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

Using the Logan F300-1 Studio Joiner

Using the Logan F300-1 Studio Joiner

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Logan F300-1 Studio Joiner is an all-purpose picture framing joiner designed for light duty framing. Produces perfect joined corners.

Using the Logan F300-1 Studio Joiner

CJAS Staff

Logan F300-1 Studio Joiner is an all-purpose picture framing joiner designed for light duty framing. Produces perfect joined corners.

Using the Logan 201 Circle and Oval Mat Cutter

Using the Logan 201 Circle and Oval Mat Cutter

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Featuring a 3-step mechanism, the Logan 201 Circle and Oval Mat Cutter is fast, portable, very easy to use, and costs hundreds less than comparable oval cutters.

Using the Logan 201 Circle and Oval Mat Cutter

CJAS Staff

Featuring a 3-step mechanism, the Logan 201 Circle and Oval Mat Cutter is fast, portable, very easy to use, and costs hundreds less than comparable oval cutters.

Using the Logan 750 and 760 Simplex Elite Plus

Using the Logan 750 and 760 Simplex Elite Plus

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The Logan 750-1 Simplex Elite Mat Cutter is a base board mounted mat cutter with a 40" capacity. It features a hinging guide rail with production stops, a parallel mat...

Using the Logan 750 and 760 Simplex Elite Plus

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The Logan 750-1 Simplex Elite Mat Cutter is a base board mounted mat cutter with a 40" capacity. It features a hinging guide rail with production stops, a parallel mat...

Watercolor Training 7: Painting Wrap-Up

Watercolor Training 7: Painting Wrap-Up

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I know it's not the best painting but it's my painting and I had a really good time doing it. We did a lot of different things in it. We...

Watercolor Training 7: Painting Wrap-Up

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I know it's not the best painting but it's my painting and I had a really good time doing it. We did a lot of different things in it. We...

Watercolor Training 6: Little White Lines

Watercolor Training 6: Little White Lines

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I want to show you how I put fine lines into a painting because there are a variety of ways to do it. "Little White Lines"

Watercolor Training 6: Little White Lines

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I want to show you how I put fine lines into a painting because there are a variety of ways to do it. "Little White Lines"

Watercolor Training 5: Painting Smoke

Watercolor Training 5: Painting Smoke

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I have a little painting that needs a little life put in it because it's a little country scene of a home and a barn, a couple of outbuildings and...

Watercolor Training 5: Painting Smoke

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I have a little painting that needs a little life put in it because it's a little country scene of a home and a barn, a couple of outbuildings and...

Watercolor Training 4: Painting Shadows

Watercolor Training 4: Painting Shadows

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I've brought the painting almost to a conclusion and in that we've done clouds, we've done trees, we've done negative painting, positive and negative trees and now we're going to...

Watercolor Training 4: Painting Shadows

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I've brought the painting almost to a conclusion and in that we've done clouds, we've done trees, we've done negative painting, positive and negative trees and now we're going to...

Watercolor Training 3: Painting Trees

Watercolor Training 3: Painting Trees

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We're going to put in a clump of trees first - a huge mass of trees in the distant background. Then we will come in toward the foreground with some...

Watercolor Training 3: Painting Trees

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We're going to put in a clump of trees first - a huge mass of trees in the distant background. Then we will come in toward the foreground with some...

Watercolor Training 2: Painting Clouds

Watercolor Training 2: Painting Clouds

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I'd like to show you one or two approaches to clouds. People seem to want to do a lot of different skies and I do, too. They're so easy to...

Watercolor Training 2: Painting Clouds

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I'd like to show you one or two approaches to clouds. People seem to want to do a lot of different skies and I do, too. They're so easy to...

Watercolor Training 1: Value Study

Watercolor Training 1: Value Study

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Today, I'm going to show you how I begin the work ahead of time for a painting by doing value studies.

Watercolor Training 1: Value Study

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Today, I'm going to show you how I begin the work ahead of time for a painting by doing value studies.

Joe's Watercolor Training Series

Joe's Watercolor Training Series

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Follow along with Joe as he takes a painting all the way through from value study to completion, showing all the tips and techniques along the way, and even a...

Joe's Watercolor Training Series

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Follow along with Joe as he takes a painting all the way through from value study to completion, showing all the tips and techniques along the way, and even a...

Using The Rigger

Using The Rigger

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The little Rigger brush is one of the most fun brushes, and one of the least expensive brushes you can buy, and it's just so much fun. I'm going to...

Using The Rigger

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The little Rigger brush is one of the most fun brushes, and one of the least expensive brushes you can buy, and it's just so much fun. I'm going to...