Lord Howe - Painting Landscapes and Creating Mindscapes

For centuries, artists have travelled in search of new environments to fuel their creativity and to gain perspective on life and the world they live in. Led by intuition, curiosity, and foresight, they have found themselves immersed in nature, painting landscapes and creating mindscapes.
In this art lesson, students investigate how some artists paint using perspective, foreground, middle ground, and background. Whereas other artists have developed a non-traditional approach to sketching and painting. Students will be asked to consider how colour, materials and composition can impact how we perceive art and begin to contemplate why our mood, personality and technique are all essential elements to making art.

Whilst outside in nature, students will create a landscape artwork and are encouraged to look around at the work of their peers and gain inspiration from other artworks. Naturally, students will deviate and find their own path and begin to understand why it can be helpful to have conversations about the creative process and discuss decision-making with friends.

The second part of this art lesson will see students stepping outside their natural comfort zone and completely alter their artwork, and watch it emerge into something else.