Art in Nature - the natural environment can be the perfect setting for creative learning and expression!

A woodland gallery of drawings done by children at Forest School, with home-made charcoal burnt on the camp-fire, frames made with with lashed twigs. Arisaig, 2012

Tree spirit forged with natural clay from the forest floor, Family Bushcraft Weekend, Sussex 2013

Drawing Trees Workshop

Beach art

Meeting a tree.

seashore story-boxes.

Forest-floor art inspired by native species, Crathes Castle, 1995

Crathes, 1995

Learning to use sharp tools safely, Forest School 2011

Whittled items

Creating "storyboxes" - book-boxes decorated with natural materials, containing natural treasures that are keys to a story, Forest School 2011

Forest mobiles, wind chimes and instruments. Lochaber 2012

Charcoal making at the forest school campfire, 2012

Charcoal making in progress.

Building a nest for a forest creature. Lochaber 2012