1. Lesson One: Describing the Dragon’s Back
Adventure Landscapes
Lesson One: Describing the Dragon’s Back

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Objectives
To be able to draw and annotate field sketches of landscapes.
To be able to describe landscapes to give a sense of place.

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Task
What words come to mind when you look at this picture?

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Task
The following pictures all show Snowdonia National Park.
Imagine you were stood there. What would you
See
Hear
Smell
Feel

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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!

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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.

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Annotate your sketch. In one colour add notes on the human uses of the landscape. In another colour describe the physical landscape.

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Plenary Write a paragraph describing the Snowdonia Landscape.