Contemplative Art Practice for Active Ageing
Painting, Presence, and Well-Being Across the Lifespan
Course Overview
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This program introduces painting as a contemplative, mindfulness
based practice.
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Designed especially for seniors, the course emphasizes process over
outcome, presence over performance, and art making as a form of
sustained attention and well being.
Learning Objectives
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Cultivate sustained attention and perceptual awareness through
painting
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Experience art making as a form of active meditation
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Develop confidence in non representational expression
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Apply mindfulness and reflective skills to daily life and ageing
Course Structure (10 Weeks)
Week 1 – Introduction to Contemplative Art
Understanding art as presence, slow looking, and gentle engagement.
Week 2 – Seeing with Attention
Colour, perception, and awareness before technique.
Week 3 – Body, Breath, and Mark
Brushwork guided by breath and bodily awareness.
Week 4 – Process over Outcome
Letting go of results, embracing uncertainty.
Week 5 – Layering and Impermanence
Building, erasing, and accepting change.
Week 6 – Emotional Regulation through Painting
Staying with difficulty, allowing calm to emerge.
Week 7 – Coexistence and Complexity
Holding multiple elements without conflict.
Week 8 – Reflection and Meaning
Personal reflection without interpretation pressure.
Week 9 – Integration into Daily Life
Transferring awareness from painting into living.
Week 10 – Sharing and Closure
Group sharing, reflection, and gentle completion.
Assessment Approach
There are no grades or formal evaluations. Participation is based on
attendance, engagement, and reflective presence. The emphasis is on
personal experience rather than technical mastery.
Link: Chinese Version
Contemplative Art Practice
for Active Ageing
Painting, Presence, and Well-Being Across the
Lifespan
Course Overview
•
This program introduces painting as a
contemplative, mindfulness based practice.
•
Designed especially for seniors, the course
emphasizes process over outcome, presence
over performance, and art making as a form of
sustained attention and
well being.
Learning Objectives
•
Cultivate sustained attention and perceptual
awareness through painting
•
Experience art making as a form of active
meditation
•
Develop confidence in non representational
expression
•
Apply mindfulness and reflective skills to daily
life and ageing
Course Structure (10 Weeks)
Week 1 – Introduction to Contemplative Art
Understanding art as presence, slow looking, and
gentle engagement.
Week 2 – Seeing with Attention
Colour, perception, and awareness before
technique.
Week 3 – Body, Breath, and Mark
Brushwork guided by breath and bodily awareness.
Week 4 – Process over Outcome
Letting go of results, embracing uncertainty.
Week 5 – Layering and Impermanence
Building, erasing, and accepting change.
Week 6 – Emotional Regulation through Painting
Staying with difficulty, allowing calm to emerge.
Week 7 – Coexistence and Complexity
Holding multiple elements without conflict.
Week 8 – Reflection and Meaning
Personal reflection without interpretation pressure.
Week 9 – Integration into Daily Life
Transferring awareness from painting into living.
Week 10 – Sharing and Closure
Group sharing, reflection, and gentle completion.
Assessment Approach
There are no grades or formal evaluations.
Participation is based on attendance, engagement,
and reflective presence. The emphasis is on
personal experience rather than technical mastery.
Link: Chinese Version
