Art transition journal project 2020 stage 1 instructions
- 2. What? Create a visual art journal which reflects aspects of your own life and personality in a small A5/A4 sketchbook or altered book. How? Use a combination of drawings, paintings and text/words to illustrate the suggested themes using a range of materials, techniques and processes. Why? To develop and refine your observation drawing skills by looking more closely at things around you that you see every day, and to explore skills in creating drawings from imagination. Y11 into 12 A level Art Journal Transition Project 2020
- 3. Sketchbook and Journal ideas https://www.accessart.org.uk/sketchbooks-an-online-course-for-children-families-parents- teachers/?fbclid=IwAR0eXgOhXUnmJdtsLP-0- SaSrYINphDO0pQP2KlcHuOGrEHLQMQpDJc2IYk To begin with you will need a sketchbook. If you are using a ready made sketchbook, try to use one that is no bigger than A4 in size to create your journal as this is a good size. It’s also just as easy to make your own - look at some of these examples for ideas. Just use whatever you have available at home. Check out the links and look on YouTube for ideas linked to handmade artist sketchbooks. Cardboard cover folded in half with a range of papers inside. Bound together by wrapping some string or an elastic band around the middle. You can use an old, damaged or unwanted paper or hardback book and draw on top of the pages and words Create an accordion or concertina journal by folding and gluing paper into a long strip.
- 4. What will I draw? Each double page will have a theme (we have given you 6 to start with). You can draw from direct observation, use your own photos or find images on the internet as inspiration. Look at the slides below with artists who use sketchbooks and journals. You will add more pages and continue it over the Summer too, ready to bring back in September. Receipts Tickets Wrappers Scrap paper Envelopes Postcards Flyers Newspapers You can also collage things into your journal and draw on top of them