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

    Vid Sketches

    A animated video is shown in class during the first few days as an example of the difference between good and bad animation. Good animation has smooth movement and utilizes "squash and stretch". The video is a classic hand-drawn, not computer graphics, animated feature. Something like The Little Mermaid, The Road to Eldorado, Beauty and the Beast, Disney's Robin Hood, etc.

    The video is paused every few minutes and students are to quickly draw the main character in that frame. Slow motion is also used to illustrate how the animators achieved the motion or squash and stretch. At the end of the exercise, students will have nearly 20 quick sketches made.

    Evaluation:
    This is an exercise so no points are given for this assignment. Drawings will be collected and viewed by the teacher at the end of the unit.

    Below is a group of sketches made during only half of Disney's "Little Mermaid" movie. Many more will be made before the end of the exercise.


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