Visual Journals

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Visual Journals
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Born in 1452 in Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci
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When Leonardo was growing up, he liked to draw!

• Plants
• Flowers
• Birds
• Insects
• Animals

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When he grew up, he became

• A sculptor
• An architect
• A musician
• A scientist
• An inventor
• A mathematician
• A GREAT painter!

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But to help him do all this
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He sketched and drew and wrote!
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Some Sites to Visit

• To see some of Leonardo da Vincis ideas
• http//www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/davincinot
  es.pdf
• To see how famous he has become
• http//www.panoramas.dk/da-vinci-code/louvre-mona-
  lisa.html

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Visual Journals

• Artists throughout history have used them!
• http//www.aaa.si.edu/exhibits/pastexhibits/sketch
  bk/welbunn.htm
• Today, visual journals have become art!
• http//www.teeshamoore.com/teeshasjournalpgs.html

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A page from another persons notebook or visual
journalCan you guess what this person was
sketching, planning, imagining?
Alexander Graham Bell (1876) -sketches of first
telephone!
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You can store ideas for anything in your visual
journal
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Visual Journals can include

• Words Images Doodles
• Pictures Thoughts Sketches
• Sentences Photographs Plans
• Ideas Word Webs Descriptions
• Poetry Reflections Imaginings
• Text Opinions Possibilities
• Practice Recounts Dreams

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10 Great Reasons to use a Visual Journal

• 1. You get to be creative!
• 2. You get to show your own style!
• 3. You get to include your favourite things!
  (subjects, topics)
• 4. You get better at drawing!
• 5. You get to do more than just draw!
• 6. You get to experiment and try different
  things!
• 7. You can practice every day!
• 8. You get a record of your progress!
• 9. You can share your work with others!
• 10.You can take your visual journal anywhere!