by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 23, 2024 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, Inspiration |Thoughts, Online art classes, painting workshops Italy France, Philosophy
Creativity involves a pause This post is directed to all visual artists who are transitioning from imitating (mimesis) to fearlessly expressing their true selves (poeitesis) through their art. During our art workshops in Italy and France, this is a question we...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Apr 11, 2023 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History, painting workshops Italy France
Let’s embrace it! Last summer in Florence, during Studio Italia, I was skeptical when I bought my ticket for the exhibition Let’s Get Digital NFTs and Innovation in Digital Art. I had to know if NFT art is and will be a fad or not. In Canada’s national capital...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Nov 11, 2022 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, Art workshops, Gastronomy, Painting | plein air, painting workshops Italy France
Denise Tipka in front of her works during the last crit. Another participant from Minnesota. Denise Tipka was the “sponge” of this Fall Studio Italia painting workshop. She listened, tried everything; she was open-minded and she let go… and her paintings took flight....
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.) | Jun 10, 2021 | Art workshops, Online art classes, Painting | plein air, painting workshops Italy France
Learning perspective drawing online Do you feel confident about your perspective drawing skills? Since the pandemic, we have been offering live online perspective drawing classes via Zoom and we love it! It is true that they are more challenging than the usual...
by Monica Marquez | Jun 7, 2021 | art retreat, Art workshops, Food | Cooking, Painting | plein air, painting workshops Italy France
We can’t wait to see you again! Painting the landscape in Italy, now it is the time! Travelling to Italy to paint and eat! This is what we want! We are optimistic about our upcoming art workshop in Tuscany, Studio Italia 2021 (October 1–10). So far, the...
