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SUMMARY:Working with Steiner's Nature Mood Sketches
DESCRIPTION:  \nPainted Space Studio \npresents \nThe Seven School (Friedwart) Sketches series \n  \nThis fortnightly online course introduces you to Rudolf Steiner’s approach to painting and his understanding of how the formative forces shape and move the world around us through his own pastel sketches. The course uses the wet-on-dry veiling technique or pastels\, if preferred. \nThe Seven School (or Friedwart) Sketches were first given to Waldorf teachers as part of Steiner’s new impulse for understanding both Art and Nature\, to help students explore invisible yet objective laws of Nature. The series leads us from the archetypal nature moods of sunrise and sunset through the four elements to the human world\, culminating in a Madonna and Child motif.  \nWhat are the Training Sketches? \nTheses sketches are part of a comprehensive portfolio known as the Training Sketches for the Artists. Along with The Nine Training Sketches (Nature Moods) and the Goetheanum epochs motifs\, they form an important part of this portfolio. \nBut these sketches are not images of external natural events; they refer to acts that are effective in nature and human\, says Christiane Haid\, head of the Visual Arts Section at the Goetheanum. She believes that working with the creative forces in and around us can become the starting point for facing tasks in healing the world.  \nWho is this course for? \n\nFor Steiner teachers\, artists\, art therapists and art students seeking to understand how the formative forces work in Nature and Human.\n\n\nFor anyone interested in the foundations of the anthroposophic approach to art\, colour and painting. You do not need to be an experienced artist to enjoy this course. \n\nThis course is a core course of the Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul training. \nWhen is it? \n3pm-5pm Saturdays AEST\, 31 August-23 November 2024\nSeven two-hour fortnightly sessions. Participants are expected to do some homework between classes. Edited recordings of the sessions are available post-class but live participation is preferred\, unless your time zone makes this impossible. \nCost \n$300 AUD/$205 USD\n$305 AUD for PD certificate \nVideo recording included in the fee\, available for private study. \n\nBook here!\n\n\nHow to join the workshops \nThe Zoom link\, payment details\, a list of materials and suggested readings will be sent to you after booking. \n  \nOther Painted Space Studio workshop  courses \n \n \nFor more information\n\nContact \n\n\n \n \n\n‘…and in the creations of the artist t here will appear to us \nthe traces of his soul experience in the cosmos‘ \n  \nSteiner\n \n \n \nFeature image: Sunlit Tree by a Waterfall No. 6 © Fiona Campbell\n 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/working-with-steiners-nature-mood-sketches/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiona Campbell":MAILTO:paintedspace@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240911T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241120T183000
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SUMMARY:A Conversation With Your Garden: Plant Observation And Drawing
DESCRIPTION:  \nPainted Space Studio \npresents \nA Series of Workshops on Goethean Observation and Nature Moods\n  \nLet’s prepare ourselves Spring! \nSpring 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. \n(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.)  \nWhat will we do? \nThrough 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. \nLearn 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. \nBy getting up close with our garden in this way\, the world around us becomes more alive – living and becoming. \nWhat is Goethean phenomenology? \nGoethean 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. \nWho is it for? \n\nFor Steiner teachers\, artists\, art therapists and art students seeking to understand how the formative forces work in Nature\nFor anyone interested in knowing more about Goethean phenomenology and how to practice it.\n\nSuitable for all levels. You do not need to be an experienced artist to enjoy these workshops.  \nVideo recordings included in the fee\, available for private study. \nWhen is it on?  \n5.00pm-6.30pm AEST\, 11 September to 20 November 2024 \nHow do I book? \n \nBook here\nPlease 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.  \nThe Zoom link is sent one (1) day before the workshop begins. \nMore information \nFind out more about this course and others from Painted Space or contact Fiona Campbell. \n  \n  \nOh\, I who wish to grow\,
I look out\, and inside me the tree grows. \nRainer Maria Rilke \n  \nFeature image: Ethereal Space of Plant Growth\, Plate I\, The Plant between Sun and Earth © Olive Whicher
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/a-conversation-with-your-garden-plant-observation-and-drawing/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiona Campbell":MAILTO:paintedspace@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241215T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241215T200000
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SUMMARY:Supporting Patients with COVID
DESCRIPTION:For Anthroposophic Practitioners and Students\n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/supporting-patients-with-covid/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Australia
ORGANIZER;CN="AAMA":MAILTO:admin@aamaanthro.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241225T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250105T200000
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SUMMARY:Twelve Days of Christmas – Holy Nights Contemplations
DESCRIPTION:The Women and Men in the Life of Christ:\nA New Archetype of the Zodiac and Planets  \nWith Jude Neeme-Samson \nDaily Contemplation and Conversational Deepening \n  \nIn each session\, there will be three fifteen-minute considerations of the two themes\, which will complement each other and set a mood of soul for participants to work with over the ensuing night and day. \nEach day will have the nurturing aspect of a retreat for our soul and our spiritual work in the coming year. \nJude will begin the first fifteen minutes session with the esoteric development of the zodiac and planets in the cycle of the year. \nThen we will explore what the twelve disciples in the Gospel narratives represent as archetypes of the zodiac stars in their task in guiding the Christ in experiencing Human life. \nIn the third quarter of the hour we will explore the women disciples in the Gospel narrative and their role as representatives of the 7/12 planets in guiding Christ into the experience the life forces of humanity. \nThe final fifteen minutes will be quietly contemplating artistic works of the day’s content that will help grow the work over the Christmas season in preparation for the coming year. \nOnce you are registered the Zoom link will be sent two days (23/12/24) before we start. The session will start 7:05 pm and it is recommended that you join the link a few minutes early. The link will be open from 6.55pm. The link is the same one for each session. \nIf there is enough interest there will also be an event on Epiphany\, January 6th to bring the process to completion. \nDownload as flyer \nWhen \n7.00 pm – 8.00 pm AEDT\n25 December 2024 – 5 January 2025 \nCost \nRecommended donation $70 \nTo book \nBook here \nThe contemplations will be recorded for people who have registered but can’t participate in person. They can be accessed and watched later. The link to the viewing folder will be sent out with the zoom link. \n  \nFeature image:  Fifth apocalyptic seal: The unveiled Isis courtesy of Anthrowiki \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/twelve-days-of-christmas-holy-nights-contemplations-2024/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Martin Samson":MAILTO:msamson@email.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250212T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250212T203000
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SUMMARY:Living Into The Becoming World
DESCRIPTION:Painted Space Studio \nA Lecture on Rudolf  Steiner’s Artistic Impulse For The Future\nwith Fiona Campbell \nThursday\, 13th February 2025 7.00 PM – 8:15 PM ACDT \n  \nHow art can be a schooling path for the ordering & strengthening of the soul \nA pictorial presentation on how Rudolf Steiner’s extensive portfolio of training sketches\, motifs\, watercolours and blackboard drawings are a gift to all artists seeking an ever-renewing source of creativity. How working with Steiner’s images can help us shift from our habitual ways of seeing the world as form and ‘breathe’ into the becoming and dying away world of Human in Cosmos. \nThis webinar is the third in the series on Art as a Spiritual Practice. \nWatch the first lecture in this series! \nCost \n$20 donation or whatever you can afford to support this initiative.\nA video recording wiill be available for three months after the event. \nHow to join the webinar \nBook here \nParticipants will be sent the Zoom link by email two (2) days beforehand\, and then again one (1) hour beforehand. \nPlease login for the webinar via your Zoom app and not via Eventbrite. \nFor more information \nContact the organiser. \n  \nFeature image: The Birds Fly Through Us\, courtesy of Fiona Campbell 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/living-into-the-becoming-world/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiona Campbell":MAILTO:paintedspace@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250214T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250509T160000
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SUMMARY:Spirit in Human\, Human in Spirit: Investigations with Painting
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nPainted Space Studio presents \nA course in the spiritual/physical nature of the human being\n  \n“In the head the power of faith; \nin the heart the might of love ; \nin the full human being\, all-sustaining hope.”  \nRudolf Steiner \n  \nRudolf Steiner’s picture imaginations arose from direct experiences of the spirit. He captured many of these pictures in his pastels sketches and paintings\, called the Training Sketches for the Artist.  He suggested that working artistically with these sketches would act as an impulse in us to find new directions for the future of art as a path for spiritual-scientific inquiry. \nThis online masterclass in painting over seven fortnightly sessions examines the human being in connection to the spirit from three different perspectives: the spiritual impulse in the human being\, the human impulse in the spiritual world\, and the threefold human being as spirit\, soul and body. \nWe use three of Steiner’s training sketches as our starting point for this exploration. \nWhat are Steiner’s Training Sketches? \nThe Training Sketches can be seen as ‘picture seeds’ and were given to the artists in answer to a request from the painter Henni Geck for a new impulse in art. Henni Geck (1884-1951) was the first painter to use these indications. \nWho is the course for? \n\nFor Steiner teachers\, artists\, art therapists and art students seeking to understand the hidden forces of Cosmos and Nature.\n\nPainting skills and understanding of core anthroposophic principles recommended to get the most out of this course. \nSelected readings by Rudolf Steiner complement the practical work. \nWhen is it? \n14 February-9 May 2025\, Fridays 2pm-4pm AEDT\nSeven fortnightly classes plus recording \nCost \n$280 AUD/$190 USD for ongoing participants\n$290 for PD certificate or for new participants enrolling only in this course.\nVideo recordings included in the fee\, available for private study. \nBook here!\nYou will be sent the payment details and a list of suggested materials and readings after booking.  \nThe Zoom link is sent one (1) day before the workshop begins. \nFor more information \nContact Fiona Campbell \n  \nFeature image: The Threefold Human Being © Rudolf Steiner Verlag \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/spirit-in-human-human-in-spirit-investigations-with-painting/
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiona Campbell":MAILTO:paintedspace@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250214T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250510T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T210359
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SUMMARY:The inner nature of colour: as pictorial\, as luminous
DESCRIPTION:A Painted Space Studio workshop\n  \nWhen we experience the life of colour\, \nwe step out of our own skins and take part in cosmic life. \nRudolf Steiner \n  \nColour as a way to the spirit \nThis online painting course offers the opportunity for a deeper experience and understanding of the inner nature of colour. Building on Goethe’s Theory of Colour\, yet quite different from it\, Rudolf Steiner shows us the world of colour as one might experience it in the soul world. \nAbout Steiner’s colour circle \nWe work in conjunction with Rudolf Steiner’s colour circle and Colour lectures (CW 291\, CW 275). In these lectures\, Steiner describes the colours as having either a pictorial (image) and or a luminous (lustre) nature. We explore what this means for our understanding and experience of colour that has implications for how we perceive what we call ‘reality’. \nIn this approach\, Steiner lays a foundation for a practical technique of working with colour that leads us to a new form of artistic creativity\, a new way of understanding of colour\, which is the central of the anthroposophic approach to painting. \nWho is it for? \n\nFor artists\, art therapists and art students looking to find a path of soul/spiritual development through the arts.\nFor anyone pursuing a deeper understanding of the anthroposophic approach to art\, colour and painting. \nFor participants in the 2nd year of Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul.\n\n \nDesirable background:: experience of working with Goethe’s Theory of Colour. \nRecommended: basic watercolour wet-on-dry or veiling skills (you can use wet-on-wet or pastel if preferred\, but wet-on-dry watercolour painting is recommended).  \nBackground readings: Steiner’s Colour lectures Part I: ‘The Nature of Colour’ \nWhen is it? \n15 February-10 May 2025\, Saturdays 3pm-5pm AEDT\nSeven fortnightly classes plus recording \nCost \n$300 AUD/$195 USD\n$310 for PD certificate \nVideo recording and handouts included in the fee. \n \n\nBook here!\n\nThe payment options\, Zoom link\, and list of materials will be sent after booking. \nFor more information \nContact Fiona Campbell \nThis course also a core component of Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul. It follows on from Working with Colour Moods. Together\, they are integral to the anthroposophic (Steiner) approach to colour and painting. \n \n \nFeature image: Steiner’s Colour circle
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/the-inner-nature-of-colour-as-picture-as-luminous/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiona Campbell":MAILTO:paintedspace@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250313T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250410T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T210359
CREATED:20250203T042319Z
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Food for BD Farmers and Home Gardeners
DESCRIPTION:Spirit in Matter\n\n\n\n\npresents\n\n\n\n5 Consecutive Lectures \nSpiritual Food for\n BD Farmers and Home Gardeners\nAll Welcome\nwith\n\nJohannes Schuster\n  \nWhen \nStarting 13th March\, 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm AEDT \nCost \nJoin the Full Lecture Series: Early Bird Price: AUD$72 (Until February 20)\nRegular price: AUD $97 | Couples: AUD $144 | Concession: AUD$72 \nRegister for Free Lecture \n\nRegister for remaining Lectures \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFind out more \nWatch an introduction to the the theme \n \nVisit the website or contact for more information.  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/spiritual-food-for-bd-farmers-and-home-gardeners/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250607T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250802T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T210359
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SUMMARY:Working with the Four Elements in Nature: Veil Painting Course
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nThe basis of artistic creation is not what is\,\nbut what might be; not the real\, but the possible. \n\nRudolf Steiner\, in The Aesthetics of Goethe’s Worldview \n  \nThis online course uses the gestures of the material states of solid\, fluid\, gas\, and heat (earth\, water\, air and warmth) to explore the hidden forces of Nature\, and how they reveal themselves through the gestures and patterns through Nature’s imprint on the physical world around and in us. \nWhat will I learn? \nThe course is an opportunity to develop your veil painting skills through developing brush mastery and enlivened perception of the world in and around us. After working with each different element\, participants will create an artwork with a nature theme\, bringing all four gestures together in one artwork. \nEach element has a different gesture that characterises the phenomenal world of the etheric or life world. These gestures provide variations in veiling approaches that go beyond being mere ‘outer’ techniques and point to how the task of the artist is not to paint the visible\, but reveal the invisible. \nWe use watercolour wet-on-dry painting\, the preferred technique of any anthroposophic painting training. It is not an easy skill to develop but very satisfying to master. \nYou can read more about the anthroposophic approach and why we prefer watercolour over acrylics and oils in this short article. \nWho is it for? \n\nFor anyone interested in learning the wet-on-dry watercolour technique.\nFor artists\, art therapists and Steiner (Waldorf) teachers who want to deepen their understanding of colour (PD certificates available if requirements are met).\n\nWhen is it? \n3.00pm-5.00pm AEST fortnightly on Saturdays\n7 June- 2 August 2025 \nCost \n$240 AUD/$160 USD\n$250 for PD certificate\nVideo recordings included in the fee\, available for private study. \n \n\nBOOK HERE\n\nThe payment options\, Zoom link\, and a list of materials will be sent to you after booking. \nFor more information \nThis course also a core component of Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul. It provides the beginnings of a sound foundation in the anthroposophic (Steiner) approach to colour and painting. \n\nContact\n\n \n \nPhoto credit: Sunlit Tree By A Waterfall\, I © Fiona Campbell\n \n 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/working-with-the-four-elements-in-nature-veil-painting-course/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Painted Space Studio":MAILTO:paintedspace@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250614T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250823T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T210359
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SUMMARY:Working with Counter Images & Contradictions in the Soul
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe first step (in developing spiritual senses and organs of activity) is to direct the soul’s attention toward certain processes in the world around us. \nThese processes are life. \n  \nRudolf Steiner\, in How To Know Higher Worlds \n  \nImaginative exercises based on the preparatory exercises given by Steiner in How to Know Higher Worlds\, using painting\, drawing and meditation exercises. \nThis online course provides an artistic entry into his preparatory exercises for the development of spiritual faculties.working with polarities and the counter images of sunrise and moonrise\, growing plant and dying plant. This is a path for the schooling of the soul for higher development and it uses two motifs from Steiner’s Nine Training Sketches for the Artist to guide us on this path.  \nThrough exploration of counter-images and seeming contradictions of polarities\, we can strengthen both our imaginative faculties and our life forces.  \nYou don’t have to be an experienced artist to find this course enriching but you do need some knowledge of Steiner’s meditative path and be open to new ways of seeing the world. \n \nBackground information \nWith the increasing\, encroaching of AI-generated images filling our screens\, through film\, tv and internet\, the essential creativity that lives deep in the soul of every human being is under threat. AI-generated art is not creative. It does not arise out of human creativity but out of machines. Further\, it undermines the very essence of what it means to be human. \nIn the face of this attack on our human-ness\, we need to bring a counter-impulse by strengthening our capacity to work with imaginations that arise out of human spirituality and the spiritual in nature. \nBy working artistically and contemplatively with colour and the formative forces of life\, we can nurture our uniquely human capacities to create\, to think and to think creatively\, We can counter this dehumanising force\,  \nWe need to  enliven our imaginative faculties to counter the life-destroying forces bombarding us. \nWho is it for? \n\nFor artists\, art therapists and Waldorf teachers looking to find a path of soul/spiritual development through the arts.\nFor anyone seeking a non-intellectual pathway into Steiner’s meditative path.\nFor participants in the 2nd year of Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul.\n\nTo get the most out of this course\, it is anticipated participants will work on their own between the fortnightly sessions. \nRecommended: familiarity with basic watercolour wet on wet\, wet-on-dry or veiling skills (you can use pastel if preferred\, but watercolour painting is recommended).  \nBackground reading: Steiner’s How to Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation \nWhen is it? \n3PM-5PM AEST Saturdays\, 14th June-23rd August 2025\nSeven fortnightly classes plus recording \nCost \n300 AUD/190 USD\n$310 AUD for PD certificate (requires 70% attendance and all exercises submitted to Padlet). \nVideo recording available for three months included in the fee. \n \n\nBook here!\n \n\nHow to join the workshop \nThe payment options\, Zoom link\, and list of materials will be sent after booking. \nFor more information \nThis course is a Painted Space Studio course. It is also a core component of Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul. \nContact \n \nFeature image: Counter Colours\, Counter Forces exercise by Fiona Campbell
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/working-with-counter-images-contradictions-in-the-soul/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251129T170000
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SUMMARY:Working with Steiner’s Training Sketches for the Artists
DESCRIPTION:Introducing Steiner’s anthroposophic training path for painters\nwith Painted Space Studio \n  \n  \n\n‘…and in the creations of the artist there will appear to us\nthe traces of his soul experience in the cosmos’\n \nSteiner \n\n  \n \nThe Nine Nature Moods  or Training Sketches are the definitive foundation and starting point of Steiner’s impulse for the Arts. Given as ‘picture seeds’ to lead us into the future\, they open the door to the new anthroposophic approach to painting. \n\n \nThis fortnightly online course introduces you to Rudolf Steiner’s approach to painting and his understanding of how the formative forces shape and move the world around us through his own pastel sketches. The course uses the wet-on-dry veiling technique but wet-on-wet or pastels are also possible if you prefer. \n \nWhat will we do? \n\n \nStarting with the sunrise\, these sketches take us on an imaginative journey following the sun\, moon and seasons as expressions of the spiritual laws in play between earth and cosmos. We work with each sketch creatively yet with careful attention to the forces they embody\, first in pastel\, then in watercolour to create a wonderful series of heavenly and earthly imaginations. \n \nWho is it for? \n\n \n\n	For anyone interested learning about the core anthroposophic approach to art\, colour and painting. \n\n\n	For Steiner teachers\, artists\, art therapists and art students seeking to develop their artistic practice. \n\n\n \nThis course is a core course of the Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul training. Beginners are welcome\, but some watercolour painting experience is desirable. If preferred\, you may choose to work with soft pastels only. \n \nWhat is the importance of the Training Sketches? \n\nSunrise I\, from the Nine Nature Moods series \n\nYou can see some interpretations of these sketches here.  \nThese nine nature mood sketches are the starting place for anyone seeking to understand Steiner’s new impulse for the visual arts. But these sketches are not images of external natural events; they refer to acts that are effective in nature and human\, says Christiane Haid\, head of the Visual Arts Section at the Goetheanum. She believes that working with the creative forces in and around us can become the starting point for facing tasks in healing the world.  \nThe nine sketches are part of a comprehensive 28 motif portfolio known as the Training Sketches for the Artists. Along with Steiner’s watercolours\, The Seven School or Friedwart Sketches and many others (the Goetheanum epochs motifs are supplementary to the portfolio)\, they form the foundation of an anthroposophic art training in painting and drawing. Steiner first gave them to artist Henni Geck in 1922 for the new of painting\, just as he earlier developed eurythmy as a new art of movement. \n\n \n  \nWhen is it? \n3pm-5pm Saturdays AEST\, 6 September – 29 November 2025\nSeven two-hour fortnightly sessions. Participants are expected to do some homework between classes. Edited recordings of the sessions are available post-class but live participation is preferred to get the most out of the course\, including individual feedback\, unless your time zone makes this impossible. \n \nCost \n\n \n$290 AUD/$190 USD \n$300 AUD for PD certificate\, conditions apply* \nVideo recordings included in the fee\, available for private study. \n  \nBook here! \n \n\n \nThe payment options\, Zoom link\, a list of materials and suggested readings will be sent to you after booking. \n\n \n \n\n \nFor more information \n\n \n\nContact \n \n\n* PD (Pr0fessional development certificates) require 75% attendance and exercises on Padlet\nFeature image: Moonrise (2022) © Fiona Campbell\nFeature quote: from Artistic and Moral Experience\, in Colour\, Part III \n\n\n\n\n \n \n 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/working-with-steiners-training-sketches-for-the-artists/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Painted Space Studio":MAILTO:paintedspace@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250913T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251122T170000
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SUMMARY:Working with Composition: Bringing Ego Organisation into Painting
DESCRIPTION:  \nAn exploration of the role of composition in painting in relation to the ego or “I”as the organiser of our soul life\, through painting\, drawing and art history observation. The health-giving effects of working consciously with the principles of the fourfold human being underpins this studio course.  \nWhat is composition?\nHistorically\, artists have always drawn on the laws of perception to arrange the elements within a work of art\, to create balance\, focus\, unity or harmony in the work. This need for the visual ordering of colour\, line\, form and space is essential to our feelings of connection to or our aesthetic enjoyment of a work of art. But why is this so?  \n\nWhy do we experience harmonious peace in a Raphael Madonna yet also harmonious dynamism in a Turner stormy sea?  \n\nDo the elements of a work need to be arranged in a balanced compositional way to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye? Or can we also find satisfaction in chaos and unstructured movement? and what is happening within us when we experience this sense of enjoyment with a painting?  \nSimply\, what is the role of our “I” when creating or contemplating an art work? How do bring presence to our paintings? \nWhat will we do? \nIn this online course\, we explore the principles of composition and learn how to leverage these principles to bring the multiple elements of our painting together into unified wholeness. We learn how perception influences our ego organisation and our experience of harmony and balance when viewing both the great masters and our own work.  \nFirst\, we explore some classic laws of visual organisation\, such as the rule of thirds and the golden ratio\, by observing how these laws are inherent in famous artworks.  \nWe then learn how these principles relate to the role of our ego as organiser of our soul forces; then how to apply such principles to our own work. Thus\, the art work becomes a reflection of the activity of the ego on the fourfold human being\, according to the anthroposophic approach to painting.  \nThere is particular focus on the salutogenic effects of consciously working with ego organisation in painting. \nWho is it for? \nThis is a Schooling course but you are welcome to join us!  \n\nFor artists\, art therapists and art students looking to find a path of soul/spiritual development through the arts.\nFor anyone interested in an artistic understanding of the role of our higher self or I in visual composition. \n\nTo get the most out of this course\, it is anticipated participants will work on their own between the fortnightly sessions.  \nRequired: some familiarity with the anthroposophic approach to art and basic painting technique. Watercolour veiling/wet-on-dry skills are preferred.   \nPlease note: this is not a step-by-step instructional class so not advised for beginners in painting unless you are adventurous and self-motivated! \nWhat dates are the classes? \n3pm-5pm AEST Saturdays\n13 September-6 December 2025 \nThe workshops are recorded but live participation is preferred\, unless your time zone makes this impossible.  \nHow much does it cost? \n$300 for PD or for new participants.\n$280 for ongoing participants \nRecordings available post-course for private study.  \nHow do I book? \nBook here \nAfter registration\, participants will be sent the payment details and a list of suggested readings and materials.   \nThe Zoom workshop link is sent one (1) day before the class. \nFor more information \nPlease contact Fiona Campbell at Painted Space Studio \n  \nAbout the presenter \nFiona Campbell is the director of Painted Space Studio. She a researcher\, lecturer\, visual artist and arts educator. She has an interdisciplinary PhD on creativity and cognition and also trained as an art therapist. \nShe has special expertise in the anthroposophic approach to painting and has been teaching painting for 25 years. \nFiona is also a member of the Stream of Life Research Studio\, where she focuses on her other two specialisations\, phenomenology and creative cognition. \nYou can find out more about Fiona on her website or listen to a ABC Soul Search interview with her about the anthroposophical approach to art. \n  \nFeature image: Indigo and Umber Study I © Fiona Campbell 2000
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/working-with-composition-bringing-ego-organisation-into-painting/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiona Campbell":MAILTO:paintedspace@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251214T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251214T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T210359
CREATED:20251118T073522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T074047Z
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SUMMARY:Angels Watch Over Us: A Contemplation For Advent
DESCRIPTION: \n \nPainted Space Studio \n \npresents\nAn Advent contemplation to lead us into Christmas\non how the angelic orders have guided and protected us through the ages\n \n\n\n\nHow can we strengthen our connection with the spiritual beings around us?\nWhere do we most often encounter them in our earthly lives? \nAt a time when world and personal events can seem to overwhelm\, we can remind outselves that we are in the special care of higher beings who accompany us throughout our earthly lives and beyond. \nThrough contemplating artwork and verse\, we reflect upon how we humans have encountered and imagined the angelic orders above us through the ages\, and why such imaginations are so important to our souls’ peace and strengthening. \n\nSuggested reading \nOur Spiritual Companions by Adam Bittleston \nCost\n$20 donation or whatever you can afford to support this initiative. \nWhen \n5.00pm – 6.15 pm AEDT\n14th December 2025 \nBookings \nContact\nFiona Campbell  \n  \n\n“See\, I am sending an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.” \n Exodus 23:20 \n  \n  \nFeature image: Angel s Watch Over Us ⓒ Fiona Campbell \n 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/angels-watch-over-us-a-contemplation-for-advent/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Painted Space Studio":MAILTO:paintedspace@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251225T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260106T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T210359
CREATED:20251105T013559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T232006Z
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SUMMARY:The Twelve Days of Christmas: An online Holy Nights course
DESCRIPTION: \n \nCANCELLED\nThe Temple of Humanity on the Far Shore of Time\nThe work of the hierarchies in us through birth\, death\, destiny\, sleep\, and meditation.   \nA contemplation with Jude Neeme-Samson \n  \n  \nWhen \n25th December 2025 – 05th January 2026 (possible Epiphany event on January 6th). \nThis is a one hour contemplation each day from 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm AEDT \nProgram \nIn each session\, there will be three fifteen-minute considerations of the themes\, which will complement each other and set a mood of soul for participants to work with over the ensuing night and day. \nEach day will have the nurturing aspect of a retreat for our soul and our spiritual work in the coming year. \nJude will begin the first fifteen minutes session with the esoteric understanding of the Temple of our Humanity on the Far Shore of Time as described by Rudolf Steiner and how it affects the development of our earthly bodies throughout our life. \nIn the second part we will explore the nature of sleep and meditation as they affect our journey to the temple in the life after death. \nThen we will explore further developments of the Meditation ‘Wisdom Lives in the Light’ in relation to the threefold expression of our karma and spiritual development of our humanity \nThe final fifteen minutes we will work of the twelve day’s in a way that will help grow the work over the Christmas season in preparation for the coming year. \nCost \n$70 AUD for the 12 nights. \nBookings \nBook here \nOnce registered\, the recurring zoom link will be sent out two days\, two hours and ten minutes before the first session. The same link will be used every day. \nPlease login via your zoom app \nYou will also receive a link to the archive folder for viewing the recording. Please us this as a study resource and do not share it with others. \nFor more information \nEnquiries: Jude  \n  \nFeature image: An imaginative painting of Rudolf Steiner’s wooden sculpture The Representative of Man\, by Gabriela de Carvalho.
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/the-twelve-days-of-christmas-an-online-holy-nights-course/
CATEGORIES:Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jude Samson":MAILTO:msamson@email.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260216T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260216T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T210359
CREATED:20260122T072411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T100758Z
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SUMMARY:Staying Connected Study Group
DESCRIPTION:This fortnightly study group is based on Steiner’s collection of lectures in Staying Connected. In between\, through a WhatsApp group\, there will be support and encouragement to post poems\, interesting relevant articles – or just to reach out and communicate and find support.   \n 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/8728/
CATEGORIES:Australia
ORGANIZER;CN="Allison Pitt":MAILTO:meandmyshadows@duck.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260225T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260506T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T210359
CREATED:20250122T045506Z
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SUMMARY:A Conversation With Your Garden (Autumn): Goethean Observation and Drawing
DESCRIPTION: \nPainted Space Studio presents\n  \n\nOh\, I who wish to grow\,
I look out\, and inside me the tree grows. \nRainer Maria Rilke 1914 \n\n \nImmersing ourselves in Nature as She turns inward … \nAutumn is the wonderful time of year to turn our eyes to the changes Nature brings to the garden: the reds and golds of European trees\, the bounty of fruits and late vegetables\, all mixed in with the evergreens and native plants following their own local seasonal changes. \nWhether you have your own garden or like to walk in a local park\, a nature reserve or even just tend a few pot plants on your balcony\, being with plants in their endless cycles of becoming and dying away is both energising and de-stressing for us. A health-giving counterblance to computer work! \nUsing Goethean phenomenology to guide us\, these six online workshops will help you to become more ‘at home’ with nature. \nThe six workshops use mixed media and different drawing 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. \nWhat is Goethean phenomenology? \nGoethean phenomenology (also known as Goethean observation) helps us develops fresh\, new eyes for seeing and engaging with the world around us. It brings us into a more participatory connection with both nature and ourselves. \nWho is it for? \n\n	For anyone interested in knowing more about Goethean phenomenology and how to practice it.\n	For nature lovers who would like to learn a non-confrontational way of drawing plants.\n	For Steiner teachers\, artists\, art therapists and art students seeking to understand how the formative forces work in Nature\n\nSuitable 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. \nWhen is it? \n5.30-7.00pm AEDT\, 25 February-6 May 2026 \nCost \n$230 AUD\n$240 AUD PD certificate (75% participation required).\nVideo recordings included in the fee\, available for three months. \nBookings\n \n\n \n \nYou will be sent the payment details and a list of suggested materials and readings after booking.  \nThe Zoom link is sent one (1) day before the workshop begins. \nContact \n  \n  \nFeature image: Autumn Pastel © Fiona Campbell 1998 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/autumnal-conversations-with-your-garden-goethean-observation-and-drawing/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiona Campbell":MAILTO:paintedspace@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260228T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260425T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T210359
CREATED:20260116T035058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T055644Z
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SUMMARY:The Essence of Anthroposophic Art: Veiling the Colours
DESCRIPTION:A Painted Space Studio workshop\n  \nIf 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. \n  \nBeppe Assenza \n  \nThis course introduces the iconic veil painting technique so closely identified with Rudolf Steiner’s artistic approach. \nWe delve into the language of colour using transparent surfaces of liquid colour in free compositions inspired by Beppe Assenza’s playful but meditative approach to painting. \nThis is the preferred technique of any anthroposophic painting training. It is not an easy skill to develop but very satisfying to master. \nRudolf Steiner developed this technique as a way of of interfacing with the spirit through painting.  \nYou can read more about the anthroposophic approach and why we prefer watercolour over acrylics and oils in this short article. \nWho is it for? \n\nFor anyone interested in learning the veiling (wet-on-dry) watercolour technique.\nFor artists\, art therapists and Steiner (Waldorf) teachers who want to deepen their understanding of colour (PD certificates available).\n\nWhen is it? \n3.00 pm-5.00 pm AEDT\, Saturdays\, 28 February-25 April 2026\nFive fortnightly sessions plus video recording \nCost \n$240 AUD\n$250 for PD certificate (75% attendance and participation required)\nVideo recordings included in the fee\, available for private study.\nThe payment options\, Zoom link\, and a list of materials will be sent to you after booking. \n\nBOOK HERE\n \n\n  \nFor more information \nThis course is a core component of Art as a Path of Schooling for the Soul. It is preceded by the introductory workshop\, Working with Colour\, Out of Colour. Together\, they provide a sound foundation in the anthroposophic (Steiner) approach to colour and painting. \n  \nContact \n  \nFeature image: New Life Emerges © Fiona Campbell 2010\n 
URL:https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/event/the-essence-of-anthroposophic-art-veiling-the-colours/
LOCATION:Zoom online events\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Artistic,Australia,International
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ORGANIZER;CN="Painted Space Studio":MAILTO:paintedspace@gmail.com
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