Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Art Blog

Tips, Tricks, Thoughts, and inspiration from across the art spectrum.

Bettering Your Lettering!

Bettering Your Lettering!

Carlee Hudson

Hey, everybody! Typography has always been a passion of mine.  As an artist with an English degree, it seems only natural that I'd be drawn to the creative ways you...

Bettering Your Lettering!

Carlee Hudson

Hey, everybody! Typography has always been a passion of mine.  As an artist with an English degree, it seems only natural that I'd be drawn to the creative ways you...

6 Ways to Use Your Old Brushes!

6 Ways to Use Your Old Brushes!

Carlee Hudson

Hello, everyone!  And welcome to the new year! I hope you all had fabulous holidays full of brand new art supplies! If you got some new brushes for Christmas this...

6 Ways to Use Your Old Brushes!

Carlee Hudson

Hello, everyone!  And welcome to the new year! I hope you all had fabulous holidays full of brand new art supplies! If you got some new brushes for Christmas this...

A New Jewel in the Cheap Joe's Crown!

A New Jewel in the Cheap Joe's Crown!

Carlee Hudson

Hey, everybody! Crazy things have been happening in the Cheap Joe's world: namely, we opened a brand new store in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina I was part of the team...

A New Jewel in the Cheap Joe's Crown!

Carlee Hudson

Hey, everybody! Crazy things have been happening in the Cheap Joe's world: namely, we opened a brand new store in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina I was part of the team...

Painting with Fire!

Painting with Fire!

Carlee Hudson

Hi, everyone! One of the draws of alcohol ink is its looseness and unpredictability--so what if we amplified that and added a little danger? This week's project was inspired by...

Painting with Fire!

Carlee Hudson

Hi, everyone! One of the draws of alcohol ink is its looseness and unpredictability--so what if we amplified that and added a little danger? This week's project was inspired by...

Trash to Treasure!

Trash to Treasure!

Carlee Hudson

Hey, everyone! This week's blog post goes out to those who want to decorative-paint the mundane things in their life, but have trouble making it happen.  Whether it's your skill...

Trash to Treasure!

Carlee Hudson

Hey, everyone! This week's blog post goes out to those who want to decorative-paint the mundane things in their life, but have trouble making it happen.  Whether it's your skill...

Don't Throw in the Dowel!

Don't Throw in the Dowel!

Carlee Hudson

Hello, everybody! Here at Cheap Joe's, we love using products in unconventional ways, so it's no wonder that I looked at our stock of dowels rods and thought, "I can...

Don't Throw in the Dowel!

Carlee Hudson

Hello, everybody! Here at Cheap Joe's, we love using products in unconventional ways, so it's no wonder that I looked at our stock of dowels rods and thought, "I can...

Extreme Rug Makeover: Spray Paint Edition

Extreme Rug Makeover: Spray Paint Edition

Carlee Hudson

Do you know what really bums me out?  When you can’t find an area rug you like that’s also within your price range. Sure, you can get a 5' x 7'...

Extreme Rug Makeover: Spray Paint Edition

Carlee Hudson

Do you know what really bums me out?  When you can’t find an area rug you like that’s also within your price range. Sure, you can get a 5' x 7'...

Gouache Squash

Gouache Squash

Carlee Hudson

If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you may remember the post that Mona Lisa did explaining gouache. If not, and you’re not familiar with gouache, I suggest...

Gouache Squash

Carlee Hudson

If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you may remember the post that Mona Lisa did explaining gouache. If not, and you’re not familiar with gouache, I suggest...

Paint So Great, You Can Even See It in the Dark!

Paint So Great, You Can Even See It in the Dark!

Carlee Hudson

Have you gotten our Summer Sale Flyer yet? If not, you’re missing out on some REALLY great new products! One of which is our brand-spankin' new color of Joe’s Prime...

Paint So Great, You Can Even See It in the Dark!

Carlee Hudson

Have you gotten our Summer Sale Flyer yet? If not, you’re missing out on some REALLY great new products! One of which is our brand-spankin' new color of Joe’s Prime...

Adventures in Yupo and Negative Painting

Adventures in Yupo and Negative Painting

Carlee Hudson

I think an art form that doesn’t get nearly enough recognition is negative painting. No, I don’t mean like when you’re grumpy but you’re STILL painting, I’m talking about painting...

Adventures in Yupo and Negative Painting

Carlee Hudson

I think an art form that doesn’t get nearly enough recognition is negative painting. No, I don’t mean like when you’re grumpy but you’re STILL painting, I’m talking about painting...

The Isolation Coat - It's an Acrylic Thing, You May Not Understand

The Isolation Coat - It's an Acrylic Thing, You...

Mona Lisa

If the phrase "isolation coat" sounds like something they slap on you when you have spent too much time in the studio, it's probably time to think about getting out!...

The Isolation Coat - It's an Acrylic Thing, You...

Mona Lisa

If the phrase "isolation coat" sounds like something they slap on you when you have spent too much time in the studio, it's probably time to think about getting out!...

Faux, You Want to Learn Something New?

Faux, You Want to Learn Something New?

Mona Lisa

There is an old saying, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he may feed himself and others forever."...

Faux, You Want to Learn Something New?

Mona Lisa

There is an old saying, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he may feed himself and others forever."...