by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Aug 15, 2010 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
I have taught painting and art history in a reputable Canadian art school for more than 25 years. Also, since 1997 I have led painting workshops on three continents for www.walkthearts.com. Hundreds of students have asked me the same question. How can I become a...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Aug 14, 2010 | Art History, Food | Cooking, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Let’s carry on from our Vico post posted on July 12. So many times we stay anchored in our old ways and paradigms out of fear and a false sense of security. We are comfortable; we do not want to force too much. So many times we read in painting instruction books: “do...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 12, 2010 | Food | Cooking, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
An Italian philosopher is certainly needed for our painting workshops—and who better than the Neapolitan Giovanni Battista Vico (1668–1744) with his well-known verum esse ipsum factum (“truth itself is constructed”). As Vico argued through his famous principle first...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 7, 2010 | General, Painting
During the Fall of 2009, Prof. Yves M. Larocque and his students decided to put up a show of the works that would be produced in class (010F Resource) in the course of two semesters. In March 2010, the paintings were finally ready to be shown. This whole experience...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 5, 2010 | General, Painting
First July posting… a short one. Still recuperating from a walkthearts day in Canada’s national region with a delightful painting afternoon in a brucite mine near Wakefield, followed by a gargantuous Italian meal at our walkthearts home office. We surely enjoyed the...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 29, 2010 | Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
As all my former students know, art is much more than the mechanics of painting such as basic color principles and fundamental techniques. You can find all this information on the Net and in so many books sold in Barnes and Noble, Chapters, Amazon… in brief the...
