by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 7, 2011 | En français, Food | Cooking, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
The Night Sky by Barbara Flemming It all began Sunday afternoon when “he that should be obeyed” (Yves), walked us to the lavender field near the lodge to observe the landscape about us. A photograph was taken of our chosen scene which was to be sketched later and...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 6, 2011 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
THE SALE!! by Lorraine Lillcrapp Saturday July the 3rd. A Beautiful morning today – breakfast on the terrace & then a short drive through the glorious fields of lavender on our way to paint. Incredible colours with Naples yellow fields patchworked between...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 3, 2011 | Art History, Food | Cooking, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Getting Ready for Atelier Provence After a night in Milan and train trip to Marseille where we picked up our van, we are finally in our lodge in the middle of the Valensole plateau. The beauty of the juxtaposition of the lavender and the blond wheat fields is...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 2, 2011 | Food | Cooking, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Arrival to beautiful Provence After bringing all of our Studio Italia happy participants to the Arezzo train station, and a long train ride from Florence and a night stop in Milano, we finally arrived to our lodge in Provence, located on the Plateau de Valensole....
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 28, 2011 | En français, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
A Studio Italia post As guest instructor in this wonder-filled, yet intense 10 day painting workshop in Tuscany, I am very impressed with the level of enthusiasm and openness of all present. Everyone had come here to learn and improve. I am not sure if all present...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 27, 2011 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
My painting workshop crit! My “crit” was prefaced by Yves asking me to repeat something I had said earlier in the day – “I struggle to find a “higher” meaning/reason/purpose for my painting.” On the one hand, I enjoy doing fairly traditional landscapes. However, it...
