A visual diary is your art book.  

It is where you record your ideas, drawings, designs and thinking in Visual Arts. 

In this unit you will be assessed on the entire creative process which includes your visual diary. This is because your visual diary shows how your artwork develops, and not just the final piece.

What we expect

Your visual diary should:

• Be used every lesson

• Show effort, not perfection

• Include sketches, experiments and mistakes - your mistakes matter!

• Have annotations (writing) with your drawings (titles, labels, short explanations) - familiarise yourself with the Annotations poster in the room with handy hints and tips

• Show your thinking and planning, not just finished work

ASSESSMENT 

Your sketchbook is an assessment tool that makes up around 50% of your final assessment grade in your CAT tasks.

If you have one, it's a sure fire way to make sure that all of your assessment documentation is in one place.

Students who use a sketchbook typically score much higher in the final CAT tasks than those who don't.

In Your Visual diary: 

• Draw neatly but freely

• Use pencil unless told otherwise

• No ripped pages and no blank sections

• Keep it tidy, remember this forms part of your overall assessment