Environmental Art: Outdoors Learning at School Grounds

outlook • MAY 2007 LEARNING THROUGH LANDSCAPES groundnotes September 2008 Art and the school grounds are natural partners. The outdoors offers not just the space to experiment with scale but also – by drawing on the outdoor environment itself – a wide... More

outlook • MAY 2007 LEARNING THROUGH LANDSCAPES groundnotes September 2008 Art and the school grounds are natural partners. The outdoors offers not just the space to experiment with scale but also – by drawing on the outdoor environment itself – a wide range of exciting stimuli. This Groundnotes looks at how environmental art . . . ● uses the environment for inspiration. For example, making drawings of natural features like trees and flowers ● uses the environment as a resource. For example, making artworks from natural materials such as bug sculptures constructed from twigs, bark, leaves etc. Getting started – investigating your grounds Look at what you have outdoors while thinking of your outdoor area from an artist’s point of view. Walk around your grounds and reflect on how art permeates all your outdoor areas. You can do this with your children, and use your Environmental art Schoolgrounds-UK discoveries to set pupils thinking about what the outdoors has to offer an artist Less