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A small field workbook

Eight pages for a walk, a sequence and a return visit.

Choose a familiar place and one question. Use as much or as little of this workbook as helps.

  1. Set an intention.
  2. Record the conditions.
  3. Make three observations.
  4. Sketch a relationship.
  5. Build a small sequence.
  6. Write a clear caption.
  7. Choose something to revisit.

Print at actual size on A4, or read the prompts on a screen. Location details are optional.

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Before the walk

One small intention.

What will I pay attention to?

What will I leave open?

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Conditions

Date, approximate time, light and weather.

Route or place — optional

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Three observations

A wide view, a detail and a connecting frame.

Wide

Close

Between

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A sketch from memory

Draw what stayed with you. This is not a navigation map.

One detail the sketch leaves out

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A sequence of six

Use filenames or small sketches to plan the order.

  1. Frame _________________________________
  2. Frame _________________________________
  3. Frame _________________________________
  4. Frame _________________________________
  5. Frame _________________________________
  6. Frame _________________________________

What connects the sequence?

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A clear caption

Name what is visible and the exercise you explored.

Visible fact

Context and medium

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A reason to return

One question is enough.

What would I like to compare?

What will I keep the same?

Original resource by Moss & Maps. Free to copy and adapt for personal, classroom and community use with attribution.