Tag: Plein-Air

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

Reflections: Samantha Sanders – Summer 2015 (week 3)

After finding her feet in week one and taking on the city with vigour in week two, Summer 2015 Student Samantha Sanders was feeling boyant as she entered the third week of the program. Continue reading Reflections: Samantha Sanders – Summer 2015 (week 3)

Summer 2015 In Pictures – Week 2

Art History Lecture

The second week of the Rome Art program saw our students working on location in and around the St Peter’s and the Vatican, visiting the studio of Sculptor Peter Rockwell and painting on Isola Tiberina. Continue reading Summer 2015 In Pictures – Week 2

Point Of View: Dr Irene Barberis – Visiting Critic

It is not often that one is able to say that a program really changes students. During their time on the Rome Art Program the perceptions of students grow, it offers them such an expanded field for their new art practice, or indeed the revitalizing and establishing of mature engagements with making art; particularly painting and drawing. Continue reading Point Of View: Dr Irene Barberis – Visiting Critic