Visual Journal Assignment #5 (Term 3)

Due: Monday, May 5th

Doodle drawing by Kerby Rosanes

A doodle is an unfocused or unconscious drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be abstract shapes.

According to a study published in the scientific journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, doodling can aid a person's memory by expending just enough energy to keep one from daydreaming, which demands a lot of the brain's processing power, as well as from not paying attention

Some artists have even made doodling their style of choice. Artists like Kerby Rosanes have created incredible pieces of artwork in the “doodle” style.

For this visual journal assignment, you will be creating an 8 inch by 8 inch square in your sketchbooks (or on a sheet of drawing) paper. You will fill this entire square in with doodles. Your doodle should take up the entire square, with the images overlapping one another to leave very little empty space.

Your doodle can be drawings of actual things or more abstract. It can be made up entirely of images, or incorporate text as well.

For your paragraph, you will write about the experience you had creating your doodle. Did you find the process enjoyable or difficult? What were you doing while you were doodling? What were you thinking about while you were creating this doodling?

Make sure all of your doodles (images or text) are school appropriate.

Visual Journal Assignment #4 (Term 3)

Due: Monday, April 28th 

An idiom is a combination of words that has a figurative meaning due to its common usage. An idiom's figurative meaning is separate from the actual meaning or definition of the words of which it is made of.

The idiom "a horse of a different color" has nothing to do with an actual horse. Instead it refers to a situation or a subject that is different from what you had first thought it was. 

Another common idiom is "it's raining cats and dogs". The saying refers to a very loud and noisy rainstorm.

For this visual journal assignment, you are gong to be creating an illustration of an idiom of you choice. For example, if you chose "it's raining cats and dogs" you would draw a picture of cats and dogs raining down from the sky.

For your written element, you will write down what idiom you chose and then describe what the figurative meaning of it is. For example, if you chose "a piece of cake" as your idiom, you would draw an actual piece of cake, but then describe to me in your writing that the term is used to describe something that is overly simple or easy. Like, "That test was a piece of cake".

Check out the site www.idiomsite.com if you need help thinking of an idiom to use.

Mrs. Walker's idiom illustration of "The Last Straw". The idiom refers to something that finally brought someone to the point of losing their temper.

Visual Journal Assignment #3 (Term 3)

Due: Monday, April 14th 

For this visual journal assignment, you are going to be designing a movie poster for your favorite film.

Movie posters are a way to advertise a film and to give audiences a sneak peak at what a movie may look like.

In your movie poster, you should include the following:

• The name of your film written in an interesting way that fits with the feeling of the film
• Images that go along with the film

This should be your original take on a movie poster. You should not copy a preexisting movie poster.

Also, your movie poster needs to be school appropriate.Please do not choose any movies that are violent, gory or inappropriate for the school setting.

For your paragraph, please explain to me why you chose the movie that you did and how you feel like your poster is a good representation of the film.

Mrs. Walker's poster design for "My Neighbor Totoro"