METHODOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND PRACTICAL NECESSITY OF DEVELOPING CREATIVE COMPETENCIES THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE GENRE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

This article examines the methodological foundations and practical necessity of developing students’ creative competencies through the landscape genre in higher education. In fine arts and design education, the landscape genre serves not only as a means of representing nature, space, light, and color, but also as an effective pedagogical tool for strengthening observation, compositional thinking, artistic imagination, visual analysis, emotional perception, and independent creative decision-making. The study emphasizes that work with landscape compositions enables students to connect academic drawing, painting, plein-air practice, national artistic traditions, and contemporary visual approaches. Special attention is paid to the role of landscape-based tasks in forming professional competencies of future teachers of fine arts and design. The article analyzes methodological principles, practical exercises, and pedagogical conditions that support the development of creative abilities in the higher education environment.