Nature Sketchbook: 11-14
Hand bind your own sketchbook and look to nature as your muse.
Youth will hand bind their own sketchbook in the technique of their choice. Then we’ll capture the natural world around us using sketching and watercolour techniques. We’ll also use observational drawing techniques, poetry and mixed media and explore themes of land stewardship, sanctuary and ecology through our art-making.
1 Your Guide
Amber Santos is an art educator and artist with over 25 years of experience, including 15 years in online education and creating 65+ activities for the HomeLearners Network. Her multidisciplinary practice is deeply rooted in her German heritage and reclaimed Métis and Anishinaabe culture, blending paper craft, beading, textiles, and eco-conscious gardening. Amber’s curriculum combines technical fundamentals like colour theory and with somatic, wellness-centered art practices. A painter and muralist with an on-going studio practice, she also spent seven years curating the Nelson International Mural Festival of which she is a co-founder.
When I'm not making art, find me listening to music on full blast in the kitchen, dancing and making food for my family:)
2 Materials Needed
Paper, drawing supplies, painting supplies (preferably watercolour), scissors, glue, needle and thread (optional), stapler (optional)
3 Learning Focus
- Communicating
- Creative thinking
- Critical & reflective thinking
- Personal awareness & responsibility
- Positive personal identity & culture
4 Registration
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