Welcome to the project

Here are the slides to the presentation so you can have a look at all the tasks we did!

Courgette and beetroot beauty! Some turmeric too!

"I noticed the Eye in the markings of the bark and thought from a side angle  angle the magnified image could almost look like a prehistoric Rhino" "I was trying to capture the tough wintery cracked  texture of the bark with all the  multi colours entwined within it"

"A sunflower was on display at the art area and a child used this as inspiration for their art work."

"Children were able to experience with texture and colour by dipping and rolling pine cones in paint."

To learn more about the UK's wildflowers I've been doing some paintings, using the GrowWildUK website for references, here's the Bird's-foot treefoil. https://www.growwilduk.com/wildflowers/learn-about-wildflowers/wildflower-gallery#birdsfoottrefoil

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/ A great resource to find out more about different British trees!

This is a tree squiggle drawn by my mother while making the GrowWildUK booklet. I thought I'd make it an example post, you may just need to make an account - which'll just need your email and it's so you can get updates about the project and what's going on, don't worry I won't spam you!

This Saturday: 16th January 2021, I'm hosting a live zoom drawing session on the theme of PLANTS! You can sign up through this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCEIIrdmzq6LPRG_wgCjeFC3K_0bhTwsk-XvBgta7RkRqpiA/viewform Where? On zoom How do I join? Sign up through the Saturday Art-er

"Children collected natural resources from our outside area and made a collage."

"The children squashed blackberries to create a paint / dye. Pieces of fabric wrapped with elastic bands were then placed in the dye."

GrowWildUK has many wonderful resources to help you learn more about Wildflowers and fungi, here's a link to help you identify different Wildflowers you can see around Britain. https://www.growwilduk.com/wildflowers/learn-about-wildflowers/whats-wildflower

'Growing up, Growing Ginormous' is the name of an art piece that will be a part of GrowWildUK's upcoming exhibition in March, and I need your help to make it! I've made a booklet summarising the project and how you can be a part of it too. It's filled with fun, quick and easy tasks that you can do o