Nature Journal

Objectives of the Project:

To create awareness of the elements of nature

2. To be exposed to the elements of nature and its basic unit, form and function.

Learning Outcomes:

To identify the different elements of nature
To describe the different characteristics of nature by exploring the basic elements such as
natural topography, landscape etc.

Project Description

We are required to watch the movie documentary ‘EARTH’ 2007 and to present factual information, personal experiences, observation and thoughts on an A4 size document.

The content requires your observation, extended research and reflection on the things that you have been documenting and experiencing, and what interest you the most and maybe some life changing event from the documentary u have watched.

We are to record our observations in a nature journal format and an infographic manner.

Content requirements:

Front cover.
Introduction about yourself.
Summary and your feelings towards the documentary.
Your favourite scene.
An environmental issue discovered from the documentary.
Reflection on nature after watching the documentary.
Your references.

Elements of nature needed to be covered include:

Describe the importance of "Nature" towards humans' life and activity
2 types of flora elements - describe minimum 4 characteristics with elaboration.
2 types of fauna elements - describe minimum 4 characteristics with elaboration.
2 types of topography - describe minimum 4 characteristics with elaboration.
2 types of natural phenomena - describe minimum 3 characteristics with elaboration.

Progress:

Week 1

During the first week, I took time in adjusting to the new semester in my first year of college, so I took it easy and spent time familiarising myself with the assignment details. I also watched the Earth 2007 documentary and took some brief notes on my notebook and snapped some pictures on my phone (the pictures I took would not come into use...).

Please excuse the quality of my handwritten notes as they may be a little messy. The notes written are just for me to refer.

Week 2

I didn't yet start on the assignment as thought there would be a lot of time. This is partly a fault of my awful time management so no progress was made during this week as well as the next two weeks to come.

Week 3

My time this week was spent relaxing and still adjusting to my new life. I practised sketching and some water colouring on a humpback whale to get used to the new water colours and painting in general.

Week 4

Week 5

Finally I had begun my assignment by deciding the elements of nature which I will elaborate about. I was late to find out that ONLY elements FROM THE DOCUMENTARY are to be used, therefore causing me to waste more time since I had to re choose which elements I will do.

Notes on Required Content

Elements of Nature Notes

Unused notes :(

Week 6

During this week my time was finally spent on working on the drafts. Since I don't have a great drawing or artistic background I decided to use a tracing method as Miss Renee had advised.

I printed out pictures, cutted them out and placed them onto a plain sheet of watercolor paper in order to gauge the sizing and proportion of the object so I could easily reference and trace.

Flora

Natural Phenomenon

Fauna

Topography

Week 7

The final week was spent tracing, painting and colouring over my drafts. To be honest, this was a little of a rush work which could have been better completed with better time management.

Final product: My nature Journal

Reflection

Throughout the process of creating this nature journal I found it quite surprisingly fun and relaxing as I had never intensely used so many art products in such a short period of time at once. Nevertheless, I assignment has been useful as my first assignment of college, it allows me to easily experience a little bit of college work life, and helps me improve my drawing and painting skills.

The first Taylor Graduate Capability I have aquired is Lifelong Learning, as I am able to learn independently, which can be seen in my note taking in this project, as I have diligently gone to the internet and to find out more about the specific flora, fauna, natural phenomenons and topography I have chosen. When doing so, I have been able to successfully locate, extract synthesise and utilise information effectively, as I limited the the information on the final draft as it has to look clean and infographic, therefore I only chose the most necessary of information and effectively planned it's position onto the watercolour paper. I was engaged intellectually throughout this assignment, making sure that I researched into detail, even if the information was not going to be finalised on paper, I did so for my own reward. An example of this was when I researched into the Giant Amazonian Water Lilies Victoria Amazonica, a topic that was not going to be in the finalise work. I learned that this unique species of water lily has a very unique method of pollination; blooming only for 48 hours and attracting beetles into the flower by producing a sweet scented perfume.

My second Graduate Capability I have aquired is Taylor's Interpersonal Skills. I feel I have achieved this skill because I was able to manage oneself and was completely self-reliant, although I did ask my friends and lecturers some things I did not know or to obtain references. I also am able to reflect upon my actions and learning, which after I have done so, I have come to believe that I should increase my time management skills, planning my time more wisely to reduce rushed work. I believe I have completed this project embodying Taylor's core values.

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