Painting with Plant Colour
10am-4pm The Husbandry School, nr Ashburton, £70
Colour has a profound effect on us. The spectrum of colour we experience with plants is more expansive than what people are used to working with in other art materials. When we paint with plants, we encounter a truer experience of nature, and it can be surprisingly deeply moving.
There is a magnificence of colour in September, from Dahlia’s and Gladioli or Dartmoor’s famous Rowan – the warmth of reds, orange and purples of this time of year are incredible. By drawing and painting the plants we will directly experience the effects of this. In the exploration of their form and colour we will deepen an understanding of the life-forces available to us from the plant world. And, we will make inks, and work with the plants directly.
“When I become aware of the living forces of the plant, I will find the source for creating my colours” Rudolf Steiner
What to expect
Learn how to make ink from plants
Experience drawing and observation techniques to bring you into significant relationship with a plant or flower
Paint with therapeutically made plant colour paints, inks and crayons (provided)
Time for reflection
Create art that has a meaningful connection to the living nature of colour
Materials provided, but please also bring flowers, or berries you feel very drawn to working with. We will also work with what is around us and growing at the school.
“To feel the supreme and moving beauty of the spectacle to which Nature invites her ephemeral guests! … that is what I call prayer.” – Claude Debussy
