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Art is your Legacy (5 benefits of collecting art)

5 benefits of collecting art http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2016/06/art-is-your-legacy-5-benefits-of.html
Have you ever gotten a message from beyond the grave?

Shortly after Mother’s Day, I got a phone call from a stranger. 

He had received one of the postcards I had sent out to art collectors to celebrate spring had arrived at his home. I addressed the postcard to his wife who had purchased some of my original artwork.

My heart sank when he told me she had passed away.

“I’m so sorry. I will take her name...

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the magic of getting started

What do you think is the hardest part of the creative process? Getting started or to keep going? Although both are hard, I argue getting started is always the hardest and there is a magic in just starting.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it~ Goethe (tweet this)


One of the reasons I am in love with collage is because I know I can always just start collaging - gluing down my inspirational...

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Invoking the Muse

Did you ever hear the story of how J.K Rowling came up with the idea for the Harry Potter series? She says "I was travelling back to London on my own on a crowded train, and the idea for Harry Potter simply fell into my head."

Have you heard of that concept before? I was recently reading a story about Gloria Vanderbilt and she was discussing her writings. The New York Times reported: "Of the erotic...

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How to grow a peony garden painting

mixed media flower art | floral art | pink peony painting http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2016/04/how-to-grow-peony-garden-painting.html
I am often asked how I can bear to sell my art...why don't I keep it? Part of what makes it easy to let go of my art and sell it is that I know that my best art will always be the next one that I paint. My favorite art in my collection is always my most recent art piece.

Is this really different than gardening? How could you bear to cut your flowers and make a bouquet except that you know the earth...

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Preparing to Plant a Painting


how to paint sunflowers http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2015/09/preparing-to-plant-painting.html
I want to take you on a journey through the process of how I conceived and then created this art.

Preparing to Plant a Painting

When I first started the process, all I knew was that I wanted to start with a layered neutral background. I used scrapbook papers, magazine pieces, and even sewing pattern tissue papers. I love beginning an art journey without a preconceived notion. As a I mediated on the...

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