Nests: Materials, Tools Testing and Sketchbooks

By Mandy Barrett and Jo Blaker.

In this first of a series of 3 posts, Teacher Mandy Barrett and Artist Jo Blaker journey on a project that considers the materials and structures of nests. In this first post the class were invited to use inventive and exploratory ways of making marks using a range of drawing tools and ink.

Click on the links to post two: Observational Ink Drawing and post three: Nests with Dry and Wet Media.

Using different tools and making marks with ink

 


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Yr 5 Sutton Valence Preparatory School, Adaptation of Nests Pathway
Yr 5 Sutton Valence Preparatory School, Adaptation of Nests Pathway

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