Northview High School
Duluth, GA
Score: 6

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Rationale for Score:
This portfolio demonstrates the highest quality of successful design solutions, exhibiting a confident integration of art elements and design principles to present evocative and cohesive compositions. Successful risk-taking is evident in multiple media—for example, in the pastel still life with basket and objects, the student takes a unique perspective to express design in everyday objects. The prismacolor rendering of glass objects and the graphite rendering of bicycle gears show mastery of technical information that is presented with attention to detail and analysis of form. The student translates a complex subject into a visual statement that expresses an accomplished understanding of line, shape, value, and texture to create unity.

* Important Note:
The numbers of the slides run from top left to bottom right.

1. 21” x 18” pastel
2. 21” x 18” graphite
3. 20” x 14” prismacolor
4. 24” x 18” graphite
5. 18” x 24” conté
6. 24” x 18” prismacolor
7. 16” x 20” graphite
8. 16” x 20” watercolor and acrylic
9. 16” x 20” india ink and oil pastels
10. 24” x 18” charcoal
11. 20” x 16” acrylic
12. 14” x 18” pen and ink