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

Love is in Your Art!

Love is in Your Art!

Mona Lisa

February is the Lover's month and aren't we all lovers of some sort. Lovers of art, of music, of the mountains, or of the ocean, and of another, and our...

Love is in Your Art!

Mona Lisa

February is the Lover's month and aren't we all lovers of some sort. Lovers of art, of music, of the mountains, or of the ocean, and of another, and our...

You Might Be a Cheap Joe's Kind of Artist, If...

You Might Be a Cheap Joe's Kind of Artist, If...

Mona Lisa

Are You a Cheap Joe's Kind of Artist? Well, Are You? If you were ever in doubt as to your status as an artist, here are some key indications that...

You Might Be a Cheap Joe's Kind of Artist, If...

Mona Lisa

Are You a Cheap Joe's Kind of Artist? Well, Are You? If you were ever in doubt as to your status as an artist, here are some key indications that...

33+ Great Art Stuff Finds For a Buck or Two, But No More Than Three

33+ Great Art Stuff Finds For a Buck or Two, Bu...

Mona Lisa

It is always a challenge to find anything worth buying for a dollar anymore. Like the old saying goes, “You get what you pay for”. But in the art world,...

33+ Great Art Stuff Finds For a Buck or Two, Bu...

Mona Lisa

It is always a challenge to find anything worth buying for a dollar anymore. Like the old saying goes, “You get what you pay for”. But in the art world,...

Preserving Life Through Creative Journaling

Preserving Life Through Creative Journaling

Mona Lisa

Getting a fresh start in the New Year, allows you to begin again and gives you yet another chance to collect and preserve moments of your life. January is a...

Preserving Life Through Creative Journaling

Mona Lisa

Getting a fresh start in the New Year, allows you to begin again and gives you yet another chance to collect and preserve moments of your life. January is a...

All I Want For Christmas Is an Art Workshop!

All I Want For Christmas Is an Art Workshop!

Mona Lisa

I can't think of any artist who would not love to receive the gift of an art workshop under their Christmas tree this year! I know I would! I would...

All I Want For Christmas Is an Art Workshop!

Mona Lisa

I can't think of any artist who would not love to receive the gift of an art workshop under their Christmas tree this year! I know I would! I would...

20 Noteworthy Tips For Notetaking

20 Noteworthy Tips For Notetaking

Mona Lisa

I love sitting in on an art demo or seminar, taking a workshop, or even just watching an instructional DVD. There is always something new to learn no matter how...

20 Noteworthy Tips For Notetaking

Mona Lisa

I love sitting in on an art demo or seminar, taking a workshop, or even just watching an instructional DVD. There is always something new to learn no matter how...

Guide To Great Holiday Giving For All Kinds of Artists

Guide To Great Holiday Giving For All Kinds of ...

Mona Lisa

Are You Ready For The Rush? It happens every year at this time, as everyone is getting ready for the holidays, the pressure is on to find that perfect gift for...

Guide To Great Holiday Giving For All Kinds of ...

Mona Lisa

Are You Ready For The Rush? It happens every year at this time, as everyone is getting ready for the holidays, the pressure is on to find that perfect gift for...

I Am an Alcohol Ink Alkie!

I Am an Alcohol Ink Alkie!

Mona Lisa

Cathy Taylor demos alcohol inks at Cheap Joe's Art Stuff. She painted these beautiful images using alcohol inks on a non - absorbent surface called Yupo.

I Am an Alcohol Ink Alkie!

Mona Lisa

Cathy Taylor demos alcohol inks at Cheap Joe's Art Stuff. She painted these beautiful images using alcohol inks on a non - absorbent surface called Yupo.

Birds Of A Feather, Paint Together!

Birds Of A Feather, Paint Together!

Mona Lisa

Well, as the old saying goes, “Birds of a feather flock together”, the same can be said of artists belonging to the many art clubs, societies, groups, and associations all over...

Birds Of A Feather, Paint Together!

Mona Lisa

Well, as the old saying goes, “Birds of a feather flock together”, the same can be said of artists belonging to the many art clubs, societies, groups, and associations all over...

Reconnect With Your Art Passion

Reconnect With Your Art Passion

Mona Lisa

If you paint long enough, we all get to the place where we kinda lose the flow of our art. We paint, but it seems we might not be as excited about...

Reconnect With Your Art Passion

Mona Lisa

If you paint long enough, we all get to the place where we kinda lose the flow of our art. We paint, but it seems we might not be as excited about...

One Man's Trash is Another Artist's Treasure!

One Man's Trash is Another Artist's Treasure!

Mona Lisa

Back in the day, my mom used to save empty milk jugs “just in case”. I never really thought what the case might be when you would need 101 empty...

One Man's Trash is Another Artist's Treasure!

Mona Lisa

Back in the day, my mom used to save empty milk jugs “just in case”. I never really thought what the case might be when you would need 101 empty...

Is It The Real Thing? ...or Is It Better?

Is It The Real Thing? ...or Is It Better?

Mona Lisa

There has always been a lot of controversies centered on the use of natural versus synthetic brushes in watercolor. For years, professional watercolorists have continued to make the claim that...

Is It The Real Thing? ...or Is It Better?

Mona Lisa

There has always been a lot of controversies centered on the use of natural versus synthetic brushes in watercolor. For years, professional watercolorists have continued to make the claim that...