July 2015 students at Pompeii
A warm welcome to Rome Art Program Summer 2016!
We are excited to be beginning another two months of plein air painting and drawing on the streets of Rome. Continue reading Summer 2016
Category: Rome Art Program
Student Success: Keri Rosebraugh
Rome Art Program’s Summer 2016 Teaching Assistant Keri Rosebraugh has recently completed her Masters in Studio Arts at Studio Arts Centre International (SACI) in Florence, so we thought we would take this opportunity to share a few images of her work from her graduate show. Continue reading Student Success: Keri Rosebraugh
Point Of View: Denise Israel
My journey as a painter began six years ago after a brief meeting with the Rome Art Program Creative Director Carole Robb in New York; hearing her describe how she worked with artists and students coming to Rome to paint en plein air (outdoor) excited me. It started in 2010 and I’m back this year again!
Why Rome..?
With just over eight weeks until the start of the 2016 Rome Art Program, we thought it was a good time to remind ourselves – Why Rome?
Plein Air Painting
Artist’s have long painted outdoors however plein air painting was we know it became popular during the mid-nineteenth century. Derived from the french term en plein air (meaning outdoor or in open air), Impressionists took to the outdoors to study and capture the world on canvas, working in natural light and observing the effects of the sun throughout the day. Continue reading Plein Air Painting