Recording environmental textures

Art and design

Drawing natural forms in an abstract style

An artist's respond to plastic waste

Art that shows nature’s resilience

Imagining a better future

Pupils will look at the theme of fossils as a starting point for this unit. They make and abstract a drawing of a fossil using chalk pastels and charcoal. Pupils design and make a 3D fossil of the future sculpture using the casting process and design principles.

Recording, noticing, and caring: responding to nature and the planet

True or false? Using digital zoom always makes a photo clearer.

When taking a photo of texture, it’s good to __________ in to fill the frame and show details clearly.

True or false? Artists can use plastic waste to make new artworks.

Which part of a plastic bottle might look interesting in a close-up photo?

When taking photos, we can use __________ to make the object look closer and see more details.

How can artists help people understand the problem of plastic waste on islands like Henderson Island?

Recording environmental textures

Lesson outcome