Nursery World - Natural collection

Twigs, branches, bark and bracken, mussel shells and feathers. Gail Bushell draws on the artist in her soul and shows you how to get creative with the great outdoors Nature loves using colour, pattern and texture. And encouraging children in your play setting to look at, and use, nature in design and art can be immensely satisfying. It gives children the opportunity to appreciate and respect the natural world, as well as to understand how natural forms inspire many designers and artists.

Nature loves using colour, pattern and texture. And encouraging children in your play setting to look at, and use, nature in design and art can be immensely satisfying. It gives children the opportunity to appreciate and respect the natural world, as well as to understand how natural forms inspire many designers and artists.

Artists that have used nature in design include Georgia O`Keeffe, famous for her landscape and flower paintings; Andy Goldsworthy, who creates fantastic formations out of mud, rock, leaves (see below and opposite), trees, ice and snow, and Barbara Hepworth, whose stone sculptures resemble the sea.

Inspired by nature

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