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Creative recording

Recording naturally
Taking a walk through the park or the woods can often change your mood by relaxing you or lifting your spirits, but have you ever stopped to wonder why?  The natural world is full of amazing colours, sights, smells, sounds and textures which, when they are combined, create a great beauty which man cannot reproduce.
We sometimes take these things for granted and do not make the most of them but, by taking a closer look, we can enrich our lives and find out much more about the natural world around us.  
Peacock butterflyThe natural world has been used, as inspiration, by many artists as inspiration and we hope that it can inspire you too!
‘Recording Naturally’ is designed to give you some tips, and ideas, on creative ways of recording the countryside around you.  
The pack includes information topics on:Botanical illustration
  • Keeping a Nature Diary
  • Drawing
  • Photography
  • Creative writing inspired by the countryside
  • Keeping a paper, or digital, scrapbook
  • Making Spore Prints
  • Making a Herbarium
  • Creative Crafts
Creative recording is something you can do as a family.  Why not all have a go at drawing a landscape or flower, then compare your drawings.

'Natural Inspirations'

is another of our publications which is packed with information on how to record nature and the countryside in creative and innovative ways.  Topics include:
  • Why Record the Countryside?
  • The Science of Observing
  • Seasonal Change - Phenology
  • Written word
  • Drawing in a Field Note Book
*Project supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and Rutland County Council

further information

Contact: Environment and Heritage Resources Centre
Telephone: 0116 267 1950
E-mail: wildlife@leics.gov.uk
Last Updated:
9 May 2007
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