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handcrafted holidays 2016 teaching team http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2016/08/artist-chats.html
What started out many months ago as just a daydream about how to create a Handcrafted Holidays group class that would be different than any other art class I’ve seen online, is now about to become a reality. Let me tell you why I decided to put together this class.

Happy Creative Memories

Although I am Jewish and don’t have a Christmas tree in my own home, I have many happy memories creating holiday...

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talent myth http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-talent-myth-why-perseverance-and.html
As an artist and an art instructor, do you know what I hear over and over again?

“I wish I had your talent!”

Although I’m so grateful to hear that compliment, I truly believe anybody can be an artist. However, you need to develop the right mindset and learn the skills and techniques to get the results you want.


Artist Miriam Schulman painting watercolor in her home studio
Artist Miriam Schulman painting watercolor in her home studio.

Everyone was born with...

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handcrafted handmade holidays gifts http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2016/07/why-handcrafted-still-matters.html
This summer, I stayed with family in Portland, Oregon. My cousin showed me a grand ole time while I tried to not make more work for his wife who was already quite busy with three young children. Over dinner, she asked me about the kind of art I create. I encouraged her to open the hostess gift since my “art was inside.”

handcrafted handmade holidays gifts http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2016/07/why-handcrafted-still-matters.html
Earlier she had tossed it aside while she made my bed. My heart sank as it...

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animal art http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2016/07/5-life-lessons-from-animals-art-poetry.html
The reason I became an artist was that I am most comfortable communicating my thoughts and feelings visually. However, since I am often asked to explain my art through the written and spoken word, I am sometimes at a loss for how to translate them into something equally meaningful.

    We can learn a lot from art


    When preparing for my last solo art show, I stumbled across the following poem, “Straight...

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    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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