PRIVATE PAINTING LESSONS AND COACHING
IN THE CHARLESTON, SC AREA

Robert offers the following professional, personalized services:

• Instruction

• Coaching

• Critiquing

Whether you are serious about a career as a gallery artist, a commission portrait artist, or a dedicated amateur, Robert will help you get deeper into your art. The first thing we will do is determine whether you are on a career track or not. It’s not about talent; we need to honestly assess how serious you are about realizing your artistic vision. If your goals and vision are aligned with each other, we can get started with private painting lessons to give you hands on teaching and guidance in various forms of painting. From custom oil portraits and landscapes to self-expression, the Maniscalco Gallery in Charleston, SC is here to help you on your path. Contact us today to learn more about our private painting lessons and art workshops or to schedule a consultation with Robert Maniscalco!

Launch
Whatever your goal, Robert will help you deal with the obstacles that stand in the way of you realizing them. There are many forms and paths to success, some that are difficult to see on our own. Let’s discover your path, our program will be tailored to your specific needs. Regular consulting with an encouraging mentor, even remotely, is essential for success. Robert will help you clarify your goals, encouraging you to design and implement a plan of action that holds you accountable to yourself. Robert has helped launch hundreds of successful careers. Let him help you launch yours!

What We Will Do Together

• Develop a meaningful artist’s vision and mission statement (one that will actually help you make the art you really want to be making!)
• Set powerful, achievable long and short-term goals
• Develop a practical, functional business plan, a blueprint for your career
• Help you confront creative and professional blocks
• Create and Build a professional body(s) of work
• Developing a professional bio, artist’s statement and resume which actually reflect your creative mission
• Discover the secrets of getting your work into a gallery or finding a broker
• Create your own opportunities
• Carve out your niche
• Help you define your market and demographics (buyers)
• Develop a distinct style and brand for your work
• Achieve effective PR/promotion/brand recognition in your market
• Increase Sales
• Balance commission and non-commission work
• Explore well researched information and business models that can work for you

Private Instruction vs Coaching

Robert offers private art instruction. You can purchase one session,, two session or four session packages. Robert will give you a crash course in his PPP Method along with professional self-assessment. He will tailor an instruction program, depending on your goals and needs. There is a natural overlap between instruction and coaching. All instruction includes some professional coaching. And all coaching packages include some instruction. For instance, if your professional goal includes creating a body of figurative work, he will help you deepen your figurative abilities. In a coaching-only scenario, Robert will make recommendations for further instruction. Using previous work and experience as a springboard we will craft an achievable future that will fire your inspiration. We will find the ways in which you can contribute to the world as an artist.