Sketching People in Action at the Cortona Flag Tossing Festival
By Marc Taro Holmes in Cortona, Italy During this summer of 2015 we were in Tuscany on a painting expedition that happened to coincide with
By Marc Taro Holmes in Cortona, Italy During this summer of 2015 we were in Tuscany on a painting expedition that happened to coincide with
By Marc Taro Holmes in Quebec, QC The other day we finally made it to Quebec City. We’ve been living in Montreal for about five
By Marc Taro Holmes in Montreal, QC I interviewed reportage artist Richard Johnson back in 2013, talking about his work sketching on location with various
By Marc Taro Holmes in Montreal, QC James Gurney, plein air painter, art educator, illustrator, and Rube-Goldberg-Easel-Maker has recently released another of his instructional DVDs
By Marc Taro Holmes in Montreal, QC This summer the MFA here in Montreal has been featuring an exhibition of sculptures by Auguste Rodin. (On
By Marc Taro Holmes in Florida I’m often showing ‘nice’ sketches on this blog. What I consider finished works. Things where I took a reasonable
By Marc Taro Holmes in Montreal, QC Every summer the Pointe-a-Calliere museum takes over their corner of Montreal’s old port to put on the 18th
By Marc Taro Holmes at #USKSingapore2015 [Japanese Pavilion at the Chinese Garden, Jurong] Let me just say – Singapore was nothing like what I expected.
By Marc Taro Holmes in Volterra, Italy This is my personal favorite sketch from our time in Volterra. It is perhaps not the most pictorially
By Marc Taro Holmes in Volterra, Italy Our week painting with Simonetta Capecchi in Volterra was a different sort of Tuscan experience. Not the usual
By Marc Taro Holmes in Venice, Italy [Santa Maria Della Salute, sketched from a secret garbage handler’s dock] Venice. Is there any more romantic city?
By Marc Taro Holmes in Cortona Italy The note on this sketch says “…sound of out-of-tune bells – how does this happen?”. It seemed to
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