Minnesota 9-12 Visual Art Standards

  • 1. Foundation
  • 1a. Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

  • 2. Create
  • 2a. Generate and develop original artistic ideas.
  • 2b. Create original artistic work.
  • 2c. Revise and complete original artistic work.

  • 3. Present
  • 3a. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

  • 3b. Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through performance.
  • 4. Respond
  • 4a. Analyze and construct interpretations of artistic work.

  • 4b. Evaluate artistic work by applying criteria.
  • 5. Connect
  • 5a. Integrate knowledge and personal experiences while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

  • 5b.Demonstrate an understanding that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.
    • *All standards listed above are from the 2020 Minnesota Art Standards document.
  • My personal addition to the standards:
  • Understand and effectively use the Elements and Principles of Visual Art.

    • Animation

    Flip Book

    One of the first animation assignments at the Disney company in the 40's was a bouncing ball exercise.

    Animators were to make a ball appear to bounce across the page. Some took the exercise further and put a ring around the ball to show how it rotated as it bounced while others made surprise endings like an explosion on the final bounce.

    One of the first drawn animation assignments for our students is a bouncing ball flip book where students use one side of the flip book to make a bouncing ball and on the reverse side they create their own animation. Squash and stretch principles are emphasized. Below is an example of the timing and squash/stretch of the ball as we animate it.

    Evaluation:

    2 points -- Bouncing ball
    Remaining points go toward the second animation students do on the opposite side of the flip book:
    1 point -- Use of class time
    1 point -- Neatness
    3 points -- Smoothness of motion
    3 points -- Utilization of squash and stretch principles
    10 points total

    Emma's Flip-book Ball Animation on Youtube
    Downloadable version of Emma's Flip-book Ball Animation
    Emma's 2nd Flip-book Animation on Youtube
    Downloadable version of Emma's Second Flip-book Animation
    Kyla's Flip-book Ball Animation on Youtube
    Kyla's Downloadable version of Kyla's flip book.
    Kyla's 2nd Flip-book Ball Animation on Youtube
    Kyla's Downloadable version of Kyla's second flip book.


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