HOW ART & CARTOGRAPHY INTERACT
Historical Supplies
What to draw and paint on?
Historical Supplies
Have you fallen over on grass and made your trousers stained green? Have you seen how blackcurrant stains your teeshirt?
Our creative ancestors used natural products, such as fruits, vegetables, plants and rocks to colour their paintings!
Artist Materials
What to draw and paint on?
Historical Supplies
What was used before pencils and paintbrushes?
What materials do you have to draw/paint/create with?
Or your own colours from natural materials?
What to draw and paint on?
What to draw and paint on?
What to draw and paint on?
Once upon a time when we lived in caves..we drew on the walls..
One of the oldest surviving maps in the world Mappi Mundi is painted on animal skin!
Today we have posters, photos, and paintings on our walls, which are generally made from paper, that has been made by mixing wood pulp and cotton!
Sounds like a science experiment!!
Pencils
What to draw and paint on?
Paints
Digital Art today!
Find out about how oil paint is made.. (73) How oil paint is made at Gamblin Artist Colors - YouTube
Digital Art today!
Digital Art today!
Maps are made on Computers today and printed on large printers and machines fold them up!! Check out Dennis Maps
Fe3atured Artist
Jane Tomlinson
Captain Alice loves maps but also loves the Shipping Forecast as she slowly drifts off to sleep... Jane painted her version of the Shipping Forecast "Attention all Shipping" and won an award for it too!
Jane loves nature and the environment and is inspired by a famous Artist..can you see which one ...?
Adventure Awaits - Welcome!
Welcome! Come along for a mappy adventure! Learn about how to make maps! What maps are? Who uses Maps! Atlas offers for education!