by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 6, 2023 | art classes Italy France, Art workshops, General, Ideas, Painting, Philosophy
The “Color” of Humanity Currently in Italy giving our twice-a-year Studio Italia painting workshop. Everyone is painting hard and… playing hard. I am always fascinated by the seriousness of each participant. However, the subject of this post is the color...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Aug 19, 2022 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, Art workshops, Food | Cooking, General, Painting | plein air, painting workshops Italy France, Philosophy
If there was a little bundle of energy in our Atelier Provence group, Hyacinth (from Dayton, Ohio) was certainly. Kind, talented, persistent, with a yearning to learn, she even spent a whole night painting… below, is a “quick” appreciation of her painting workshop in...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Nov 30, 2021 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, General, Painting | plein air
Approach your painting with your senses 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...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Nov 12, 2021 | General, Painting | plein air
What does Studio Italia offer that you cannot find on the Internet? OK! During the last few days, we have received a few phone calls and emails asking the same question about our painting workshops in Tuscany: “do you teach the following techniques…?” or “I want to...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Sep 3, 2021 | art classes Italy France, Art History, art retreat, Art workshops, Food | Cooking, Gastronomy, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Mónica Márquez presenting Sevy Euqcoral from her series The Lives of Others Opening/vernissage Thursday September 16, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ottawa Art Gallery d’Art d’Ottawa Mónica Márquez, Colombian-Canadian digital artist, photographer, and...
by Mónica Márquez (M.A.) for Walk the Arts | Jan 13, 2021 | art classes Italy France, Art workshops, General, Ideas, Painting | plein air, painting workshops Italy France
2021: Time for novelty, surprise, harmony, parsimony, and empathy. Is it possible to link neuroscience and art? This is the question that French neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux addresses in his beautiful book La Beauté dans le Cerveau (Odile Jacob, 2016); The...
