Painting with Plant Colour
10am-4pm The Husbandry School, nr Ashburton, £80
Colour has a profound effect on us. The spectrum of colour we experience with plants can be much more expansive than other art materials. When we paint with plants, we encounter a truer experience of nature, a deeper connection to the essence of the plant and it can be surprisingly deeply moving.
By the beginning of June the roses will be out and we can make rich pinks and deep magentas, we will explore the green gold of lemon balm and many more from the flowers in the garden at the school. We will make inks from the plants, and directly experience the effects of their colour on us. Together with an exploration of form and movement and specific observational art studies and mark making this art workshop will deepen an understanding of the life-forces available to us from the plant world and create a lasting emotional memory of the plants we work with.
“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
