(in chronological order)

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Don't Miss this...
Rob Liberace One Man exhibit
arcadia fine arts
New York, NY
Saturday May 26, 2012
More info to come.

"The Figure Sketch in Oil" dvd is now out!

In a single three and a half hour sitting, Rob uses a full color palette to paint the figure in oil. View excerpts (to music in ths clip). Order on the dvd page.

Rob interviewed for American Artist's
"Drawing, The Complete Course" 2011 issue


American Artist has produced a publication entirely dedicated to drawing. Rob is one of several artists interviewed. He gives drawing tips including highlights, core shadows, lines and blending. Produced by Interweave Press.

Rob interviewed for American Artist's
Spring 2011"Drawing" issue


American Artist's Austin Williams interviewed Rob for this article which focuses on ways to inprove your figure drawing, including trying your had at ecorch (modeling the figure in clay) and other important methods such as identifying shadow areas, varying strokes and expressing personal vision.

Rob is an author!
Rob writes an article for American Artist's "Painting Workshop with the Masters" Spring 2011 issue


Rob wrote an article for American Artist. He covers the history and an extensive "how to" of red chalk drawing. It is 12 pages long and shows a step by step demo plus photos of materials list and a lot of his red chalk drawings.

New Youtube short out Spring 2011
"Painted Sketches"


Check out snipets of several of Rob's painting videos on youtube.

The Artist's Magazine, November, 2010
"A Bevy of Brushes"
by Maureen Bloomfield

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What are your favorite brushes? In this informative article in The Artist's Magazine editor Maureen Bloomfield interviews Rob along with several other artists about what brushes they use and why.

Rob Provides "Tip of the Week"
for The Artist's Magazine Blog
October 28, 2010

“I generally use Gamsol to clean my oil brushes after each day, and periodically I'll wash them in soap and water to keep them from getting too hard. Sometimes after a demo I will forget to clean my brushes and I find the paint has hardened on the brush. When this happens I use a little citrus-based paint stripper (fewer fumes) to remove the hardened paint, and then I clean with soap and water. After this treatment the brush will lose a little of its spring but as long as it can leave a mark I’ll keep it in the studio.” - Robert Liberace
See the full blog.

Rob took part teaching with American Artist's
"Weekend with the Masters" 2010
Laguna Beach, California
September 23-26 2010

The event was conceived by American Artist Magazine as a way to celebrate the renaissance we're experiencing in representational art by "having some of the top traditional artists in the country convene for a long weekend of workshops, demos, lectures, and panel discussions". Rob was asked to participate by teaching two full-day workshops and a half-day demo.




Images from Rob's anatomy drawing class. Photos kindly supplied by Jack Scialabba.

Silver Brush Now Selling Robert Liberace Brush Sets

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For years Rob has enjoyed the craftmanship and quality of Silver Brushes so was thrilled when Dee Silver of Silver Brush Limited asked if she could tailor two lines of brushes to his needs. For more information on both the figure painting set and the portrait painting set go to Silver Brush.com.

Artist Daily Online Article, April 16, 2010
" Understanding Anatomy Leads to Artistic Accuracy"
by Courtney Jordan

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During a figure-drawing demonstration, artist Robert Liberace
showed that an attuned focus on and knowledge of anatomy
can lead to strong depictions of the human body.
Read the article

Rob's dvd Reviewed in premier issue of
"American Painting Video Magazine"
(e-magazine covering current representational artists)

This beautifully crafted film produced by Michael Klein (a wonderful realist painter) features studio visits, demos and interviews and art dvd reviews. Artist featured include Jacob collins, Trais Schlaht, Paul Oxborough, Long Island Academy of Fine Art, Rober Armetta, Kerry Dunn, Carlo Russo and a review by artist Mathew Innis of Rob's "Figure in Motion" dvd. This first issue is two hours in length and can be downloaded as a Quicktime movie for $10. We believe it does a wonderful job of demonstrating the current rennaisance of realist art and is worth seeing. For informaiton go to http://www.americanpaintingvideomagazine.com/

Portrait Painting Atelier: Old Master Techniques and Contemporary Application

Rob just received this beautiful hardcover book from the author, artist and teacher Suzanne Brooker. Just released, it focuses on the foundational principles of art, the history of portrait painting during the resaissance and the recent resurgance in classical painting and how it is being preserved, largely, by the atelier movement of today. It discusses techniques and incudes demonstrations. It is packed with beautiful examples of paintings from old masters and artists of today. She has included six of Rob's portraits. It is 208 pages by Watson-Guptill Publications.

Special event:
John Pence Gallery: The Human Figure
February 26 to April 10, 2010

Rob is participating in a classical figure painting show at the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco. If you're in the area it looks to be an amazing collection from many top figure painters. Unfortunately Rob won't be able to make the opening, but it will definitley be a great show to see. See an article about the show in American Art Collector magazine, February 2010, pages 128-131.

Join Rob in SoHo for the opening reception of an exhibition featuring his small sized figure paintings and drawings. In addition, for the first time at the gallery, Rob will be doing a figure drawing demo during the opening. See an article about the show in American Art Collector magazine, March 2010. The Arcadia Gallery is located (in SoHo) at 51 Greene Street (between Broome and Grande Streets) New York, NY 10013. The show will be up through March 27th. If you can't make it to NY, see the entire show online by going to http://arcadiafinearts.com/exhibitions.html and then click on the image. It will come up as a slideshow. You can either click on the painting or click on the arrows to the left or right of the image.

Rob's demo during the show. See more photos from the show.

Mother Teresa Statue at the National Shrine, Washington D.C.




Rob's original maquette of Mother Teresa, 7x15"

If you find yourself in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., you might want to head to the National Shrine to view the new larger-than-life statue of Mother Teresa located in the hall of Saints. It is based on Rob's original terra cotta design and was sculpted from marble by Italian artisans. The statue was dedicated in September 2009.

"Paint Alexandria" demo, Art League Benefit, May 16, 2009
Rain didn't dampen this year's "Paint Alexandria". Rob painted a scene from the beautiful Carlyle Gardens, about a block from the Torpedo Factory. Held along (or near) the Old Towne waterfront, this two-day plein air event was filled with on-site demonstrations and instructional sessions from some of the artist-instructor members of the Art League.

Unveiling the Portrait of Dasa at Sarasota's "Southern Atelier"
May 2009

Photos taken by Renee Ray

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INStructioNAL DVD's
(go to dvd page for more information)


Anatomy: The Arm and Hand will be out soon.

Online Video Clips:

excerpts from Grisaille: The Painted Sketch.

excerpt from The Alla Prima Portrait.

excerpt from The Figure in Motion.

excerpt from Anatomy: The Torso.

Clips (to music - these are wonderful clips created by our videographer friend Adam Lubkin)

The "Quick Draw" video

"Painted Sketches" video

"This professional quality, well edited, instructional DVD has everything you'll need to the understand the three color chalk method of drawing: a gifted and articulate instructor, a well organized demonstration, and a section on materials."
~ M. Stephen Doherty, Editor-in-Chief, American Artist Magazine (on the Three Color Chalk DVD)

...Rob's tips on drawing are mentioned in Steve Doherty's new blog
Six Tips on How to Draw Anything Accurately.

...Read a full review of two of Rob's dvds at artdvdreview.com.


Also on Youtube:
Two photo galleries of Rob's painting, drawing and sculpture...

Gallery I

Gallery II