New Dawn – New Creativity
Painting School
New Dawn – New Creativity
ACTIVATE YOUR INNER creator
When art becomes a tool for a simple, loving self-expression. We come to a deeper self-understanding and self-realization. Painting process with an intention, actually sharpens our senses, deepens our bond to our needs and wants as a consequence. This is when we find the true place in the World.
Painting school Brina Torkar is the first SOURCE LIGHT ENCODED PAINTING SCHOOL IN THE WORLD.
Our program is organically developed to be tailored to the unique needs of each individual. The programs are encoded with source light codes. This means that each person receives an activation of remembrance of painting potential, through the light source codes only through our presence, which are supporting your individual process during the program. This involves activation through remembrance and skill development with consistent practice, or just trough 1-or more times experience of the painting process. Our presence is the transmission of activation itself.
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The Brina Torkar Painting School offers unique artistic programs that combine creativity with deep spiritual learning, focusing on developing each individual’s authentic expression through art. Students are guided through a process of self-discovery and inner transformation, using art as a tool to connect with their inner truth, activate their highest potential, and manifest their visions in the world.
Through painting as a tool, you will receive self reflection as your senses sharpen in a multidimensional way. Your intuition sharpens, one gets more connected to own desires, visions, emotions. Painting process brings out all unknown, known into a form. This strengthens deeper self-connection and brings priceless recognition, self-awareness of who you are.
Painting school in numbers and facts
Zoom on-line classes. International class coming in September.
All teachers are professional painters and art university graduates.
Individual artistic mentorship for all students.
Painting School Programs
Painting School for Adults
Weekly beginner and advanced TEN- months IN-PERSON PAINTING CLASS
- Age: all generations 18+.
- Where? Ljubljana, Grosuplje, Jesenice, Solkan in Gažon (Koper).
- Duration: 3-hours per week
Students are guided through a process of self-discovery and inner transformation, using art as a tool to connect with their inner truth, activate their highest potential, and manifest their visions in the world. Art becomes a connection between body, mind, and soul, providing an opportunity to explore various painting techniques and creative expressions. Age is not the limit.
Painting Retreats for Adults
Creative retreat for adults, AT THE SEA, two times per year.
- Age: all generations 18+.
- Where? Special location in nature, at the sea or wellness.
- Duration: 6 days/5 nights
This painting retreat is the highlight of our boutique offerings, designed for adults who need a complete recalibration of the mind, physical body, spirit, and emotions. Immerse yourself in the fluidity of colors, organize your thoughts through drawing, enjoy cleansing nutrition, receive activations with light codes and healing sounds, and indulge in a healing cacao ceremony… and much more will unfold.
Painting WeekendS for Adults
Weekend PAINTING workshop FOR ADULTS.
- Age: all generations 18+.
- Where? Special location in nature, at the sea or wellness.
- Duration: 3 days/2 nights
This exclusive 3-day painting retreat is designed for those seeking to activate their artistic potential and manifest personal visions. No prior experience is necessary—participants receive guidance to complete their first painting in just three days, a process that might take others years. The retreat normally takes place at the instructor’s home by the peaceful Savinja River, surrounded by unspoiled nature.
Floating Saturdays for Adults
Special painting session with by ceremonial cacao and lotus tea, held on the last Saturday of each month.
- Age: all generations 18+.
- Where? Painting gallery in Ljubljana, or in nature
- Duration: 8-hours, last Saturday of the month
“Floating Saturday” is an 8-hour painting or drawing workshop held on the last Saturday of every month, offering a relaxing and creative experience for art enthusiasts. No prior painting or drawing experience is required. Participants enjoy painting in the company of like-minded individuals, while sipping ceremonial cacao and lotus tea, which enhance the creative atmosphere.
Painting School for Children and Youth
Weekly beginner and advanced TEN- months IN-PERSON PAINTING CLASS
- Age: children 7 - 15, youth from 15 on.
- Where? Ljubljana, Grosuplje, Jesenice, Solkan in Gažon (Koper).
- Duration: 3-hours per week
This program fosters creativity through play, focusing on various techniques and forms. The curriculum encourages imagination before progressing to observational work, such as portraits and animal studies. Students work with materials like watercolors, acrylics on canvas, charcoal, colored pencils, and markers, often blending techniques to enhance artistic expression.
Digital Drawing and Painting
INTENSIVE Online and in-person class, TEN months a year.
- Age: children 7 - 15, youth from 15 on.
- Where? On-line Zoom
- Duration: 3-hours per week
Digital drawing is a highly promising and versatile skill, especially useful for further education in all digital art fields.Children and youth develop their drawing and painting skills to a very advanced level, providing a strong foundation in drawing and painting techniques. Beginners first familiarize themselves with software tools and drawing instruments, then gradually advance their skills to a higher level.
Summer Painting Colonies for Children and Youth
Creative 7-DAYS painting COLONY during the summer holidays.
- Age: children 7 - 15, youth from 15 on.
- Where? Brinjeva gora (Zreče, Slovenia)
- Duration: 7-days/6-nights
Designed for young artists who wish to explore painting under professional guidance, this unique colonies combine creativity with nature, offering a transformative experience. The focus is on personal vision, from portraits to landscapes, character drawing, animals, and abstract works. Alongside artistic practice, the colony offers yoga for children, imaginative inner journeys, swimming and relaxation in nature.
Preparations for Painting Exams
Professional Assistance SESSION for those preparing for art school entrance
- Age: children 7 - 15, youth from 15 on.
- Where? Ljubljana, Grosuplje, Jesenice, Solkan in Gažon (Koper).
- Duration: 3-hours per week
The preparatory program is tailored to the art aptitude tests required by art schools and educational institutions. The course is continuous, study-oriented, and experimental.
Students work with a variety of materials, including charcoal, pencil, acrylic and watercolor paints, gouache, colored pencils, markers, and mixed techniques to develop their skills.
Workshops for Schools
Tailored PAINTING WORKSHOP for educational institutions.
- Age: children 7 - 15, youth from 15 on.
- Where? On demand (at the school).
- Duration: 3-hours
This free 3-hour workshop is designed for children and primary school teachers, and can be held at your school. The goal is to experience our hands-on approach to learning drawing and painting. We believe every child can learn to paint, regardless of their artistic talent, and can find inspiration in just three hours.
Meet the team

Brina Torkar
Founder of the Painting School
Academic Painter, MA in Fine Arts
Internationally recognized artist and Master of Arts (ALUO).

Ema Klinar
Painting School Teacher and Assistant
Academic Painter and Master of Painting (ALUO).
Employed teacher at the art school.
What students say about us
Individualen pristop … Vsak otrok si izbere kaj bo slikal. Oreng motivi. Na koloniji so izdelali en portret, Eno žival, in eno veliko sliko, od moje Qoriankico je tale na levi za Brino. Vse po izbiri otroka. Kolonija je ustvarjalna, Povezovalna, S pridihom mistike (pojejo pesmi, imajo svojo meditacijo živali moči)… Otroci so navdušeni. Nad svojimi slikami in kolonijo. Moja hčerka je letos že drugič in je že prosila, da naslednje leto tudi! Ima pa Brina tudi odlične asistente. Alojzij Gričnik, pravi Qorianka da je najboljši slikarski učitelj, Brina pa najboljša slikarska učiteljica! Moj zapis je razpršen.. Ker bi rada povedala vse. Skratka..
Brinino slikarsko šolo res iz srca priporočam.
Ali kot: VIKEND SLIKARSKE RETREAT – čista magija ustvarjanja ob reki v njenem domu, LETNA SLIKARSKA ŠOLA. individualizirana. Ni, da vsi rišejo enako. Ampak vsak res svoje.. N a podlagi svojih interesov, strasti, sanj…
Hvala ti ljuba moja, da v Qorianki prebuja slikarske sposobnosti, ker tega ji pa jaz res ne morem dati.
Pa ne samo to … Ob tebi in s tvojim vašim načinom dela, dobi veliko več kot samo slikanje!
Tako zelo sva bila povezana. 2004 sva začela skupno pot, bil je poseben konj. Edini črni lipicanec med 400 belimi. Izzive sva imela že na začetku, nikakor si ni pustil dati brzde v gobec. Tako sem ga na to navajala najprej s koščkom gumijaste cevi za vodo, ki si jo je pustil iz strani dati v usta. Kasneje sva prešla na dajanje brzde v usta iz strani in to prakticirala kar nekaj let! Počasi se je navadil… 10 let sva bila skupaj, doživela zelo lepe trenutke in šla čez veliko težkih izzivov, ki so bili plod nerealnih pričakovanj ljudi. Biti “drugačen” ni lahko.. in Črnko bi to nedvomno potrdil. Hvala vsem tistim, ki ste po mojem odhodu zanj lepo skrbeli.
Hvala moji učiteljici Brina Torkar za strokovno vodstvo, da je slika nastala tako lepa.
Najtežji del je, ker ne vidimo kaj je za vrati. Ne vemo, če bo tisto kar nas čaka vredno vsega ali bomo mogoče opeharjeni. Če nimamo pričakovanj, ne bomo razočarani. Če ohranimo zaupanje, se bo vztrajnost obrestovala in nagrada bo večja kot bi bila v naših še tako velikih pričakovanjih.
V tem vikendu sem 3 cele dneve posvetila intenzivnemu slikarskemu retreat-u in dozivljala ravno to lekcijo življenja. Malo spanja, veliko truda, vztrajanje, učenje in ohranjanje vere, da bo vredno.
Izčrpanost, tako energijska (vzdrzevanje visoke vibracije) kot fizične (premalo slikarske kondicije), zgrešeni odtenki in poteze, učenje novih stvari in konstantno vpijanje informacij, platno na katerem se do zadnjih dveh ur ni videlo končnega rezultata-nagrade…
Mogoče bi v drugačni situaciji, na drugem mestu in času odnehala. Mogoče bi brez podpore Učiteljice, Mentorice Brina Torkar odložila čopič za vedno in si rekla, da to ni moja pot. Da ne znam, da ne zmorem. Ufff, bi bilo lažje.
Mogoče sem ravno zato slišala klic duše in odšla na to potovanje, ki je bilo navsezadnje toliko več kot samo slikanje. Kljub temu, da je slika čudovita, je bila nagrada tega potovanja veliko veliko večja. In neprecenljiva.
Slika: Boginja DIANA, 120×100 cm, akril na platno
Bil je jok, prišla je jeza, tudi žalost, nepotrpežljivost in nemir…srečen jok, strast, ples, hvaležnost in utrujenost…z Brina Torkar ne gre samo za učenje slikanja ampak gre za čuteče vodenje skozi proces…
Neizmerno hvaležna za ta teden in možnost, da sem si to lahko privoščila …
Hvala Yemanya … hvala Brina, hvala Petra Gartner Duxa in Gloria Velikonja za ure in ure tišine kjer smo lahko samo bile.
Skozi slikarski proces sem bila vodena na način, da sem se počutila dobro in varno. Na koncu procesa je prihajalo ven iz mene “saj nisem hotela, da je slika tako temna, ni taka kot bi jaz hotela…’, a vedela sem, da je Brina tu tista, ki me je prijela za roko, ko sem imela zavezane oči, čez slikarski proces. Pomaga mi pri sprejemanju tudi temnih delov sebe. Prav neverjetno je kako me je znala peljati – skozi vse nesigurnosti in prepreke sva šli.
Pa to je fenomenalno, sploh ne vem, a se vsi zavedajo tega k pridejo k tebi? Veš to je tista taprava umetnost – na kvadrat! Mene je čist sezulo. Pa ti si res eno bitje tam iz Plejad. Hvala