Artist Frances Hatch generously shares her magical processes for creating site specific art, inspired by a variety of environments including costal, woodland and urban environments and using materials found at the location.

This project was shared with AccessArt as part of the 40 Artist Educator Project, funded by Arts Council England, aiming to highlight and celebrate artist-led teaching and facilitation.

Creating Artwork using Improvised Materials from the Landscape: Simplicity, Resourcefulness, Economy

This resource can adapted to suit any age group at any level of study or exploration. It connects us with our cave-dwelling ancestors. It encourages real investigation of all that surrounds us for as soon as we slow down and hang around, we realize what a fabulous amount of material there is to see and use.

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“Rachel has contributed some great resources to AccessArt and we really like how this idea captures the concept of ‘returning’ – something that school children will have processed over the past year. We love how this activity encourages hands to feel and move paint about freely – to experience its qualities and tactile nature. You could try this in your setting using different migratory birds such as Ospreys or Swifts as inspiration, with the children looking at images of these birds before trying some observational drawing.” – Rachel, AccessArt.

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