Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Art Blog

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

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10 Fun Facts to Know About Cheap Joe’s

Tory D Manning

Ever wondered what makes Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff such a special place for artists? Let’s take a little trip behind the scenes and get to know our company, its quirky...

10 Fun Facts to Know About Cheap Joe’s

CJAS Staff

Ever wondered what makes Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff such a special place for artists? Let’s take a little trip behind the scenes and get to know our company, its quirky...

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Ways to Reuse Your Watercolor Paper

Leslie Snipes

Ever have a painting that just didn’t meet your expectations of a masterpiece? Well, we all have, yet discarding a full piece of watercolor paper is just out of the...

Ways to Reuse Your Watercolor Paper

Leslie Snipes

Ever have a painting that just didn’t meet your expectations of a masterpiece? Well, we all have, yet discarding a full piece of watercolor paper is just out of the...

Capturing the Beauty of Fall Foliage with Travel Art Kits

Capturing the Beauty of Fall Foliage with Trave...

Mona Lisa

For those eager to capture the ephemeral beauty of this season on canvas or paper, a well-prepared travel art kit and sketchbook are essential companions. In this guide, we hope...

Capturing the Beauty of Fall Foliage with Trave...

Mona Lisa

For those eager to capture the ephemeral beauty of this season on canvas or paper, a well-prepared travel art kit and sketchbook are essential companions. In this guide, we hope...

Five Unexpected Health Benefits of Being Creative

Five Unexpected Health Benefits of Being Creative

Terry Henry

I must study politics and war, that our sons (and daughters) may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons (and daughters) ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography,...

Five Unexpected Health Benefits of Being Creative

Terry Henry

I must study politics and war, that our sons (and daughters) may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons (and daughters) ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography,...

Create Captivating Art by Understanding How Your Eye Moves

Create Captivating Art by Understanding How You...

Terry Henry

Understanding how to hold and direct your viewer’s attention is an important part of the design. When you’ve trained your eye to follow the visual forces in your painting, you...

Create Captivating Art by Understanding How You...

Terry Henry

Understanding how to hold and direct your viewer’s attention is an important part of the design. When you’ve trained your eye to follow the visual forces in your painting, you...

A self portrait - an artist's challenge

A Portrait Sketch - Stepping outside your comfo...

Brian Dubberly

"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...

Brian Dubberly

"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...

Pen and Paper with New Year's Resolution.

5 New Years Resolutions for Artists for 2022

Brian Dubberly

I read a quote by Thomas Jefferson:  "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

5 New Years Resolutions for Artists for 2022

Brian Dubberly

I read a quote by Thomas Jefferson:  "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

"Guidelines" by Skip Lawrence

"Guidelines" by Skip Lawrence

Terry Henry

Skip Lawrence offers some Guidelines for finding a more personally expressive, creative, and sincere way to paint. From the Palette Magazine.

"Guidelines" by Skip Lawrence

Terry Henry

Skip Lawrence offers some Guidelines for finding a more personally expressive, creative, and sincere way to paint. From the Palette Magazine.

Hue And You: Some Thoughts On Color Selection by Linda Fruhwald

Hue And You: Some Thoughts On Color Selection b...

Terry Henry

Is this the way you choose colors for a painting? 1. Pull a few tubes of paint at random out of your paint box 2. Start painting 3. Hope for...

Hue And You: Some Thoughts On Color Selection b...

Terry Henry

Is this the way you choose colors for a painting? 1. Pull a few tubes of paint at random out of your paint box 2. Start painting 3. Hope for...

Finding Your Space

Finding Your Space

Terry Henry

Your treatment of pictorial space (how much you emphasize the illusion of depth) depends on your expressive intent. Here are your choices, their advantages, and their disadvantages. Reprinted from the...

Finding Your Space

Terry Henry

Your treatment of pictorial space (how much you emphasize the illusion of depth) depends on your expressive intent. Here are your choices, their advantages, and their disadvantages. Reprinted from the...

"Painting A Series" by Anne-Marie Harvey

"Painting A Series" by Anne-Marie Harvey

Terry Henry

Anne-Marie Harvey demonstrates how you can explore new approaches and develop a style by Painting A Series. Reprinted from Watermedia Focus Magazine now called the New Palette Magazine.

"Painting A Series" by Anne-Marie Harvey

Terry Henry

Anne-Marie Harvey demonstrates how you can explore new approaches and develop a style by Painting A Series. Reprinted from Watermedia Focus Magazine now called the New Palette Magazine.

"Value Judgement" by Don Andrews

"Value Judgement" by Don Andrews

Terry Henry

Anne-Marie Harvey demonstrates how you can explore new approaches and develop a style by Painting A Series. Reprinted from Watermedia Focus Magazine now called the New Palette Magazine.

"Value Judgement" by Don Andrews

Terry Henry

Anne-Marie Harvey demonstrates how you can explore new approaches and develop a style by Painting A Series. Reprinted from Watermedia Focus Magazine now called the New Palette Magazine.