Painted Space Studio

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A Series of Workshops on Goethean Observation and Nature Moods

Let’s prepare ourselves Spring!

Spring is the ideal time of year to turn our eyes to Nature and learn her secrets through Goethean observation, drawing and reflection. Spending time up close with Nature in the garden, a park, a local nature reserve or even just with a few pot plants on your balcony is both energising and healing.

(Of course, any time of the year in Nature is good, but Spring and Autumn have particular qualities of change and transformation especially suited to drawing and observation.) 

What will we do?

Through the six online workshops, learn to see anew the wonder of your own garden. Each workshop leads us through a process of becoming ‘at home’ with Nature, from quiet contemplation, careful observation, and mood immersion, to sketching, colour work and reflection.

Learn the core stages of a phenomenological process and practice the different drawing/sketching techniques to take us through this process. Techniques include charcoal, pencil, paint and pastel. Participants keep a visual diary to document their discoveries and observations.

By getting up close with our garden in this way, the world around us becomes more alive – living and becoming.

What is Goethean phenomenology?

Goethean phenomenology (also known as Goethean observation) helps us develops new eyes for the world around us. It offers us another way of being in the world, one that brings us into a more participatory connection with Nature and ourselves. We learn to step into the world and feel at home with it.

Who is it for?

• For Steiner teachers, artists, art therapists and art students seeking to understand how the formative forces work in Nature
• For anyone interested in knowing more about Goethean phenomenology and how to practice it.

Suitable for all levels. You do not need to be an experienced artist to enjoy these workshops. 

Video recordings included in the fee, available for private study.

When is it on? 

5.00pm-6.30pm AEST, 11 September to 20 November 2024

Please complete the online form to book for this series of workshops. You will be sent the payment details and a list of suggested materials and readings after booking. 

The Zoom link is sent one (1) day before the workshop begins.

More information

Find out more about this course and others from Painted Space or contact Fiona Campbell.

Oh, I who wish to grow,
I look out, and inside me the tree grows.

Rainer Maria Rilke

^{Feature image: Ethereal Space of Plant Growth, Plate I, The Plant between Sun and Earth © Olive Whicher}