by Yves M. Larocque | Feb 20, 2020 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, General, Painting | plein air
Approach your painting “empirically” Many years ago, during a trip to Florence, I discovered the luminous paintings by the Macchiaioli at the Gallery of Modern Art in the Palazzo Pitti and immediately felt connected to their painting approach. Since then, I always say...
by Yves M. Larocque | Jan 1, 2020 | art classes Italy France, En français, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting | plein air
Above >Two paintings by Wassily Kandinsky showing that every day he tried to achieve a better understanding of the world in which he was participating. Scroll down for French and Spanish translations. Défilez vers le bas pour les traductions en français et en...
by Yves M. Larocque | Dec 21, 2019 | art classes Italy France, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting, Painting | plein air
You may, but… Back in 1997, during the very first days of Walk the Arts painting workshops in Tuscany and Provence, I would paint with the group. After a couple of years, I came to realize that I was not fully dedicating my time to my budding artists. Indeed,...
by Yves M. Larocque | Nov 1, 2019 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, Painting, Painting | plein air
Our painting workshops; summer camps for adults? We have been reading that more and more travelers from the developed world are looking for meaningful travels. Increasingly, we are aiming for journeys that allow us to learn something new, to deepen our culture, to...
by Yves M. Larocque | Jun 17, 2019 | Art History, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting | plein air
Viewing the painting = Reliving that Moment Currently in Europe; Studio Italia has ended, about to start Atelier Provence. One of our blog subscribers, a docent at the National Gallery of Canada, recently finished reading Michael Findlay’s Seeing Slowly; Looking at...
by Yves M. Larocque | May 1, 2019 | Art | Religion | Theory, General, Painting, Painting | plein air
Why painting the same chickadee? Confronted with the landscape, the artist needs to surrender to nature in order to truly express on canvas the unique emotions and feelings resulting from this challenge. Here, Zoe letting go in the Val d’Orcia during our...
