For years, creativity has been the subject of many researches. Scientists tried to specify, describe and reveal its characteristics, levels and phases. It is a very complex subject and not that easily defined. A big number of researches tried to find the connection between intelligence and creativity and the means to measure it. What is also interesting is creativity as a human characteristic and how creative individuals are different from others. It is also important to see in which ways schools can encourage creative thinking from the earliest age to help form creative personalities. This thesis focuses on six characteristics of creative thinking: fluency, flexibility, elaboration, originality, redefinition and sensitivity for artistic problems. Through analytical observation those characteristics are found in works of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai and his series of prints „Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji“. Hokusai is a famous Japanese woodcutter and printmaker who became a symbol of Japan with his distinct artworks. His most widely known work to the public is his print “The Great Wave of Kanagawa“. Through an analysis of his artworks we get an overview of the characteristics of creative thinking that are found in the prints. Based on that, preparation for an Art class is made so it could encourage the same creative characteristics in students' artworks. Introducing students to the artworks of this outstanding artist that hold so many characteristics of creativity and based on well composed preparations for an Art class, we can expect the same to be mirrored in children works.