by Robert Maniscalco | May 17, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Inattentional Blindness – Falling for the Trick We’ve all seen them on the internet. I’m talking about those amazing chalk drawings on sidewalks that look 3-D. Or those optical illusions that make things appear differently than they really are. These...
by Robert Maniscalco | May 12, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture
Looking Deeper I sometimes comment in FB groups, offering my humble critique, when asked. Here’s what I offered for this drawing on the left. Honestly, there is a huge difference between drawing and copying a photo. So much of what I see in this group is copying....
by Robert Maniscalco | May 5, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
People thought I was crazy trying to create a system that would make drawing and painting available to anyone who applied themselves, what I call the “democritization” of art. That was the goal, to distil the processes of master realists and combine them...
by Robert Maniscalco | Mar 6, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View
Guilty, as charged! But fortunately #forgiveness awaits, with the #purchase of @ThePowerofPositivePainting. #Learn to #draw and #paint. As a frequent art competition juror in the 1990s and 2000s, I noticed roughly over 80% of the representational entrants at local art...
by Robert Maniscalco | Mar 1, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational
I didn’t set out to write four books. I simply had something important to say and I found a way to say it. Here’s what People are Saying about my teaching and the book I could not be happier that my latest book, The Power of Positive Painting has received...
by Robert Maniscalco | Feb 15, 2021 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites, World View
May 19, 2021 Contact: Robert Maniscalco, author robert@maniscalcogallery.com mobile: 313-689-2993 The Power of Positive Painting has become a #1 Amazon Bestseller! 0 Forty years in the making, author, artist, and gallerist Robert Maniscalco delivers an inspiring...
