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Take A tour of my Art Studio!
I have two large flat file storage systems which holds all my drawings, watercolors as well as paper and matting materials. No fancy ipod, ipad or i-whatever for me. I just like popping in classical CD's or listening to my local independent radio station, 107.1 The Peak.
I have a work island in my studio. The chairs are for my art students and clients who come to my studio. I usually work standing...
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| I have two large flat file storage systems which holds all my drawings, watercolors as well as paper and matting materials. No fancy ipod, ipad or i-whatever for me. I just like popping in classical CD's or listening to my local independent radio station, 107.1 The Peak. |
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| I have a work island in my studio. The chairs are for my art students and clients who come to my studio. I usually work standing... |
Top Four Painting Rituals
Getting in the Mood
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
For my artist interviews I always ask other artisans what kind of rituals they have for staying calm and focused. I always find that a challenge. I have a complex set of rituals I need to follow in order to get my mind calm, focused and ready for creative outpourings.
Here are my top Four painting rituals:
Light A Candle
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| Scented Candles in the... |
New Year's Art Resolution #1
Edit my Legacy
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt
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Do you have trouble keeping your New Year's resolutions? This year I made art making resolutions that I didn't think would be too hard to keep ( in other words I am still allowed to eat bread in 2012!) One of the first art making resolutions I made this year was to edit my oeuvre.
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Inside the artist's studio
A virtual Tour of the Artist's Studio Desk
by Miriam Schulman
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| Here is the desk in my artist studio. The desk is nestled lengthwise in front of a window that overlooks my garden. The chair cushion is from Anthropologie and the desk is from Pottery Barn. Although the desk is long, I still added a tray table to the end for additional supplies I want to keep handy but off of my desk. In between the... |
A tour of my Watercolor Palette
Today I thought I'd share some of my secrets of watercolor painting and give you a tour of my watercolor palette. I use a John Pike plastic palette that I bought 20 years ago and I am still using the same one with many of the same colors placed in the original arrangement. I have my warm earth tones on the left my reds and pinks across the tops and my cool colors to the right. The palette has a...
Watercolor Workshop: Painting Birds
After reading a wonderful article by Colette Copeland in Somerset Studio's May/Juneissue, I decided I would try teaching a version of her simple bird drawing and painting techniques to my students. First I cut up watercolor paper for them in easy to mange 4x6" pieces. Then I gathered all my bird photo reference materials. Before they came I drew a few of my own birds. I chose a warbler, an owl and...