Journal Assignment
This is a journal assignment. Journal assignments are reflective in nature and therefore have no wrong or right answers. Thoughtfully and completely answer the following questions in paragraph format, either the submission box or on a Word document that you upload. In order to receive full credit, you must completely answer each question.
Questions to answer/reflect on:
1. How do you express creativity in your own life?
2. Do you believe you are a creative person? Why or why not?
3. How would you explain the importance of creativity to someone else?
4. What new information did you learn this week from any of the reading assignments? Reference attachment
5. What would you like to know more about or are unsure about?
Part 2
Artists develop their visual abilities by continuous practice and use. They practice by looking at things closely, drawing them, and recording them in their mind’s eye. Pick at least TWO of the following visual exercises to develop your visual abilities. Have fun!!
· draw a picture of something (such as a bicycle or shoe) showing it from different views on the same page.
· fill a page full of drawings of bugs, seashells, or something you collect.
· examine an object for 1 minute. Put the object away. Then draw a picture of what you remember about it. When you’ve finished, look at the object again and see how much you remembered about it.
· draw a family member or friend from memory
· sit under a tree and draw the tree from your point of view. Draw other things around the tree from unusual points of view.
· take off your shoe and examine it closely. Feel its contours, look inside, and turn it upside down. After you’ve done this, draw a picture of it. Try this with other common objects around you.
Identify the two exercises you completed and describe your process of doing each exercise. Be detailed in your description by including how you felt, what the process was like, did you learn anything new, etc.
Make your original post and comment on two other students’ posts for full credit.