Art Blog for The Inspiration Place

Looking for Some Artsy Fun?
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt

I got an email the other day from a high school student looking for art classes over the summer. She is just finishing up her summer "camp" program and wanted to know about art classes in our area. Knowing that many folks go on vacation and it is hard to commit to a regular class, I thought of some drop in classes in NYC and our own...

Feeling Duckie!
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt

online watercolor class teaches how to paint these ducks!

I have been having a lot of fun this year with my online painting classes! I told my mother-in-law that this weekend and she asked, "What classes are you taking?" She was so surprised to hear that I was teaching them!

I just finished making my part of the online class that I organized called "Sum...

Hahvahd, Hahvahd, Rah, rah, rah!
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt

Commission a portrait or collect a print!

I got commissioned to paint Harvard Business School from someone looking for a creative graduation gift for her husband. I had a lot of fun painting this stately building... just check out my demonstration... the video is only about 6 minutes long. Of course it took me a LOT longer to paint...

Challenges of Commissioned Portraits by @schulmanArt
Portrait commissionsare the most demanding and the less I have under my control the harder the commission becomes. For example, I like to control the lighting and the photograph. Starting with a great photo makes my job easier. For this portrait commission, I was provided with a dramatically lit photo that I suspect the client took herself with...

Announcing my new Online Watercolor Class: Watercolor Basics! by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt

How to paint with watercolors

Want to learn how to paint with watercolors but haven't found the time to take a class? You can learn my watercolor secrets right from your computer whenever you have the time and take this online video workshopat your own pace. This means YOU decide when to watch the...

Focus on your own progress and praise others on theirs!
by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt

Butterfly art by SchulmanArt

In my weekly art classesI always like to end each class with a "group discussion" I used to call these critiques, but now I call them discussions. I want to encourage the students to praise each other and find the good things in each others art. That doesn't mean that I won't make the...

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...