Art Blog for The Inspiration Place

Five Ideas to Add Color to Kitchen   by Guest Blogger @lindsayleboyer, Lindsay LeBoyer

As the month of January—and the cold weather that accompanies it—plows on, it becomes more and more tempting to spend the day at home trying to keep warm. One of the most delightful comforts on a cold day can be warm home-cooked meal or scrumptious dessert. A hot treat nourishes our chilly insides, and preparing...

My Sunday Rituals

I am not sure if this is hypocritical but I am sitting here at my computer at 8:15 in the morning writing a list of Sunday rituals knowing full well I will get to very few of the ones I listed today! At around 9, my whole family is piling into the car for a road trip to Gettysburg Pa to visit Gettysburg College. My daughter is a high school junior and we are doing the good old...

Best Art Magazines for Artists

No secret that I am a bit of an art junky.....so one of my favorite guilty pleasures is receiving my art magazines each month. From just plain fun eye candy to practical tips that help my career to learning new techniques, here is my round up of some art magazines every artist should read!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.  Professional Artist

   Professional Artist

   Formerly known as Art...

Interview with Designer-Seamstress Lucy Parsons of @byelsieb by @schulmanArt, Miriam Schulman

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I met Lucy Parsons when we both signed up for an online business course hosted by Handmadeology. Parsons hails from the great tradition of English sewing which may be my own prejudice from coveting Laura Ashley fabrics as a teenager. I worked in a Laura Ashley store...

Greatest Comforts (chocolate free version)

This week I am listing "My Greatest Comforts" (based on Moorea Seals #52lists project, found here) When I first sat down to write the list, chocolate in its many forms kept popping up... dark chocolate, hot chocolate, m&m's almond Hershey's kisses-- it was like Eureka! No wonder I can't lose these stupid 5 pounds. So I set out to make a chocolate free...

Collect this original, one of a kind inspirational art to make your home calm, happy and colorful and meaningful! The gallery wrapped canvas will save you money on framing since it is wired and ready to hang right on your wall as soon as you take it out of the box.

Currently, I have been working on a series of flag art... or perhaps I am drawing near the end of this series. In this mixed media...

Moonlight Sonata, the tree bark is made of piano music

I am not sure when or how exactly this happened but I realized today that I am a classical music nerd. I was sitting in my car listening to the public classical music station when they announced that The Sorcerer's Apprentice was coming up next and I gave a little shout of joy. Most people know that music as the theme in Fantasia with Mickey...

Silver engraved wedding bands with music notes

Interview with Jewellery Designer Rickson Sharkey @RicksonJewelry by @schulmanArt, Miriam Schulman

I stumbled upon the jewellery of Rickson Sharkey while searching for music related gift ideas last month for my blog. Since I chose to focus on the word "harmony" ( read that post here) I thought it only fitting to pick Sharkey as the first artist...

(goals for 2014 #1: Keep an Art Journal)

A piece of my art journal... using list making to explore myself

Planner Pad got turned into an art journal!

I kept a journal religiously throughout high school and college, using it to pour my feelings out about unrequited crushes and being overweight. Sometime, around the time I met my husband, I let go of the process of writing in a journal. Around this...

Fourteen for Fourteen @schulmanArt

Here I am wearing one of my own designs.

1. Keep an art journal
2. Submit art for publication
3. Join an in person networking group
4. Pursue licensing contracts
5. find more wholesale agreements
6. attend one fabulous art retreat
7. Learn at least one new art technique
8. Build a following on instagram
9. invest more time on pinterest
10. create seasonal and holiday...

My word for 2014 is Harmony by @schulmanArt

one little word: Harmony

Have you heard about this concept yet? Instead of writing New Year's resolutions you choose one word that encapsulates what you want for the year. I've seen a few artists, writers and creative types who declare their word for the year. For example, mixed media artist Christy Tomlinson claimed "joy" and writer and artist Kelly Rae...

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Most Popular SchulmanArt Pinterest Pins

Pinterest is one of my favorite social media platforms. I love organizing visual data into categories and getting inspiration. When I need an idea, inspiration or really anything I now tend to go straight to pinterest rather than google for searching on the internet. { follow me ! SchulmanArt}

So, I thought I'd share what my most...