跨学科，无边界：我们的美术课，何以漫步英伦？| BMH Arts

从平面到立体

在传统课堂中，哥特式尖顶只是教科书上的黑白线条，而当学生站在威斯敏斯特教堂穹顶下仰望彩窗折射的光斑时，建筑便成为可触摸的时光书页；泰晤士河上的轻柔碧波不再是水彩颜料的简单晕染，而是需要屏息捕捉的流动诗篇。

/作者Yulia Qian

/作者Yara Cai

这种沉浸式体验将二维知识转化为五感共振，让艺术教育从“纸上谈兵”升华为“身临其境”。这正是我们大单元教学的精髓——打破课堂边界，让学习在真实世界中自然发生。

在差异中生长

从飞檐斗拱到穹顶玫瑰窗，从逸笔草草到油彩堆叠，每一次跨越文化的凝视，都是一次心智的探险。

当学生们在欣赏华威城堡的苍凉庄严时，也能理解岭南祠堂粉墙黛瓦內的烟火人间；既能沉醉于王希孟《千里江山图》千年丹青淬炼出的东方气韵，也能共鸣康斯特布尔《干草车》畔的田园牧歌——他们便真正获得了在世界文明花园中自由行走的能力。

/作者Beverly Jin

这种基于深刻认知差异而生发的好奇心、同理心与判断力，正是未来公民必备的核心素养，也是我们跨学科融合教学的终极目标。

自然与人文双重启蒙

英国柏朗思校园内丰富多样的植物、充满历史底蕴和英伦特色的教学楼，共同构成最生动的美育课堂。当学生用水彩颜料描绘校园内苔藓的绒毛质感，或是用综合材料搭建英式古堡时，他们不仅在学习技法，更在重建与自然、与中西文化的情感联结。

这种源于真实感知的创作，让艺术作品拥有了直抵人心的温度。项目式学习的魅力就在于此——它让知识不再是冰冷的符号，而成为有生命、有温度的体验。

那些沾着泰晤士河潮气的画纸、混着薰衣草香的调色盘、藏着城堡石屑的陶土雕塑，终将成为学子们探索中西文化之旅的深刻印记。当某天他们再次提起画笔，或许会想起华威古堡砖缝里倔强生长的蒲公英——正如今年七月在英国种下的每一颗艺术种子，都将在未来开出跨越时空的花。

每一个大单元主题，每一次跨学科融合，都是通往更广阔艺术天地的桥梁。而这次以英国夏校为主题的艺术单元，只是无数精彩课程中的一个缩影——真正的艺术教育，永远在路上。

Standing beneath Westminster Abbey's vaulted ceilings, students encountered what textbooks could only describe. Gothic architecture became tangible - not just lines on a page, but spaces they could sketch, touch, and understand. The Thames revealed itself not as a flat reference image, but as living watercolor in motion. 

/By Yulia Qian

/By Yara Cai

These direct experiences formed the heart of our pedagogical approach: learning through immersion, where knowledge gains depth through sensory engagement.

The journey nurtured something equally vital - a global artistic perspective. Students learned to appreciate both the majestic lines of Warwick Castle and the subtle elegance of Chinese temples. They discovered connections between Wang Ximeng's ancient landscapes and Constable's rural scenes, understanding how different cultures express their relationship with nature. This comparative approach cultivated the empathy and discernment that define true cultural literacy.

/By Beverly Jin

Bromsgrove School's campus, with its historic buildings and natural surroundings, became an open-air studio. Students painted the delicate texture of moss on stone walls, sketched wildflowers in castle courtyards, and created works that blended observation with imagination. These weren't merely exercises in technique, but acts of genuine artistic response - each piece reflecting a personal encounter with a new environment.

The artworks our students created - watercolors touched by English mist, sketches animated by castle shadows, mixed-media pieces layered with cultural references - represent more than technical achievement. They embody the core of BMH's art education: that true artistic growth happens when students learn to see deeply, think across cultures, and create from authentic experience. This UK journey, like all our thematic units, reminds us that the most powerful learning often happens when we step outside our usual frames of reference and encounter the world with open eyes and ready sketchbooks.