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5 days ago
☯ ☽ ◑ ● ◐ ☾ ☯ Ty Haul have begun their explorations in charcoal drawing. The introduction of black and white drawing around age 11/12 is done with great purpose and intention in Waldorf schools. ![]()
As Tomas Wildgruber, Waldorf teacher and author, says - “To put aside watercolour paintings for a while, with their more naïve pictorial experience, and to work instead with nuances of light and shade between black and white, is a way of coming to meet pupils’ violently fluctuating soul life at this age.”![]()
In adolescence students are on their own journey, both internal and external. The inner struggle to understand how and why the body is changing is contrasted by the outer struggle to find their place socially. The child is thrust into a world of polarity. ![]()
There may be no better way to meet this moment in their development than to introduce the polarities of black and white drawing, along with the multitude of greys that come with studying the nuances of light and dark.![]()
Art is woven into every aspect of the Waldorf curriculum. Whether in history, science or maths, students are continuously learning through artistic skills and expression - art is a mechanism used to explore, study, and understand all subjects. ![]()
In the early classes the experience of playing with colours and finding basic form gives way to pictorial experience as students use colour as an extension of their imaginations and as illustrations of the stories they hear. Students learn about ancient civilizations and how art was used as a method of communication and story-telling. From early cave art to the hieroglyphics of Egypt and the mandalas of ancient India, art styles were full of imagery and colour, reflected in students’ work.![]()
As adolescence begins the child moves away from the colourful imagery of these ancient peoples into a world of realism and perspective as the curriculum moves towards the fall of Rome. Students begin to study light and its properties in Physics and are encouraged to look at the world as infinite expressions of light and dark. Their arrival at this stage of the Waldorf curriculum begins the next phase of artistic expression.![]()
Charcoal is the perfect medium to deepen a study of light. It encourages students to really observe light and how it travels, reflects, bounces, and highlights an object, and how the lack of light creates shadow and depth. Drawing light and darkness in an accurate, beautiful way requires the understanding of light itself.![]()
By learning to see light and shadow and positive/negative space, elements of realism and depth begin to emerge. Students this age are also generally hungry to learn technique. Their ultimate goal is to make their drawing match what they see (either in reality or in their mind’s eye). Learning how to effectively use lines and shading helps the students become better able to draw what they see, as everything we see is based on relationships between light and dark![]()
With thanks to Waldorfish for their insights into Black and White Art in the middle grades.
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2 weeks ago
So excited to hear our Class of 2024 graduates Samuel and Rohan @shale.band in session with Huw Stephens on BBC Sounds last night. Horizons / Gorwelion is a scheme delivered by BBC Cymru Wales in partnership with Arts Council Wales to develop new, independent contemporary music in Wales. ![]()
Shale's first release was part of Samuel's Class 12 Project recording and producing music - a year-long independent research project all our students undertake in an area of their interest for their Certificate of Steiner Education (NZCSE) qualification.![]()
You can hear the full session and interview with Samuel and Austin at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002796t
Or find all things Shale at www.instagram.com/shale.band![]()
If you're looking for a broader, richer, more relevant education we have a very limited number of places available for Upper School entry now from age 14 to 19, find out more and how to apply at:
www.cardiffsteiner.org.uk/education/upper-school-2/
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Cardiff Steiner School
Hawthorn Road West
Llandaff North
Cardiff CF14 2FL
Llandaff North
Cardiff CF14 2FL
029 2056 7986
Private school in Cardiff, Wales UK
Independent school in Cardiff, Wales, UK