Cheap Joe’s Goes Back To School
O.K. What if you woke up tomorrow morning and found you had to go back to school? When you…
DVD Review: Dramatic Depth in Painting with Caroline Jasper
I am a big fan of instructional DVDs. I just love, love, love them! I’d rather watch a new painting…
Color Can Be Easy as Pie!
Have you ever looked at a color wheel and thought it resembled a pizza pie? Or maybe, an apple…
In Search of the Perfect Palette
Palettes are very important accessories for artists. This is where your paints live and come alive, ready to burst onto…
A Workshop is Like a Box of Chocolates
This week begins the 2011 workshop season at Cheap Joe’s with Joyce Faulknor. Joyce is a transparent watercolorist from California….
Copycat or Copyist?
As students, we are all greatly influenced by our teachers, mentors, and those we ultimately admire. These people are somewhat…
It’s as Simple as Black and White
Whoever first spoke the phrase, “As simple as black and white” obviously was not referring to pigments. There are many…
The Upward and Artward Bound
Class # 1 Ever thought about sharing what you know about art or painting with a group who has never…
Springtime = Workshop Season at Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff
Shhhhhh…Be vewy, vewy, quiet…. I’m hunting wookshops!… Heh,heh,heh,..’cause it’s workshop season here at Cheap Joe’s and boy, do we have…
Grisaille : That’s French for Value Study
Value studies seem to be the one necessary evil, in creating a painting, that no one really wants to take…
Art Presentation: Mats and Framing
As artists, we create art to be viewed and enjoyed. We do not paint to hide our art in a…
Gouache: What Is That Stuff, Anyway?
The question frequently comes up and many novice painters are not sure at all what it is. Probably, the only…
Cotton or Linen : Does it really matter?
When it comes to painting, oil artists may have the fewest choices as to what to paint on. Water media…
Tales of the Trade: Zoomfinder
Artists are always looking for easy ways to solve common problems when it comes to creating art. Tools of the…
What’s in a name? What’s in a number?
When it comes to buying paint, how do you choose? There are several brands to consider, hundreds of color names,…
Oil and water don’t mix…Or do they?
These days, more and more artists seem to be looking for an alternative to traditional oil paints. They love the…
Good Things Come in Small Packages!
Artists everywhere are making out their Christmas list. You may even have one on your list and don’t know exactly…
I Go, You Go,We all Go for Yupo!
Painting has been in practice as a way of communicating since the beginning of time. From cave walls to canvas,…
Tempera and Watercolor- Are they the same?
I was recently asked by a customer, what is the difference between tempera paint and watercolor. She went on to…
Preserving the Whites
Tricks and Treats for Using a Mask: Watercolor artists everywhere have their own ideas about how to preserve whites. The…
Basically, It’s All About Color
We get a lot of calls from beginning artists, particularly watercolorists. They are excited about getting started, perhaps taking a…
A Touch of Glass – Glass Painting
Recently I was asked to paint a design on an old window. Glass painting is something I have done in…
The Mysterious Phenomenon called Wax Blooming
Colored Pencils are more popular than ever, and no longer just for kids! Professional artists everywhere are finding more and…
To Hue or Not to Hue
When ordering paints, especially watercolor paints, customers are wary about ordering colors that include the word Hue in them. They…
Encaustic Painting
Answering the phones is like opening a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get! Recently we have…
The Not-So-New Airbrush
This morning we were fortunate to have a representative from the Iwata Airbrush Company come and demonstrate their airbrush product…
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