This unique book explains form drawing and its role in Steiner-Waldorf schools, while also tackling practicalities such as advice on suitable paper and pencils. It goes on to offer a wide selection of exercises for Classes 2 to 5, with step-by-step instructions on how they can be taught, arranged both by class and by theme, drawing on examples of pupils' work and images of forms from nature and cultural heritage. Teachers can use these lessons as an inspiring starting point.
This fascinating and beautiful book will allow Waldorf educators, at school and home, to confidently teach form drawing to their pupils.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Getting Started
What Is Form Drawing?
Basic Forms
Types of Exercise
Practical Considerations
Creating Your Own Form Exercises
Part 2: Practical Exercises
Class 2 Exercises
Class 3 Exercises
Class 4 Exercises
Class 5 Exercises
Botany Exercises
Cultural and Historical Exercises
Part 3: Living Lines, Living Thoughts
Living Lines
Living Thoughts
Rudolf Steiner on Form Drawing
Epilogue
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Henrik Thaulow is a class teacher and art and crafts teacher in Waldorf Schools, and a lecturer at the Steiner College in Oslo. He trained at the Granum Painting School in Oslo and the Goetheanist Study Centre in Vienna where Form Drawing was the subject of his master's thesis.