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Are you making these 3 mistakes with your watercolor paintings?

watercolor techniques | how to paint with watercolor | red pigment advice http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2015/07/are-you-making-these-3-mistakes-with.html


A common frustration I hear beginning watercolor students is confusion over the wide variety of pigments and paints.

In my online watercolor course on painting the figure, I got this question from one of my students:

QUESTION:I have read a suggestion of picking one red, one blue and one yellow for a painting and for harmony, mixing all the colors from those three primaries. However, I notice you use...

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Art History, museum musings -

Why Alice Still Matters


#art review of #aliceinwonderland @MorganLibrary http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-alice-still-matters.html
Lately, I have been obsessed with butterflies and their metamorphosis partly because of transition I am going through with my family. Yet, we are all in a constant transitions throughout our lives. Whether the transition of growing older, changing our life purposes, moving, or simply adjusting to the changes of those around us. The Alice in Wonderlandtale still captivates us with its lyrical...

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animal art, art for sale, decorating ideas -

The Bad Mood Cure

butterfly art is the bad mood cure → http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-bad-mood-cure.html
Last week, I had a series of unfortunate events-- all in the same day. For example, my contact ripped in half and I had to run over to the eye doctor to have the him fish the remainder out of my eye. I also dropped a valuable (yes, very valuable) earring down the drain, but because the weather was so glorious that day my mood was unaffected. I could just observe these events and laugh at them...at...

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art journal -

Strip Away Stress

inspiration to art journal http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2015/07/strip-away-stress.html
The reason I love to "work" in my art journal is that it completely strips away my stress. Without the pressure of creating art for a commission or for a gallery, I am free to just play with my art supplies and the devil may care who likes it or not.  

Although journaling is personal, you may be curious about what other artists are putting into their art journals. That's why I love Somerset...

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museum musings, women artists -

Fall in love with Frida Kahlo

frida kahlo fall in love with this mexican artist on http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2015/07/fall-in-love-with-frida-kahlo.html

As an artist blogger I feel a tremendous responsibility to turn a spotlight on women artists. Since  Frida Kahlo is currently at the New York Botanical Gardens, I want to share a guest blog post I wrote.

Turn a spotlight on Women Artists


This post is part of my "Famous Women Artists" series where I turn the spotlight on different women artists on my blog. Blenda Tyvoll has asked me to focus on...

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