This is a fabulous book which, contrary to the title (!) covers both painting and drawing.  It goes through the Waldorf curriculum from kindergarten through 12th grade, explaining how lessons progress and how the developmental needs of children are met through the years via the arts curriculum.

It is a practical book: every section includes painting or drawing exercises so that the teacher (or, in our case, parent-teacher) can inwardly prepare themselves for the lessons they will be sharing with their children. The exercises are carefully constructed, helping the reader learn various techniques of wet-on-wet painting and explaining what is happening and what finds its echo in the growing child.

Having said that, this is a book which can be daunting to those who are new to the Waldorf approach to painting and the deeper aspects of the Waldorf curriculum: better for beginners is the book Painting with Children by Brunhild Müller.

The drawing exercises are also extremely helpful no only when one gets to such advanced topics as perspective drawing in 6th grade or drawing heads in 12th grade, but in helping a parent learn to draw herself. The color reproductions on the accompanying CD are very beautiful and helpful.

I feel that this book is invaluable for anyone taking up Waldorf homeschooling (or Waldorf teaching). One's own ability to draw and paint will be much enriched and one's appreciation for the depth of what stands behind the use of art through the entire Waldorf curriculum will be broadened. Although this book does cover drawing, we do recommend that beginners start off with our own Drawing with your 4 to 11 Year Old before graduating to this more involved and complex book. We should also point out that Painting in Waldorf Education contains no information about drawing in the early years. The lessons included are part of the upper grades curriculum but we feel that they can also help parents of younger children to develop their own confidence in drawing.

Here's a quote from the book, the beginning of the section on watercolor paints:

The soul element of the world expresses itself in the essence of color. Simultaneously color also gives expression to experiencing the human soul. Consciously or subconsciously we experience color in our souls. This applies to both our inner image or experience and our perception of what goes on outside of us. A sunny day puts people into a different mood than an overcast, sombre day. On receiving bad news, we feel different from looking forward to a festive occasion. Thus on the one hand moods in nature are soul moods and on the other, the soul life can express itself in color. From the outside it is an impression; outwardly it is an expression. We are constantly dealing with the close link between color and soul moods. How can we best approach this lively relationship? The transparent medium of watercolor paint lends itself best for this purpose. It can unite both elements, color and motion. With this background in mind we predominantly opt for this type of paint and a lively, mobile technique, like wet-on-wet or 'veiling'. For the developing child watercolor paints are the ideal means for experiencing color and giving form. The child still has a great deal of creative imaginative forces and wants to use these. With color and water we can start to connect these creative forces with the fixed, crystallized world. In this the child learns to live. A bridge is built between what has already become and the creative power of the child. Time and again the children will experience, with each painting, the wet mobile paint which slowly dries up to fixed color forms or transitions. The process of becoming is the most important, in which the children can experience the working of color most intensely and give expression to their creative imagination.