Concept · 4 steps · Structural frame

Capturing Place: Materials and Marks

The full climb — from why a scribble reads as water, all the way to choosing and layering the few marks that make a real place unmistakable. Four short steps, each with its own toy to play with.

1 Where it comes fromMatch four scribbles to what they read as — water, leaves, bark, grass — then flip and check. 2 How to do itPick a mark and a tone, then paint a landscape into being, layer by layer. 3 Where it gets trickySlide the layers up — and watch a rich scene tip over into muddy sludge. 4 Out in the wildDrop the symbols of a real site into a frame and read back the sense of place.

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Composing the Landscape

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Prints and Clay: Landscape in Other Media