Description
This visual journal project pack is perfect for middle school art or high school art classes. Visual journals are an ongoing art lesson, ideal for using weekly in a semester or year-long art class. Teach mixed media art, a range of art techniques, materials, and styles through this art project.
Are you looking to introduce visual journals into your classroom? This comprehensive resource includes all the materials you need to guide your students through the process of creating a visual journal. Get everything you need to lead a visual journal lesson once a week for an entire school year.
This art assignment is perfect for 5th-grade, middle school art, or high school art age students.
Perfect for art teachers looking to enhance their curriculum, this bundle includes detailed lesson plans, guides, handouts, and prompts to inspire students to express themselves through art. Visual journals, or altered books, are a great continuous project for your visual art or English class. The visual journals can serve as a weekly, monthly, or year-long art project.
This pack includes 32 art guides, roll-a-design activities, 2 prompt jar packs with 194 prompts to inspire artwork and an artist inspiration activity.
Check out details on each activity below:
Visual Journal Introduction Pack
- Lesson plan (with step-by-step teacher instructions for implementation, A supply list, resources, vocabulary, US national standards)
- PowerPoint presentation I use every year to introduce visual journals, or art journals, to my students. Which includes prompts, visual journal page examples, and basic how-tos.
- Overview handout guide
- Quick Prompt List
- Project Rubric
Sub Plan Guide & Prompts
- An editable sub plan document, to include your individual information such as your dates out, rosters, and other information you need to add.
- 3 printable visual journal prompts with three options per prompt
- Basic instructions on starting visual journals in your class, including supplies, websites to check out, and how they are implemented in my class.
Collage Tips Guide
- 6 ways to create a successful collage
- Information on the front
- Activities on the back
Adding Text Guide
- 9 ways to incorporate text
- Information on the front
- Activities on the back
Mod Podge Image Transfer
- Step-by-step instructions on creating an image transfer
- Information on the front
- Activities on the back
Tape Transfer How To
- Step-by-step instructions on creating an image transfer
- Information on the front
- Activities on the back
Bleeding Tissue Paper Guide
- 7 ways to use bleeding tissue paper
- Information on the front
- Activities on the back
Bubble Print How To
- Step-by-step instructions on creating a bubble print
- Information on the front
- Activities on the back
India Ink How To
- 6 ways to use India Ink
- Information on the front
- Activities on the back
Acrylic Paint Guide
- 7 ways to use acrylic paint
- Information on the front
- Activities on the back
Roll A Design Pack
- 3 printable roll-a-design activities
- Printable visual journal supplies poster
Watercolor Guide
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Watercolor how to guide (info on the front, activities on the back)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and achecklist for students to follow
Paint Pens and Sharpies
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Paint pen and Sharpies how-to guide (info on the front, activities on the back)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Quick Printmaking Techniques:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- 6 different printmaking techniques including marker print, potato print, bubble wrap print, leaf print, shaving cream print, and oil/water print.
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Using Botanicals:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- 5 ways to prep botanicals for use in art including slow dry, quick dry, paint or ink print, scan and print, and hammer print.
- Art activity handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Combining Magazine Images:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Magazine collage how-to guide (info on the front, activities on the back)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Using Colored Pencils:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Colored pencil how-to guide (info on the front, activities on the back, six ways to use colored pencils)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Using Metallics:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Using metallics how-to guide (info on the front, activities on the back, 7 different metallic materials to use)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Using Personal Photos:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Using personal pictures how-to guide (info on the front, activities on the back, six ways to incorporate personal pictures)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Connecting Pages:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Using connecting pages how-to guide (info on the front, activities on the back, seven ways to connect pages in your visual journal or sketchbook)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
General Prompt Jar:
- Prompt activity teacher overview
- 87 prompts, 12 printable pages
- Sub plan printable
- 6 visual journal prompt jar titles
Using Gesso:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Using gesso how-to guide (info on the front, activities on the back, seven ways to use gesso)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Collaging with Book Pages:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Book pages how-to guide (info on the front, activities on the back, seven ways to collage with book pages)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Artist Inspiration Activity:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways (1 page)
- Artist research activity (2 pages)
- Artist and artwork list for ideas (3 pages)
- Art sub activity handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow (1 page)
Material-Subject-Word Prompt Jars:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways (1 page)
- Printable sheet with material ideas (1 page, 35 prompts)
- Printable sheet with subject ideas (1 page, 34 prompts)
- Printable sheet with word ideas (1 page, 38 prompts)
- Art sub activity handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow (1 page)
Using Pastels:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Pastels how-to guide (info on the front, example to follow on the back)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Making and Using Stencils:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Creating and using stencils how-to guide (info on the front, activities on the back, how to make a stencil and 4 ways to use stencils)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Unusual Materials:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Unusual collage materials guide (info on the front, activities on the back, 10 unusual material suggestions)
- Activity checklist for students to follow
Oil Pastels:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Oil pastels activity how-to guide (info on the front, example to follow on the back)
- Art sub plans handout with supplies, instructions, and a checklist for students to follow
Using Stamps:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- Using stamps guide (info on the front, activities on the back, 5 ways to use stamps)
- Activity checklist for students to follow
16 Things Inspiration:
- Teacher notes on implementing the guide in different ways.
- 16 Things About You Activity (info, activity on the front, examples on the back)
- Activity checklist for students to follow
Book Cover Project
- Lesson plan (with essential questions, big idea, national art standards, step by step instructions)
- Visual journal book cover guide handout
- Book cover presentation
- Rubric
Three Printable Posters
- Prompt lists
- Visual journal examples
❤️ These art guides are perfect for visual journals. Visual Journals are always my students’ and my favorite for the year. I have the chance to get to know them on a personal level and they get the chance to express themselves however they choose. It also frees up pre-planning for one day every week, you already know Friday is visual journal day. Get everything you need to introduce and guide visual journals in my intro pack here.
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What teachers are saying…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “AMAZING!!!!! The students loved doing the activities we have done so far and it’s been very easy for me to implement.” – Abbie W.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Awesome resource! My advanced art students have been really enjoying working on their Visual Art Journals! Highly recommend this to every single middle/high art teacher!” – Art Lessons By Ms Diaz
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “WOW! Such a helpful set of resources, I am trying to incorporate more visual aspects into my ELA class and this is the way. Students love to do much more than write about what we are reading.” – Catherine W.
Check out my individual visual journal resource handouts here.
I incorporate my visual journal lesson in all of my classes. This visual journal bundle is included in my Introduction to Art bundle. The lesson plan and PowerPoint are included in my other curriculum bundles.
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