Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Art Blog
Tips, Tricks, Thoughts, and inspiration from across the art spectrum.
Go-Go Gadget! Useful Art Tools
Like the retro cartoon character Inspector Gadget, are you fond of doodads and gizmos, gadgets, and handy tools that make creating your art easier? Do you have a collection of...
Go-Go Gadget! Useful Art Tools
Like the retro cartoon character Inspector Gadget, are you fond of doodads and gizmos, gadgets, and handy tools that make creating your art easier? Do you have a collection of...
A Portrait Sketch - Stepping outside your comfo...
"There's a lot of sinking feelings in art" - Joe Miller I set out this week to get out of my comfort zone and do something I don't typically. I'm...
A Portrait Sketch - Stepping outside your comfo...
"There's a lot of sinking feelings in art" - Joe Miller I set out this week to get out of my comfort zone and do something I don't typically. I'm...
DIY Artistic Christmas Card Ideas
I love this time of year and the feelings it captures, and I especially love pulling out all of my favorite greeting card supplies to get festive, creative Christmas card...
DIY Artistic Christmas Card Ideas
I love this time of year and the feelings it captures, and I especially love pulling out all of my favorite greeting card supplies to get festive, creative Christmas card...
Making it Pop with Pastels!
Hello, everyone! Whenever I find out about a new painting technique, I cannot wait to try it and show you guys how it works! This week, I explored the use...
Making it Pop with Pastels!
Hello, everyone! Whenever I find out about a new painting technique, I cannot wait to try it and show you guys how it works! This week, I explored the use...
Spring Art Swap!
Hi, everyone! It was a great week over here at Cheap Joe's headquarters! For a little over a month now, our employees have been working diligently to create a one-of-a-kind...
Spring Art Swap!
Hi, everyone! It was a great week over here at Cheap Joe's headquarters! For a little over a month now, our employees have been working diligently to create a one-of-a-kind...
The Cheap Joe's 2016 Guide to Great Art!
Hello, everybody! Have you guys heard about this year's catalog? Well, not only is it jam-packed with a bunch more art stuff, but the cover is color-able! With how popular...
The Cheap Joe's 2016 Guide to Great Art!
Hello, everybody! Have you guys heard about this year's catalog? Well, not only is it jam-packed with a bunch more art stuff, but the cover is color-able! With how popular...
10 Ways to Pump Up Your Coloring Books!
Hello, everyone! This week, I want to talk about one of the greatest concepts to hit the market: grown-up coloring books! It's so simple, yet so revolutionary, I can't believe...
10 Ways to Pump Up Your Coloring Books!
Hello, everyone! This week, I want to talk about one of the greatest concepts to hit the market: grown-up coloring books! It's so simple, yet so revolutionary, I can't believe...
Do You Doodle?
Well, you should! This week, I wanted to talk about a subject that I know everyone has been familiar with at least once in their life–doodling! Studies have shown, and...
Do You Doodle?
Well, you should! This week, I wanted to talk about a subject that I know everyone has been familiar with at least once in their life–doodling! Studies have shown, and...
Colored Pencils: Feel the Blend!
There are some who don’t consider colored pencil works to be art, but I know an entire Facebook group that would heartily disagree with you. In fact, colored pencil artists have some...
Colored Pencils: Feel the Blend!
There are some who don’t consider colored pencil works to be art, but I know an entire Facebook group that would heartily disagree with you. In fact, colored pencil artists have some...
5 Tips That Will (Probably) Improve Your Drawin...
Want to avoid panda-monium in your drawing and sketching? Consider some of these tips I’m about to throw at ya! These are tips that I either learned from instructors–or just...
5 Tips That Will (Probably) Improve Your Drawin...
Want to avoid panda-monium in your drawing and sketching? Consider some of these tips I’m about to throw at ya! These are tips that I either learned from instructors–or just...
The Spring Art Swap!
Well, it’s that time of year again…time for another Cheap Joe’s Art Swap! The theme this time was “spring”–and I took that pretty literally in my panel. I sketched out...
The Spring Art Swap!
Well, it’s that time of year again…time for another Cheap Joe’s Art Swap! The theme this time was “spring”–and I took that pretty literally in my panel. I sketched out...
Love--No, ART is in the Air!
This week, I want to talk about stepping out of your comfort zone. I know, I know, it can be scary to attempt something you’ve never done before–and in my...
Love--No, ART is in the Air!
This week, I want to talk about stepping out of your comfort zone. I know, I know, it can be scary to attempt something you’ve never done before–and in my...