Field sketches
Field sketches are a useful form of Results that are not expressed as numbers or numerical data, eg they can be expressed as present or absent, or as colours. data. They can help us to remember the places that have been visited.
How to draw a field sketch
Field sketches can be drawn by anyone - fantastic artistic skills are not required. Drawing a field sketch is a straightforward process:
- Identify the landscape that needs to be sketched.
- Write a title that will help to locate the sketch, eg 'Site One'.
- Draw an outline of the main features of the landscape with a pencil, eg hills and valleys or buildings and roads.
- Add detail to the sketch to record more information, eg river features, such as A bend in a river., Steep bank created on the outside of a river bend by the erosive effect of fast-flowing water undercutting the bank. and An increase in the speed of river water where the river bed has a steep gradient.. Only draw people if they are important to the enquiry question.
- Annotate or label the field sketch to give more information about the landscape and conditions, eg what was the weather like?
- Consider taking a photograph to support the field sketch.
Example of a field sketch