Environmental Art - Natural Sculptures

This term Years 1 and 2 are learning all about the artwork of British artist Andy Goldsworthy, who is famous for his environmental art. We started by looking at the way he uses natural materials in his artwork, matching colours. We used pictures of different fruits and vegetables, and then sorted these according to their colours and used them to create pictures by cutting and sticking.

Then we went for a walk in the school grounds and Sylvia's Garden to find natural objects in our local environment to match to different colours!

Next we took the cameras with us and looked for natural examples of different colours, shapes and patterns. Here are some of the photos we took of what we observed:

Cyan and Lynn spotted a circular shape around the base of this tree and lines of symmetry in the fern leaf.

Elisha, Henno and Rocco spotted a line of symmetry on this branch and liked the bright orange colour of these flowers.

Davi and Harry CD spotted the circular patterns in the tree trunk and liked looking at the reflections in the water of the pond.

Harry J and Wandile liked the texture of the tree bark and the symmetry of the feather.

Ryan and Subhan arranged these leaves in a circle and liked looking at the reflections in the water of the pond.

Rebeca and Samantha liked the bright purple/blue colour of the bluebells and the patterns made by the leaves.

Gabriell and Charlie loved the circular patterns made when stones were thrown in the pond water and liked the symmetry of the nettle leaves.

Johnny, Jonathan and Sean chose the bright colours of the orange and pink flowers,


Check back next week to see us having a go at making some natural sculptures of our own!