Foundation courses
Courses to lay the foundations of the anthroposophic approach to art and its core techniques.

The essence of AnthroArt: veiling the colours
3pm-5pm Saturdays
28 February-25 April 2026
Introducing the popular veil painting technique of anthroposophic art. We explore the language of colour in free compositions inspired by Beppe Assenza. A Schooling course focused on developing creativity.

A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR GARDEN (SPRING)
5.00pm-6.30pm Wednesdays
9 Sept-25 Nov 2026
A series of drawing-based workshops in Goethean observation on the cycle of the plant. Suitable for all levels, using mixed media and Goethean observation. A Schooling course.

elements AND ELEMENTALS – Nature’s hidden helpers
3.00-5.00pm Saturdays
6 June-1 August 2026
A course to develop veil painting skills by exploring the gestures of the four elements in Nature and the elemental beings who weave through them. Focuses on brush skills and enlivening imagination. A Schooling course.

Working with colour, out of colour
3.30pm-8pm AEDT, Saturday
21 February 2026
This intensive workshop introduces colour as an experience using the immersive wet-on-wet painting technique. It provides foundation watercolour skills and a grounding in Goethe’s Theory of Colour

The art of Illustration and story interpretation
TBA
This course introduces the key elements of illustration: visualisation, concept development, composition, mood, colour theme, media and story. Mixed media drawing.

The life of the line: 7 ways of drawing
5.00-6.30pm AEST Wednesdays
3 June-29 July 2026
Five workshops, seven drawing techniques – develop your drawing skills: experiential, dynamic, metamorphic, shaded, representational, charcoal and pastel drawing. Suitable for all.

Working with Steiner’s FRIEDWART SKETCHES
3.00pm-5.00pm
5 September-28 November 2026
This iconic series of 7 motifs leads us inwards from the light of the Sun into light in the human soul. We learn through painting them how the visible and invisible forces of Nature are also at work in us. A Schooling course using painting and pastels.

ANGELS WATCH OVER US
5.00pm AEDT
14 December 2025
An Advent contemplation with art and verse on how we humans have encountered and imagined the angelic orders above us through the ages and how we can work more actively with them.