Art in the Environment

This course will provide outdoor practical experiences to explore some of the natural materials and stimulus that the nature reserve can offer.

Course Content:

Explore and develop ideas Investigate and make art, craft and design from natural materials. Evaluate and develop work Understand the visual and tactile elements of materials Work in two and three dimensions. Work on large scale creations Work alone and in groups.

Activities :

Collecting materials to create collage/craftwork. Using large pieces of wood, bark and leaves to form a large scale model or picture. Sketching from close observation of plants or invertebrates from the meadow. Discussing emotions and feelings of different sites on the reserve. Creating imaginative mud sculptures. Looking at the landscape as represented by Gainsborough and Constable.

Links NC:

Science Geography History Literacy PSHE RE