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Wedding Portraits

by robert maniscalco | Jun 26, 2021 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Portraiture

As you know, I create portraits for every occasion. Wedding are a beautiful time in our lives and there is no better way to remember that awesome experience than with an oil portrait. Find out about my wedding portraits and the many ways we can devise to express the...

Seeing What We Want to See

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...

Drawing vs Copying

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....

The Power of Positive Painting Story

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...

Press Release About the Power of Positive Painting

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 [email protected] 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...

The Magic Easel

by robert maniscalco | Jan 23, 2021 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture

Hi Robert, I am an artist, Ron Gianola, from Detroit living in northern Michigan. I have a story you may find interesting. I was a student at Arts and Crafts, later CCS, for years. Automotive Industrial Design, Illustration, later Fine Arts. Around the mid 80’s I...

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