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

NEXT PAINTING THERAPY MODULE WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL – SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2025

MODULE 2 
RHYTHMS OF NATURE 1, Sunrise – Sunset

– Colour moods /soul moods as impulses for creation of picture motifs

– Practical plant-colour-making

– Plant-based pigments for enhancing the healing effects of colour

Cost: 380CHF (Materials included)

Wednesday, 9 April 9.00 Introduction 2.30 – 3.30 Painting
9.30 – 12.30 Painting (10.30-11 Break) 3.30 – 4.00 Colour Eurythmy (4.00 -4.30 Break)
  4.30 – 6.30 Painting
   
Thursday, 10 April 9.00 – 12.30 Painting 2.30-4.30 Painting
(10.30-11.00 Break) 5 – 6.30 Plant Colour making
   
Friday 11 April 9.00- 12.30 Painting 2.30-4.30 Painting
(10.30-11.00 Break) 5 – 6.30 Plant Colour making 
   
Saturday 12 April 2.30-4.30 Painting
9 – 9.30 Colour Eurythmy 5 – 6.30 Plant Colour making
9.30-12.30 Painting  
(10.30-11.00 Break)  
   
Sunday 13 April  
9 – 12.30 Painting and final review  
(10.30-11.00 Break)  

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. 

Medical Lectures with Dr.Siegward Elsas, physician /neurologist at the Klinik Arlesheim.

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.

Module 2 (April 2025) – Rhythms of Nature 1, – sunrise-sunset

– Colour moods /soul moods as impulses for creation of picture motifs
– Plant-based pigments for enhancing the healing effects of colour
– Practical plant-colour-making

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
 

AUGUST 2025 

SUMMER PAINTING THERAPY MODULE FOR PARTICIPANTS OF SWAASTHYAKALA NIKETAN – OUR AFFILIATED SCHOOL IN BANGALORE, INDIA