by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 23, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Joe Maniscalco Retrofitted I’ve really been enjoying excavating my father’s legacy by digging out these vintage illustrations and re-captioning them. I am re-purposing and compiling images of his and my work, along with witty and not-so-witty aphorisms...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 20, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
This is from an art lesson yesterday in class. Want to express folds in drapery or in skin? You must understand how forms behave in the light. Here is a fold depicted in light, side view and top view. There is a hard cast shadow on the left side. And there is a soft...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 19, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
This life therefore is not righteousness but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing not being but becoming, not rest, exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it. The process is not yet finished but it is going on. This is not...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 7, 2013 | Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Look dad, I did it! As my very first friend once told me, “Rob, there are two kinds of people: boaters and golfers.” Well here are a couple golfers. This was a particularly meaningful portrait for me, as it expresses a father’s love for his son. ...
by netGALAXY Studios | May 24, 2013 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
As I approach the first anniversary of y marriage to Cate (June 1), I am re-sharing the poem I wrote soon after we reconnected. In that moment, I realized I’d found the love of my life. I pray for all who long for love to know it’s waiting for you too,...
by netGALAXY Studios | May 8, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Portraiture, World View
Here’s some advice for all you really smart people who want to be able to draw what you see: Dumb it down a bit. Great painters have more in common with magicians than with detectives. See less, rather than more. Don’t show off your sexy curves. Curves...
