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Representing my place: Field Sketches

Learn how to create field sketches to represent the main features of your place. This tutorial provides step-by-step guidance and tips for making simple outline drawings or summary diagrams. Field sketches are useful for recording observations, summarizing geographical features, analyzing field photographs, and aiding memory recall.

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Representing my place: Field Sketches

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  1. Representing my place: Field Sketches Learning Objectives: • To know the main features of my place • To understand how to represent them on a field sketch • To be able to create my own field sketches

  2. ? What is a field sketch?

  3. Why are field sketches important? • Record field observations & measurements • Give a summary of key geographical features • Help analyses of photographs taken in the field • Provide useful memory aids

  4. You don’t have to: Be an artist Produce a masterpiece or work of art You do have to: Produce a simple outline drawing or summary diagram Allow enough time to make a sketch Keep work neat & tidy Making a field sketch

  5. Stages in drawing a field sketch1. Choose the view you wish to record

  6. 2. Draw a frame and draw lines to divide your page

  7. 3. Draw in the skyline & foreground

  8. 4. Draw in lines showing the main featuresHint: Leave out details of minor features e.g. trees

  9. 5. Add labels

  10. Check list • Date • Location • Title • Direction of view (if known) • Frame • Features drawn – human and physical • Clear! • Keep labels outside the sketch

  11. Now it is your turn…..

  12. Has you partner done the following?... Peer Mark! • Date • Location • Title • Direction of view (if known) • Frame • Features – human and physical • Clear! • Keep labels outside the sketch

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