Lesson One: Describing the Dragon’s Back Adventure Landscapes Lesson One: Describing the Dragon’s Back
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Describing the Dragon’s Back Objectives To be able to draw and annotate field sketches of landscapes. To be able to describe landscapes to give a sense of place.
Describing the Dragon’s Back Task What words come to mind when you look at this picture?
Describing the Dragon’s Back Task The following pictures all show Snowdonia National Park. Imagine you were stood there. What would you See Hear Smell Feel
Describing the Dragon’s Back Task The aim of a field sketch is to capture what a place is like as well as what it looks like. It is not a work of art!
Describing the Dragon’s Back Draw a frame Start with the background and work forward Don’t worry about drawing every tree – give a sense of the vegetation – use blocks.
Describing the Dragon’s Back Annotate your sketch. In one colour add notes on the human uses of the landscape. In another colour describe the physical landscape.
Describing the Dragon’s Back Plenary Write a paragraph describing the Snowdonia Landscape.