Nature is an inspiring classroom for all ages, providing a peaceful environment which is conducive to creativity and discovery. It is also an excellent sensorial muse by which the elements, principals and expressiveness of art can be exemplified. Art creation is a higher-level, analyzing, synthesizing and evaluative process that increases neural activity and intellectual growth in children. The study of nature through art allows the “artist” to observe, value, analyze, synthesize and express his/her understanding of, and relationship to, the environment. The study of nature through art has been a constant in the development of artists, scientists, and all cultures. From the time of the Lascaux cave painters to the present, nature has inspired man to create in order to understand and tribute nature. As the great painter Francisco Goya explained, “I have had three masters, Nature, Velasquez, and Rembrandt.” (c) Dawn Malosh
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