ARTISTIC–THERAPEUTIC PAINTING EXERCISES BASED ON RUDOLF
STEINER’S and GERARD WAGNER’S INSIGHTS INTO COLOUR AND
PAINTING

NEXT PAINTING THERAPY MODULE

Module 3
8-12 April 2026
 Rhythms of Nature 2 – Plant Life
 
– Image colours: growth – decay / blossoming – withering
– Trees and the elements of earth, water, air/light, warmth
– Practising the therapeutic attitude of inner participation
 
THIS YEAR THE FOCUS WILL BE ON PAINTING WITH SOME SESSIONS OF COLOUR EURYTHMY.

The start of the course will be 9am on 8 April and the ending at 12.00 on 12 April.

Cost: 380CHF (Materials included)

Certification: After each module a certificate of attendance is given.

The modules include: Painting with plant-based pigments with Caroline Chanter, art therapist/painting teacher at the Rudolf Steiner Painting School. 

Colour eurythmy with Nicholas Grünewald, eurythmist /eurythmy teacher in Waldorf schools.

Plant colour making with Robert Wroblewski, painter /plant colour researcher at the Goetheanum Plant Colour Laboratory.

Wednesday, 8 April      
9.00 Introductions 9.30 – 12.30 Painting 3.00 – 4.00 Colour Eurythmy  4. 15 – 5.30 Painting
Thursday, 9 April       
9.00 – 12.30 Painting 2.30-3.30 Colour Eurythmy 4.00 – 5.30 Painting  
Friday 10 April       
9.00 – 12.30 Painting 2.30 – 5.30 Painting    
Saturday 11 April      
9.00 -12.30 Painting 2.30-5.30 Painting    
Sunday 12 April        
9.00-12.00 Painting and Final review      

There will be a break of 15-30 minutes mornings and afternoons

Module 3 (April 2026) – Rhythms of Nature 2 – plant life

– Image colours: growth – decay / blossoming – withering
– Trees and the elements of earth, water, air/light, warmth
– Practising the therapeutic attitude of inner participation

Module 4 (April 2027) – Rhythms of Nature 3, – moonrise-moonset

– Image colours – polarity of sun and moon as therapeutic principle
– The motif of Lucifer & Ahriman as artistic expression of the polarity of
sclerosis and inflammation

If you are interested contact Caroline on c.chanter@iriscolor.ch

Painting with Plant Colours
 

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