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...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 2, 2010 | Art History, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Back to this idea of letting go (see post May 21st) let’s recall that in the course of the 16th century there was a kind of “letting go” movement; Mannerism. The Mannerists were a wild bunch of show-off artists who lived from the middle to the end of the 16th...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 21, 2010 | Painting
Referring to Kristin’s posting (Do not fear! April 20th), this class exercise came to me during Studio Italia of October 2006. I have painted a small painting in Cortona while the participants were working on their canvases. The painting was unsuccessful since all my...
