A Year 6 class at Te Mata School reached out to Havelock North artist Josh Lancaster while learning about New Zealand artists.
Year 6 team leader and teacher Danielle Burroughs said her class had been talking about New Zealand artists when the pupils got into a discussion about the painted apples they saw around Hastings.
The pupils wanted to learn about the artist's apple project and how he became a painter, and Lancaster was more than happy to come in for a chat.
Lancaster chatted to the school pupils about a few different things, including his process when painting a landscape.
Burroughs explained her class then got so inspired and decided on the spot that they would like to give landscape paintings a go, and Lancaster offered to pop back to start us on our own journey.