Exploring Land Art with KS1-4
Exploring Land Art with Key Stage 1
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Creative activities suitable for Early Years and Key Stage 1
Develop art and design skills and vocabulary using observation and drawing.
Taking inspiration from different outdoor environments and introducing land artists Richard Long and Andy Goldsworthy, our associate, Natasha Rand, takes you on a walk through the heritage gardens at Hestercombe.
Develop art and design skills and vocabulary using observation and drawing. This resource brings together movement and mark making with simple ways to explore colour, shape and texture through creative conversation and play.
The film and accompanying resource here are specifically designed to support the art and design programme of study for Early Years and Key Stage 1.
With links to numeracy and literacy, this resource demonstrates adaptable arts activities for outdoor learning and models creative approaches that will help you maximise any school trip.
Exploring Land Art Resource Sheet 1
Exploring Land Art Resource Sheet 2
Understanding Land Art Key Stage 1-4
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From her garden and studio, artist, Liz Gregory, demonstrates creative approaches to collage and sculpture and refers to land artists through history including Andy Goldsworthy, Robert Smithson and Richard Long.
The film and accompanying resource here are specifically designed to support the art and design programme of study at Key Stage 3 but can be adapted for younger or older students.
Modelling a response to Richard Long’s ‘Jackdaw Line’, commissioned by Hestercombe in 2020, the resource will help you support students to work together to make their own land art for the school grounds, using found materials in response to a mapped or memorised walk.
Extension activities take drawing and collage further using mixed media and materials, such as rubbings and photographs, generated through students’ research processes.
Landscape as Stimulus Key Stage 4
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Please watch the film and use the accompanying resource sheet below.
Build your students observational and recording skills and enhance coursework at GCSE level.
Responding to the grounds at Hestercombe, our Associate, Sarah Beckerleg, demonstrates how to make and use a hand-made sketchbook, sharing drawing and mark making techniques and creative approaches to digital photography.
In this video Sarah talks through approaches for responding to a landscape and introduces accessible materials and techniques evaluating their different qualities
Strengthen your GCSE coursework by generating evidence of students taking an active interest in their cultural surroundings and responding to them in exciting and intuitive ways.
Specifically designed to support the art and design programme of study for Key Stage 4, this resource will help you develop your students’ skills for documenting ideas and experiences, improving observational and drawing skills. It aims to strengthen students’ abilities to reflect, record and review what they see when exploring the natural environment.
Landscape as Stimulus Resource Sheet
These resources are subsidised for education leaders thanks to National Lottery funding from Arts Council England.