Colour Dynamics II: Painting the twelvefold colour language of Aristotle and Rudolf Steiner

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Angela Lord

Colour Dynamics II

Painting the twelvefold colour language of Aristotle and Rudolf Steiner

Angela Lord

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Hawthorn Press
01 November 2021

Watercolours; Teachers' classroom resources & material; Painting & art manuals

Series: Art & Science

Colour affects us deeply. When we ‘get out of our heads’ into colour, we can feel the soul of the world. Imagine the sun shining through the lemon yellows of spring beech leaves with a cobalt blue sky above and mists of bluebells below. You feel the world afresh and are renewed. Colour has enchanted you. You and colour are one. And you are ready to paint…

Sales Points

-           Painting workbook of exercises that deepen your experience of colour

-           Draws on the authors research into the colour theories of Aristotle and Rudolf Steiner to develop 12 categories as ways of seeing

-           Experimental journey round a twelvefold colour circle to experience the dynamics of colour in new ways, so you can paint from the heart of the colours themselves

-           Enlivens Aristotle’s invitation to ‘delight in the senses’, by a renewed aesthetics that refreshes the soul as a counter to the digital, virtual, screen world

-           The exercises and approach have been developed by the author in teaching on courses, yet are also suitable for private study

-           Logical step-by-step guide to painting and painting methodology

-           Deepens insights into colour relationships and dynamics

-           Unique and stimulating approach to art, aesthetics and colour

Description and Contents

How to use this book. Thinking in colours and forms. Overview of the 12 categories of Aristotle and Rudolf Steiner. The 12 categories as developed by Gerard and Elizabeth Wagner. The 12 Categories and the 12 Constellations with 12 chapters introducing each category and the companion colour, with painting exercises: Being, Appearance, Time, Space, Quantity, Quality Doing/Activity, Suffering/passivity, Conduct, Position, Relation, Substance. References and further reading.

Colour Dynamics II is informed by Aristotle, Rudolf Steiner, and Goethe’s colour research, whilst inviting readers to deepen their own colour insights. This is a useful resource for art students, painters, teachers, art therapists and interior designers. It offers a vivid approach to colour theory that will renew the way you see and can then paint from the heart of each colour.

By: Angela Lord
Imprint: Hawthorn Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 255mm, Width: 205mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 621g
ISBN: 9781912480470
ISBN 10: 1912480476
Series: Art & Science
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Angela Lord is an educator, painter, interior colour designer, muralist and art therapist. She has taught in state and Rudolf Steiner schools, in adult education, in teacher training in China and the Middle East. She has exhibited in Britain, Switzerland and New Zealand, and her Hawthorn Press titles include Colour Dynamics, Creative Form Drawing with Children, Creative Form Drawing for the Four Temperaments and Form Drawing and Colouring for Fun, Healing and Wellbeing.

Reviews for Colour Dynamics II: Painting the twelvefold colour language of Aristotle and Rudolf Steiner

Angela has been my painting teacher over many years, inspiring and enabling me to develop a growing sensitivity to the dynamics of color and form, whilst providing me with the much-needed practical skills both for my own painting practice and for my teaching work with children. ----Nick Vane, artist and retired Waldorf Teacher