The Seven School (or Friedwart) Sketches were given to Waldorf teachers as part of Rudolf 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. 

This 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.

What are the Training Sketches?

Theses 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 a substantial part of this portfolio.

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. 

Who is it for?

• For Steiner teachers, artists, art therapists and art students seeking to understand how the formative forces work in Nature and Human.

• For anyone interested in the foundations of the anthroposophic approach to art, colour and painting. 

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

When is it?

3pm-5pm Saturdays AEST, 31 August-23 November 2024
Seven 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.

Cost

$300 AUD/$205 USD
$305 AUD for PD certificate

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

How to join the workshop

The payment options, Zoom link, a list of materials and suggested readings will be sent to you after booking.

For more information

Feature image: Sunlit Tree by a Waterfall No. 6 © Fiona Campbell