three into seven
Posted by Campbell on | May 10, 2007
In addition to studying for a Dip Ed this year, I’ve also started a part-time course in Steiner Education. This term we’re doing painting (as well as lectures, reading and stuff).
Here is my painting from the first week’s exercise.
You start with a blank white sheet of paper. So full of potential, yet also vaguely intimidating. Come on. Show me what you’ve got.
A band of yellow splashes across the middle third. At Steiner schools the children paint on wet paper, encouraging them to learn to paint rather than draw with paint. The paint bleeds into the paper and often the painting changes a lot as it dries.
Red on the top third.
Then blue across the bottom.
At this point if you tilt your head to one side it looks like a flag, possibly for a small central American or Caribbean country.
When the yellow is taken up into the red some softness and texture starts to emerge. And more depth when the blue is brought up into the yellow.
Sunset, a lake, a landscape.
I am happy to leave it there, the blue is open and inviting.
Others add red to the bottom of the painting, completing the cycle and the spectrum.
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