Posted in Paint Party, The Studio/Classes, tagged Famous Painter, Famous Painters, roses, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh, Wild Roses on August 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
If you are a fan of Van Gogh join us for our next Famous Painter Night at The Studio on Tuesday, August 24th when we will paint his Wild Roses from 1890. Click here to register. Famous Painter NIght is a great time to learn more about an artist while recreating some of their beautiful work. And to see all the upcoming events at The Studio click here.
Posted in Serendipity, tagged Loving Vincent, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh on March 2, 2016| Leave a Comment »
If you do nothing else today you HAVE to watch this film trailer. I’ve been seeing a short video on Facebook the last few days promoting a new film about Vincent Van Gogh. It is and animated film about his life being made entirely using paintings in his swirling-choppy style and based on his letters. It is AMAZING!
You must watch this short video about the film…..and then watch the trailer for the film here. The things they can do with art and film is unbelievable. I can’t wait to see the completed film.
Posted in Little Known Facts, tagged Theory on Van Gogh's Death, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh on November 6, 2015| 1 Comment »
Our fascination with Vincent Van Gogh will never end. We love his work and are always interested to read new ideas and theories surrounding his life and work. Here’s the latest concerning clues to his suicide.
“Dutch chemical engineer Rene van Slooten came up with the hypothesis this year after watching a television documentary about the artist. A Dutch actor was talking about a painting of Van Gogh’s house in Arles and noted that the street had been broken up because Van Gogh was having gas lighting installed. “That’s when the alarm bells started going off for me,” Van Slooten recalls.” Click here and read the story in The Daily Beast.
Posted in Little Known Facts, tagged Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh on March 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Van Gogh, Coquelicots et papillons, 1890
Yesterday was the birthday of Vincent Van Gogh in 1853. I didn’t want to let the day pass without recognizing him. While he never achieved fame during his lifetime for his paintings, now almost everyone recognizes his works…and they are quite amazing. Click on this link to enjoy his many paintings.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, daily painter, impressionism, The Studio, The Studio-A Place for Learning, Vincent Van Gogh on August 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Art Campers & Van Gogh
Art Campers Take a Break
My youngest group of Art Campers, ages 5-7, painted a wonderful copy of “Van Gogh’s Sprig of Almond” and what an amazing job they did!
Good work everyone. And many thanks to my student Logan who came in to work as my assistant with this young group. She was terrific at everything from mixing paint to opening water bottles at break! 🙂
Posted in Serendipity, tagged oil painting, post-impressionism, Van Gogh discovered, Vincent Van Gogh on September 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »
New York Times photo
After being considered a fake for almost 100 years this painting has been declared authentic. Exciting news for art lovers and especially Van Gogh enthusiasts. You can read more about it in this New York TImes article.
The value is probably tens of millions of dollars. It will be exciting to see what happens with this one. Hopefully it will end up somewhere where we can see it in person rather than in a private collection hidden away. Guess we will just have to wait and see.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh, Vincent's Chair on August 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »
“Van Gogh’s Chair”
Tanner concentrating on her work
Conner and Brigid putting on some final touches
A really nice thank you note
We wrapped up the last day of Art Camp with Van Gogh’s Chair. The young artists painted a large version and did a fabulous job. This was a delightful group of kids who are really good painters.
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Landscape, post-impressionism, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh on August 7, 2013| 2 Comments »
Art Campers Paint Van Gogh
Yesterday’s Art Campers painted a beautiful Van Gogh painting. We learned more about color mixing and blending colors. GREAT JOB!
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, daily painter, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh, Vincent's Chair, Virginia Artist on June 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the young painters at Art Camp did this fabulous Vincent Van Gogh painting. We discussed Van Gogh and his interesting history and family. And didn’t these girls do a stunning job recreating Van Gogh’s chair!?! I really enjoyed this session of camp with these girls. They are all very good painters and interested in art and the process. Great work!
Next week Art Camp continues with young artists age 8-13 studying Impressionism and painters like Monet, Degas and Renoir. This particular week is full but there are others available if you have young painters interested in having fun with art this summer. See the schedule here.
Posted in Little Known Facts, Trivia, tagged Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh on March 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Much has been written about the mental state of Vincent Van Gogh. It’s been proposed that he had paint poisoning, schizophrenia, syphilis, or bipolar disorder. Any of these can account for the periods of mania followed by deep depression that he suffered. Whatever it may have been, surely had he lived in our time he could have enjoyed a cure. But what would that have meant? Would he still have produced the multitudes of beautiful art that he gave us?
The Studio 