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Australian artist Ken Done shows Kirsten O’Brien how he uses his simplified style of drawing and painting to capture the landmarks and places that most inspire his work. Ken Done composes a picture on site, using the Tower Bridge in London as the focus for his artwork. Using bold strokes and colours with very little detail, children work with the artist to compose their own pictures in his simplistic style.

This clip could be used to empower students to tackle landscape drawing, an often daunting task, with confidence and creativity. Ideally, students could be taken to a significant local or national landmark, even the outside of the school building, and provided with pastels or crayons in bold colours to draw the landmark.

Alternatively, students could use images of local, national or international landmarks as a basis for their drawings. Whilst working, students could be reminded to employ their imagination whilst drawing what they see.