Lord Howe - Creative Intuition

Have you ever wondered why sitting under that tree, on the beach or playing with your friends outside suddenly makes you feel relaxed, grounded and at ease? Maybe it is the smell of flowers or fresh air that allows us to declutter and recentre? Or maybe it is the perfect place where we can loosen up and capture beauty as it is happening.

In this art lesson, students will explore a new place and discover how nature can foster creativity and inspire students to give birth to new ways of seeing and doing. Throughout the lesson, the student will understand that travelling to a new place does not necessarily mean a foreign country. Students might consider how they could potentially travel to a new park, town, a tree they have never sat under before, on a hill, next to a river — any environment that inspires them to be creative.

While painting in nature, students are encouraged to let go of perfectionism and follow their own creative flow as they develop drawings and paintings to describe what they are seeing. However, just as nature does, they will encounter some obstacles that may change the course of their brush stroke.