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 4, 2021 | Art Instruction, Motivational
We live in a hue-based society. Most artists have an unhealthy addiction to hue. Our obsession with color, specifically the hue of a color, undermines our ability to see form objectively. The Power of Positive Painting, my 157 page full color book, is an an effort to...
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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 15, 2024 Contact: Robert Maniscalco, author robert@maniscalcogallery3720.live-website.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...
by Robert Maniscalco | Jan 1, 2021 | Art Instruction, Motivational
Forward from “The Power of Positive Painting” A lot has changed in the art world in the forty plus years since I embarked on my career. Academia is finally embracing contemporary realism – realism that has something important to say about our world....
