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…
WINTER WEATHER JOURNALING
The winter season may seem like the most inconvenient time for plein air journaling, especially in the mountains, where the…
Give a Little Extra, Get a Whole Lot More!
I love this time of year! I love my Christmas tree, I love the crisp, cool, winter air, and I,…
JUST ANOTHER FALL FAMILY TRADITION?
Fall color and, especially, the crisp, cool, weather will always inspire me to get outside. Fall family traditions are another…
Field Trips Aren’t Just For Kids!
This is the time of the year when field trips are typically scheduled for school students. But whoever said field…
Those Guys Are Jerks!
While bellying up to the bar at the original Boone Drug Store downtown, I took a look across the counter…
Spring is Just a Bean Away!
Well, the calendar says it’s Spring again, and after such a cold and snowy winter, I’m raring to get outside….
Pumpkin Pinache
Every year at this time, Cheap Joes hosts the annual Halloween Breakfast. In years past, we all dressed up for…
When I Get A Round Tuit!
Fall is a wonderful season where the weather as well as the temperature is very unpredictable and exciting. The leaves…
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…
S’NO DAY LIKE A SNOW DAY
With winter weather persistently holding on, some days can be more difficult than others to travel back and forth to…
Young at Art
I guess I have been interested in art, in general, for as long as I can remember. At age 4,…
Apple Butter and Cat Heads
The holiday season is upon us. There are Thanksgiving turkeys to prepare and Christmas shopping at the mall. A time…
Plein Ole’ Mountain Air
The Fall season gives us plenty of reasons to be outside. With the cooler weather and the turning of the…
Sketching at Oak Island
Vacations are a great way to get away and see the world, or maybe just explore your own back yard!…
Fall Festivals Galore!
With the turning of the leaves and the dropping of the mercury comes festivals galore! This is the time of…
Flowers, Flowers Everywhere!
This weekend I went on a daycation to the Asheville NC area, specifically the Biltmore Estate, America’s Largest Private Home….
Berry Season In the Mountains!
It’s berry season up in the mountains. This is the beginning of berry harvesting time! The berries are ripening on…
Recycling: Re-use Your Watercolor Paper
Ever have a painting that just didn’t meet your expectations of a masterpiece? Well, we all have, yet discarding a…
Bringing Old Paintings Back To Life
Saturday was the first time I attended a workshop during Cheap Joe’s Blue Ridge Art Sampler on June 18-20. I…
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