftsmanship Entire skull is painted neatly (no plaster spots peeking through). Skull is sturdy and in one piece. Some spots of plaster peak through. Some sloppy paint spots. A lot of plaster is seen through the Very streaky and lazy paint job. Skull may be falling apart. Put no effort at all into painting. Skull is falling apart due to mishandling. Creativity Skull design is original and not copied from another Some parts of the design are copied, but not everything. Most of skull design is copied. Skull design is a direct copy from somewhere else.
Radial Symmetry Excellently shows radial symmetry in both the mirror and the mosaic. Shows adequate radial symmetry in both the mirror and the mosaic. Attempted to show radial symmetry, but it is not effective. No effort to show radial symmetry; no radial symmetry is present. Craftsmanship of Mirror Embossed mirror is neat and precise. Properly used the techniques of repousse and chasing to create a crisp design. Embossed mirror is relatively neat and precise. Used the repousse and chasing techniques adequately. Attempted to use embossing technique, but did not use the chasing technique to create a design. Put no effort at all into embossing. Metal looks more like it was folded and wrinkled, not drawn on with repousse and chasing. Craftsmanship Of Mosaic Mosaic design is neat and organized. No messy glue marks; no pieces falling off. Paid attention to the direction of the mosaic pieces. Mosaic design is relatively neat and organized. No messy glue marks or pieces falling off. Somewhat paid attention to direction of mosaic pieces. Mosaic is not neatly put together. May be glue smudges and/or pieces falling off. Did not really pay attention to direction of mosaic pieces. No effort into mosaic; incomplete; all pieces have fallen off. Did not pay attention to direction of mosaic pieces. Creativity Mirror design is original and not copied from another student or the power point. Some parts of the design are copied, but not everything. Most of mirror design is copied. Mirror design is a direct copy from somewhere else. Signed Name Name is signed neatly and visibly on the back of mirror. Name is sloppily written on back of mirror. Name cannot be read on the back of mirror. No name on the mirror. ©Art Room 104