A foundation course in wet-on-dry painting

with artist Fiona Campbell

We explore how colours work with each other and upon each other in harmony, in polarity and as complementaries. It follows the Assenza approach to colour and painting, which is based on Goethe’s and Steiner’s theories of colour.

This fortnightly course also provides you with the foundations of the anthroposophic approach to wet-on-dry painting, where translucent coloured surfaces are continually overlaid with each other, so that new colours and new surfaces arise out of their meeting. From this colour interplay, forms gradually arise.

This online course is part of the Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul training.  

Beppe Assenza (1905-1985) was already an established artist when he became inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s work on the nature of colour and his colour theory. Unlike the Wagner and Collois d’Herbois schools of anthroposophic art, he chose to work phenomenologically with colours i.e. out of our lived experience of painting red, blue, yellow, etc. His approach is both free and playful and yet methodological in its exploration that produces an open, atmospheric picture surface. In this way, we train our perceptual faculties while deepening our soul experience of colours in composition.

Who is it for?

• For anyone interested in exploring the different techniques under the wet-on-dry umbrella.
• For artists, art therapists and Steiner (Waldorf) teachers who want to deepen their understanding of colour (PD certificates available).

This course is core to the Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul training.

When is it?

27 April-29 June 2024, Saturdays 3.30pm-5.30pm AEDT (10 hours class time)

Five fortnightly sessions plus video recording

How much does it cost?

$230 AUD/$165 USD
$250 AUD for PD certificate

Video recording included in the fee, available for three months.

How do I register?

Register here

For more information

For more information about the course or for any questions, please contact Fiona Campbell 

About Fiona Campbell

Fiona Campbell is a visual artist, researcher, lecturer and arts educator. She has an interdisciplinary PhD on creativity and cognition and has been a professional artist and arts educator for more than 30 years.

Under the name Painted Space, she runs a schooling course that combines inner work with visual arts training. 

You can find out more about Fiona at Painted Space or listen to an ABC Soul Search interview with her about the anthroposophical approach to art.

If I delve deeper into the characters of the different colours, they show me their dynamic qualities. Out my experience, I can then let the colours guide me.

Assenza

^{Feature image: New Life, by Fiona Campbell, 2017}

^{Insert image: courtesy of Painted Space}