Visual Diary Format Specifications

The primary aim of the visual diary is to demonstrate visually and with text your research and exploration, development and experimentation, refinement and resolution, and reflection and evaluations of your Creative Process.

Expectations

• numbered pages
• dates of entries
• didactic and urls for all printed images of artworks
• labelling of the area of the Creative Process
• your own drawings and images of art experiements
• technical information
• Do not copy slabs of information from the internet or any other resource.

Visual examples of this can be found here.

This is Outcome 3 and you must achieve an Satisfactory for this outcome to achieve a Satisfactory for the Unit overall.

Creating and Collating

The visual diary is for recording your exploration, development and experimentation with ideas, subject matter, compositions, materials and techniques. These activities should all. Or relate to your research of the working practices of chosen influential artists. As you go through these stages (remember they do not have to be done sequentially), you must document and annotate your knowledge, skills and experience. You will reflect on what worked in both the practical completion of art and  the process you used with materials and techniques, what didn’t work so well and then suggest ways to improve or redirect your response.

Each presentation (not page) should include the following.

• Identification of the artist of influence
• Brief biography of events and reasons why he created the artworks you’re going to include in your presentation. This should include his intentions and ideas, choice of subject matter and approach with materials and techniques. Identify any specific personal or cultural influences relating directly to the artwork.
• Images of two artworks by the artist that connect with your own intentions. These must have the didactic and url or source directly below them. Annotate next to them the key areas you are taking inspiration from.
• Your some rough sketches and drawings or photos of other forms of art you have produced in response to this artist should accompany their work. You can draw arrows between their and your work to show connections. 
• You must write brief explanations of these connections and diversions (moving away from their approach to bring in some of your own) reflecting on what effects you achieved, were successful, unsuccessful, need further consideration or rejection.
• You should also include how both you and the artist used materials and techniques to create the works; traditional or contemporary approaches and technical information.