DRAWING GRASS (and other things)
Yesterday and Wednesday of this week, I visited my friends at the Cambridge-Ellis School to spend time drawing natural things together. Katie Clark (the Cambridge-Ellis arts coordinator) and I wondered if we should start with something simple… something simple like grass. Just a bunch of green lines… Simple.
Yeah, that’s actually really complicated. Maybe we start with one blade of grass (or just a couple). Don’t forget the roots!
Regarding roots: draw roots with “searching” lines. Those sneaky roots are adventurous and they have a job to do: they’re looking for water and food that makes the grass grow.
The children were ready to look and draw. They also brought something of their own to draw and share: acorns, plants, flowers in vases, rocks and pebbles (one rock came all the way from Greenland —and it was green!). We also had toy giraffes, deer stencils and a lego car that could drive through the grass and mud. Maybe the children can upload some drawings and add them to my gallery?
Some of the things that I brought: grass, garlic mustard (a common “weed”), oak, maple and apple tree twigs, and a big yellow daffodil flower.
