Greeting Card Design

Minnesota 9-12 Visual Art Standards
Used in this Lesson

  • 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of the arts area.
  • 1A. Analyze how the elements of visual art including color, line, shape, value, form, texture and space; and principles such as repetition, pattern, emphasis, contrast and balance are combined to communicate meaning in the creation of, presentation of, or response to visual artworks.

  • 1b. Evaluate how the principles of visual art such as repetition, pattern, emphasis, contrast and balance are used in the creation of, presentation of, or response to visual artworks.

  • 2. Demonstrate knowledge and use of the technical skills of the art form, integrating technology when applicable.
  • 2a. Integrate the characteristics of the tools, materials and techniques of a selected media in original artworks to support artistic purposes.

  • 3. Demonstrate understanding of the personal, social, cultural and historical contexts that influence the arts areas.
  • 3a. Analyze how visual artworks influence and are influenced by personal, social, cultural or historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

  • 3b. Synthesize and express an individual view of the meaning and functions of visual art.
  • 4. Create or make in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations.
  • 4a. Create a single, complex artwork or multiple artworks to express ideas.

  • 4b. Revise artworks based on artistic intent and using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

  • 6. Respond to or critique a variety of creations or performances using the artistic foundations.
  • 6a. Analyze, interpret and evaluate works of visual art by applying self-selected criteria within the traditions of the art form.

  • 6b. Justify choices of self-selected criteria based on knowledge of how criteria affects criticism.

    • Additional Tie-ins

  • Self Expression
  • Vector Shading Techniques
    • The teacher demonstrates how to make some simple holiday graphics (Christmas, Easter, President's day, Veterans Day, July 4 Halloween, etc.) that could be used on a greeting card. (Birthday imagery may also be demonstrated.) Some greeting card designs are shown in class.

    Students are to make a greeting card design that is quickly and easily readable, possibly humorous, and includes an original illustration made by the student. The card should fill a quarter of a page and be oriented correctly so that, when printed, it can be folded into a card. ( See example here.)

    Evaluation:
    4 points -- Quality of graphic.
    3 points -- Professionalism
    3 points -- Text that fits the graphic

    10 Points Total


    Image above by Samantha R.


    Image above by Justin R.


    Image above by Jackson P.





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