1. The following instructions have been written to support the learning of students visiting RSPB Pulborough Brooks. The drawings have been done using WORD, not a pencil! Jackie Day, RSPB Education officer How to draw a field sketch

2. Draw 2 lines lightly, approximately dividing the page equally into 3 parts.

3. Looking at the landscape view draw in the HORIZON using the top line as a guide. Draw what you can see in the far distance e.g. hills

4. Draw in the “middle ground” from the horizon. Remember, the nearer something is the more detail you can see.

5. Draw in the “nearest land” using the lowest guideline to help you.

6. Draw in anything that you can see!

7. If it doesn’t look like what it should then label it. cattle grazing pond aerial Hawthorn bush Pulborough village

8. Finishing – add other details, such as the place, time, date, weather, direction and don’t forget to put your name on your field sketch. cattle grazing pond aerial Hawthorn bush Pulborough village Sunny, warm, breeze, dry, 4/8 cloud. SW Jackie Day

9. Here’s our field sketch of Pulborough Brooks Reserve from the visitor centre. Jackie Day