A Daily Art Journal Artists have always been

A Daily Art Journal Artists have always been inspired by significant times and events during their life. Some Artist document everyday life and significant events through journaling. Journaling allows the artist to create a visual representation of a moment in time, this can include quick sketches printed images and writing, it is like a diary but with pictures. Your Task; Week To create a response to life in lockdown and the coronavirus through daily journaling and designing a mural. Task 1 To create 5 daily journal entries about your life in lockdown. 2 To create a mood board of images related to the coronavirus and lockdown e. g. NHS logo 3 To create a research page on Murals 4 Begin to design your mural inspired by lockdown 5 Create your final mural on A 3 paper

What To create 5 daily journal entries about your life in lockdown. Doing? Week 1 Journaling allows the artist to create a visual representation of a moment in time, this can include quick sketches printed images and writing, it is like a diary but with pictures. Take a A 4, A 3 or a scrap piece of paper and begin to fill with images that are related to your life in lockdown. This could be drawings/sketches of things you are doing, what you can see, what is on the news, you can include diary entries and typography. Fill the page and make is as visually interesting as you can.

What Doing? Week 2 To create a mood board of images related to the cornavirus and lockdown e. g. NHS logo, news headlines Create a digital mood board and include images related to the coronavirus. This will help you gather secondary research to inform and develop ideas for your mural. Begin to create some initial sketches from your mood board. This will also help you and inspire imagery and subjects for your daily journal. Below is an example of a mood board.

What Doing? Week 3 To create an interesting and exciting research page on Murals. This could be a research page on the Belfast Murals. A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other permanent surfaces. A distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture. Your research page should include; - Images of Murals - Title - A background that is relevant to theme - Drawings/sketches - Information - Your opinion

The Belfast Murals • Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, has been home to some of the worst violence Ireland has endured. The troubles, between the late 1960’s and 1998, divided the nation, mainly between Nationalist Catholics and Unionist Protestants. The Agreement of Good Friday ( April 10 th, 1998) brought an end to 30 years of suffering and bitter feuding between these communities. Throughout the troubles both sides painted large murals on buildings, particularly in residential areas on houses at the end of terraced rows. These murals are today a major Belfast attraction for tourists. • Not all murals in Northern Ireland are political or religious in nature, with some commemorating events such as the Great Irish Famine (1845 -1849), and other moments in Irish history. • Many portray events from Irish Mythology, though images from Irish myths are often incorporated into political murals. A few murals avoid the subject of Ireland altogether. Instead focusing on such neutral subjects.

What Doing? Week 4 Using your primary and secondary research create a minimum of two mural designs inspired by your experience in lockdown. • Look at your daily journal entries, your mood board images and your mural research, take aspects from each of these and start to combine them into one image to create a mural. • When you have collected and produced your drawings, you should plan them out for a mural design, this should be A 4 and you need to add colour. What Doing? Week 5 Using your two mural designs, select your most successful design. Then create your final mural on a A 3 piece of paper. • Apply colour using any material you have at home, colour pencils, felt tips, collage, paint etc. • Ensure theat you fill the space/paper with imagery, text, symbols etc. • Remember to add a combination of your primary and secondary research.