Visual Journals
Born in 1452 in Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
When Leonardo was growing up,
he liked to draw!
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Plants
Flowers
Birds
Insects
Animals
When he grew up, he became…
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A sculptor
An architect
A musician
A scientist
An inventor
A mathematician
A GREAT painter!
But to help him do all this…
He sketched and drew and wrote!
Some Sites to Visit…
To see some of Leonardo da Vinci’s ideas…
 http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDo
cs/davincinotes.pdf
To see how famous he has become…
 http://www.panoramas.dk/da-vincicode/louvre-mona-lisa.html
Visual Journals…
Artists throughout history have used them!
 http://www.aaa.si.edu/exhibits/pastexhibit
s/sketchbk/welbunn.htm
Today, visual journals have become art!
 http://www.teeshamoore.com/teeshasjour
nalpgs.html
A page from another person’s notebook or
‘visual journal’…
Can you guess what this person was
sketching, planning, imagining…?
Alexander Graham Bell
(1876)
-sketches of first telephone!
You can store ideas for anything in
your visual journal…
Visual Journals can include…
Words
Pictures
Sentences
Ideas
Poetry
Text
Practice
Images
Thoughts
Photographs
Word Webs
Reflections
Opinions
Recounts
Doodles
Sketches
Plans
Descriptions
Imaginings
Possibilities
Dreams…
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!