1C Andy Goldsworthy Art

Lesson: Art and design

Class: Year 1 - 1C Year: 2021 - 2022

Art - Andy Goldsworthy - Land Art

Week 1 -

We first researched the work of Andy Goldsworthy and found out lots of facts about him. We used our knowledge to create a simple factfile/page. Andy Goldsworthy is a land artist who only uses natural materials that are available such as; trees, stone, leaves, wood, flowers, rocks, mud, grass, water and ice. Did you know that he once used COW POO and HUMAN HAIR in one of his sculptures?????

Once we had gained some knowledge about him and his style of work, we went out into the forest to collect a natural object that we later used for our observational drawings. For this we needed to look very closely at the shape, texture, composition and colour of our object and use both shading and different pencil pressures to create effect and tone.

After this, we went back into the forest to create some land art in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. We observed the common shapes and materials that he appeared to enjoy using the most. We LOVED this activity! You will be able to see in the photographs just what we have remembered and included in our work.