by Robert Maniscalco | Dec 29, 2020 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Portraiture
Virtual or In-person Private Lessons Covid19 has everybody making adjustments. As an artist, I am going about my business very differently than usual. The Pandemic is an interrupter to the art business, in a lot of ways. Fortunately, as a visual artist, a lot of my...
by Robert Maniscalco | Dec 27, 2020 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture
This Christmas was very special for a some wonderful Dog people, who received the surprise of a lifetime for Christmas.Behr was revealed to his “mommy” by her loving mother. Behr is twelve and loved by everyone who meets him. Austen and Ella, brother and...
by Robert Maniscalco | Dec 27, 2020 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture
This Christmas was very special for a some wonderful Dog people, who received the surprise of a lifetime for Christmas. Booker Leigh’s portrait was revealed to his “mommy” by her loving Husband Josh. I was happy to receive the short clip, with her...
by Robert Maniscalco | Dec 19, 2020 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational
Excerpt From “The Power of Positive Painting,” the Upcoming Color Book, by Robert Maniscalco Shedding Light on Values In the beginning, there was light. Long before Thomas Kinkaid turned “painter of light” into a ridiculous slogan, the masters knew of its...
by Robert Maniscalco | Oct 6, 2020 | Motivational, Random Favorites, World View
What the American Dream Has Left Behind (a rant) Here’s the VLOG version. Or you may read the BLOG version below. (edited for clarity) What people would have us call the “extreme left” is really what many are now calling the extreme middle way. Even...
by Robert Maniscalco | Sep 26, 2020 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View
People are Starved for Meaning Like the Fishfly, which are born to be consumed by fish, artists are born to be consumed by humanity. I’m talking about being consumed as in nurturing the consumer. Artists provide meaning to actual people, not some idea of people...
