guest blog by Miriam Schulman @SchulmanArt Thanks Carolyn for inviting me to share my art and techniques with your readers! Today, I am going to share with you all the secrets on how I painted this mixed media duck. The video is super short yet action packed so whether you are sipping your morning coffee [...]

The holidays have arrived faster than I realized…and I am running late getting my nephew’s advent calendar together.  The fact that I have zero holiday wrapping paper isn’t a problem because I am going to make my own.  But I needed to get this mailed out yesterday…so I need to get lots of wrapping paper [...]

I had a big problem. I was frozen and unable to decide where to start on a pristine white page in a brand new journal.  This is a recurring problem for me so I have learned all sorts of ways to deal with it. I’m sharing one of my go to ways in a video for my [...]

I’m feeling a little silly today…why?  Because of a live webinar I’m doing with Northlight!   I get to answer your questions – you can ask me anything!    Plus, I created 2 exclusive videos just for the webinar. Now it’s called a live webinar but you don’t have to be there live…you get the recording [...]

When my producer sent the cover art for my videos/DVD’s over to me, I just couldn’t keep it a secret.  Guess I am feeling a little like breaking the rules for some reason… I don’t have a release date for these but as soon as I know, I’ll be sharing!      

Seth Apter, the wonderful host of Buried Treasure, reminded me of something as I dug through my posts.  Each time I create, I capture the moment.  Some moments I am laughing at myself. Some moments I am learning lessons.  Some moments I am processing feelings.  I am so grateful for my art journal so I can look back [...]

You could be one of 5 winners who will win a free  9×12 StencilGirl stencil of their choice!  I’m so grateful for all the response to the survey so far – thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and ideas with me so I can continue to bring more of what you want to the blog!  The giveaway [...]

Want to win a free StencilGirl stencil of your choice?  There will be 5 winners in all!  I’m gathering information to help me bring you just what you want to see on the blog.  How can you share your thoughts?  With a short survey. I’ll be treating 5 randomly selected survey participants, who will get to [...]

I’m getting addicted to the pipette…not a pipe but a pipette loaded with waterproof ink.  Who hooked me on this? Sue Pelletier with her her new book Collage, Paint, Draw! I’ve got a new video showing the whole process…including one very silly drawing that is not like the others over at CreateMixedMedia.com