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Tree Tutorial Starts on first day of Spring
post by @SchulmanArt, Miriam Schulman

Blenda Tyvoll demonstrating mixed media techniques
Hey guys and girls! Good morning! Although the snow from the Nemo storm is still on the ground here in New York, I am dreaming of spring and making my goal to teach an online class real! On the first day of spring 2013, my first ever online class starts! You canregister...

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artist interviews -


Interview with Daydreaming Artist Kathy Ahrens
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
 
Zentangle Art by Kathy Ahrens
 
How do you think your environment has influenced you as an artist?
I was born in California and spend most of my life moving around the U.S. exploring nature and loving every minute of it! If you described me as a child, you would say I was a daydreamer. As I would hike with my father, I...

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Too good to eat.
by Miriam Schulman
Give this pink art for a birthday!
A few months ago I started subscribing to a mixed media kit. Each month a box full of goodies arrive. Often, the store posts "how-to" videos to create a project using these goodies. Sadly, in November the kit came with all kinds of exotic mixed media treats-- but the artist did not have time to post a video. So it took me a while...

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@SchulmanArt Interviews Cheri Wollenberg @ChatterBoxArt
Wollenberg's Original Art for sale on etsy & her blog

SchulmanArt: How long have you been selling professionally? 
Cheri Wollenberg:After we raised our children I taught art in public schools until we relocated to NW Arkansas for 10 years. By then, I was already painting daily and selling a few paintings. I began selling on Etsy February 29,...

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watercolor techniques -

The Art of Zentangling
republished with permission from http://www.parttimenanny.org

Zentangle found on @etsy!










If you like to doodle then you may love to zentangle! Zentangling is an art form where you take a basic shape, divide it into sections and then fill the sections with a pattern. The complexity of the pattern is up to you. This hobby is known for being very relaxing because as you are drawing...

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