Painting and Drawing in Waldorf Schools: Classes 1 to 8

Thomas Wildgruber; Translated by Matthew Barton

Price:	£20.00
Publication Date:	28 Jun 2012
Availability:	Not yet published - due 28 Jun 2012

Painting and drawing are key artistic expressions which play an important role in children's physical, emotional and spiritual development. This comprehensive teachers' manual provides a complete artistic curriculum for Classes One to Eight in Steiner-Waldorf schools (age six to fourteen).

At each stage, the book demonstrates the skills that teachers can help children to develop. There are 280 practical exercises for teachers to use, and over 800 drawings and paintings as inspiring examples of artistic possibilities. The curriculum moves from free drawing, to guided colour exercises, to precise perspective drawing.

The exercises draw on elements of the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum at appropriate ages, incorporating themes from fables and legends, the Old Testament, Norse mythology, animals, Ancient Greece and botany.

Throughout, the author draws on art theory and shows that art is truly a universal language.

The book is also suitable for adult self-study.

Reviews

'A superbly structured manual on drawing and painting in the class teacher years. In over twenty years as a class teacher in Britain and Germany, this is one of the most inspirational and useful books I have come across. I hope that colleagues throughout the world will benefit from its approach.'
-- Sven Saar, Freie Waldorfschule Wahlwies, Germany

About the Author(s)

Thomas Wildgruber was born in Germany in 1946. He studied philosophy, political science and journalism. He was a research assistant in the field of international development and politics, and subsequently trained as a Waldorf teacher in Mannheim. Since 1979 he has been a Waldorf class teacher, and craft and art teacher. His encounter with the painter Lajos Boros led to efforts to develop art education out of the 'pictorial resources'. He gives courses to teachers on the theme of 'Painting with rules of play'.

Useful Things to Know

This book might also be of interest:
Painting with Children by Brunhild Müller

More books about painting and drawing for adults:
Colour: A Textbook for Anthroposophical Painting Groups by Liane Collot D'Herbois
Light, Darkness and Colour in Painting Therapy by Liane Collot D'Herbois

For a complete list of resource books for Steiner-Waldorf teachers, please go to our Steiner-Waldorf Teacher Resources Book List.