Class and Workshop Schedule
POWER OF POSITIVE PAINTING
MASTER CLASS IN
DRAWING AND PAINTING
Small Group Classes (3-5 people)
TBA Classes to resume in 2023
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
REGISTER Contact Robert for more info.
Based on the Power of Positive Painting© method, with Robert Maniscalco: Robert will teach you to think like a painter. He presents a short drawing/painting lesson at the beginning of each session. Students may work in any medium and subject. Rob will provide/suggest reference material as necessary. We will set goals together and tailor the work to the individual needs of the student. Goals can be as broad as mastering an idiom like portraiture or landscape. Or they can be as specific as learning to develop a greater variety of edges in oil painting. Honest observation will be the key. The instruction will be tailored to allow for a deepening of the individual’s unique approach and response to the project at hand. Expect lots of individual attention here. These small group classes will be at the artist’s studio at 5440 Ansley Trail, North Charleston 29418.
Power of Positive Painting Workshop – 4 Weekly Small Group Classes
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Portrait Painting Demo at
Three Cities Art Club
October 3, 2022 @ 6 PM
223 S Main Street, Plymouth, MI
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Register for the
PPP Portrait Painting Workshop at the
Village Arts Factory (VAV)
October 7-9 (10-4:30), 2022
50755 Cherry Hill Rd, Canton, MI
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PPP Portrait Painting Workshop in
Chapin, SC (TBA)
October 14-15
The two day portrait painting intensive workshop we will explore value-based “light on form” painting methods to create high integrity, expressive portraits. Using live models, the focus will be on gaining a deeper understanding of observable values to achieve form, character and likeness. We will paint one finished portrait in our two days together. Robert will also present a few salient drawing and painting exercises in the morning sessions. . Materials List
Bravura Painting FREE Demo
on Facebook Live or in Person
at Art on the Square Gallery
420 Nexton Drive, Summerville SC
TBA, 2022
1-3 pm
Robert will demonstrate a basic oil painting of a landscape or still life using his value based alla prima technique. He will start and finish a still life or landscape during the 2 hours. Learn something new about drawing and painting accurately, what you see, with brilliant color with bravado brush technique.
PORTRAIT PAINTING FROM A LIVE MODEL
Small Group Classes (3-5 people)
TBA Classes beginning in 2023
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
REGISTER Contact Robert for more info
In addition to the P3 Workshop and weekly masterclasses in drawing and painting, Robert occasionally offers small, ongoing portrait painting classes. $135/4 week sessions, plus model’s fee (about $30-40 depending on number of participants). Check with Robert to let him know you are interested in taking this course. If he has enough interested in a portrait-only class, he will set one up. Portrait Painting Workshop Description: In these sessions we will explore value-based “light on form” painting methods to create expressive, professional level portraits. We will paint three finished portraits in our four sessions together. Robert will also present a few salient drawing and painting exercises in the beginning of each class. Using live models, the focus will be on gaining a deeper understanding of observable values to achieve form, character and likeness.
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In Charleston, the name Gedney Howe is legendary three times over.
My #oilportrait of Gedney @lawofficesofgedneyhowe Howe III in his office. I am so fortunate and honored to have been able to share some beautiful moments with such exceptional individuals and those who love them. Gedney Howe III is one such individual, a man who gave so much to this community, as Charleston’s preeminent attorney. I had the privilege of speaking with him briefly before he unexpectedly passed last year. We had planned the portrait to happen while he was still with us. Though in mourning, Gedney IV helped me capture the vision he had for his father’s portrait.
Gedney III and I had one very special person in common, the late Buzz Harper (the portrait above, the iconic gentleman in the white suit and red tie), our dear friend and the designer of the interior of this office, as well as the Calhoun Mansion, which when it changed hands, sadly lost the distinctive Harper touch. The chair in the portrait, once owned by President Howard Taft, a beautiful marble and lovely portrait grace the dark wood law bookshelves. Formidable, but reassuringly warm. Gedney stands confidently, but again, with a touch of warmth. He cared about the #law but he also cared for the people he served so well throughout his storied career.
The portrait will be on display at my exhibition, "Identity and Self" at the Park Circle Gallery in North Charleston, opening today, Friday April 3, 5-7 pm. The exhibition runs through April 25. ... See MoreSee Less
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a prophetess whose fate was to foretell future events correctly but never to be heeded or believed. She was the daughter of Priam, Troy’s last king, and his wife Hecuba. The god Apollo fell in love with #Cassandra and offered her the gift of foretelling the future in return for her love. Cassandra agreed to the bargain and received Apollo’s gift but then refused to keep her word. In retaliation, Apollo cursed her so that her prophecies would never be believed. When we warn of what is happening to our country today, this is how it feels. #painting #artcollector @highlight ... See MoreSee Less
The #Ghost of #Denmark Vessey, 24×20″ oil on linen, framed by the artist
#Vessey appears as an indomitable spirit, standing with dignity, bible in hand, as if he has risen above the hatred of the racists, who’s anger and fear, represented by a posse of angry white men, who have driven his body into the ocean. But they cannot touch his spirit, which endures forever. Denmark Vessey led the first slave revolt in SC and in America. This will be part of my upcoming exhibition at Park Circle Gallery in North Charleston Opening April 3 5-7 pm running through April.
More info:
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Remembering 20x 20″ oil on gallery wrapped canvas – currently on exhibit at @artattheedge Rivers Edge Gallery in Wyandotte, MI. See it in person!
An #oldbutgold #farmer / #hunter pauses to remember the days when everything made sense, if there ever was such a time. We get lost in the memories, which have depended and become something somehow better than how we remembered them. Something not typical for me, I am painting overcast conditions, not a direct, dramatic source of light. Ambient lighting is an opportunity to focus on local color, which I enjoyed very much. Perfect for the #collector's reading room or man cave or for those who revere old age and the worn crusty face of country wisdom. ... See MoreSee Less
“Emergence” is a painting about what happens when you finally stop hovering at the edge of your own life and step all the way in. In the piece, the figure is submerged in water, with the outside world slipping softly out of focus. There’s no safe distance here—only the quiet courage of surrender. The boundaries between self and environment begin to blur, inviting you to feel rather than analyze, to inhabit the moment rather than stand outside it.
This work is for the person who is done skimming the surface—someone who has felt the cost of distraction and now longs to be fully present with what matters: their relationships, their calling, their healing, their creativity. Hung in a space where you read, reflect, or simply breathe, “Immersion” becomes a visual nudge back to your own depth: a reminder that life doesn’t happen at the shoreline. It happens when you let yourself go under.
It will be part of my exhibition, "Identity and Self" at Park Circle Gallery opening April 3, 5-7 pm, running through April. ... See MoreSee Less
A special invite and great GIVEAWAY! The seventh person to PM me their email address will win a beautiful Lmt. Ed. Giclee. AND get your discount on all things ManiscalcoGallery.com.
Exhibition Opening April 3, 5-7pm
Park Circle Gallery - Through April ... See MoreSee Less