Category: How To Techniques & Materials
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Light Boxes and Drawing Aids, Should I Use Them?
From basic composition grids to proportioners, light boxes to projectors, find out what tool you may want to invest in to have in your arsenal. The Jerry’s Live video will be hosted by Instructor Amy Gardner Dean (Jerry’s Resident Professional Artist) and the rest of the Live Team. Jerry’s LIVE Episode 54, VIDEO – Lightboxes…..
Jerry's -- 25/04/2018
7 elements that make up a great composition for your artwork
Creative Adventures Episode 3: Composition Welcome to Creative Adventures Episode 3: Composition by Lisa Kowieski In this in-studio teaching episode, I will be going over 7 elements that make up a great composition for your artwork. I’ll also be giving you a real life example of how I use composition elements when working on painting…..
Jerry's -- 28/03/2018
Artist Alia El-Bermani & Turner Acryl Gouache Artist Spotlight
About Alia El-Bermani Alia El-Bermani received her BFA in 2000 from Laguna College of Art and Design in CA. This talented figurative painter has had several solo exhibitions, most recently in 2016 at TAMU’s Reynolds Gallery. Her work has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions and showcased in museums across the country. In 2015 her…..
Jerry's -- 20/02/2018
Lifelike Oil Paint For Expressing the World Around You
Better Oils, Better Results! Charvin Fine Artists’ Oil Paints are an Elite Artists’ Oil From The French Riviera. One Of The Most Honored And Time Tested Recipes For Oil Color Production, Charvin Fine Artists’ Oils use some of the oldest recipes still in use! Based on over 175 years of experience, Charvin has created a…..
Jerry's -- 08/02/2018
Block Printing with Artist Bill Fick featuring Speedball Art Products
Jerry’s LIVE Episode 42: Block Printing with Artist Bill Fick featuring Speedball Art Products – See Video Below SummaryAfter our basic printmaking episode was such a success, we have decided to up the ante with the help of Speedball. They are bringing out the big guns– and are graciously loaning us renowned printmaker Bill Fick as…..
Jerry's -- 17/01/2018
Painting & Pouring Video with Turner Acryl Gouache
Painting & Pouring with Turner Acryl Gouache – See Video Below Video and LIVE Summary Painting And Pouring With Turner Acryl Gouache The Super Concentrated Vibrant Acryl Gouache – Relax, play, and enjoy the process of producing a pouring painting with Turner Acryl Gouache and Liquitex Pouring Medium, on a DaVinci Pro Liquid Art Panel……
Jerry's -- 11/01/2018
The difference between acrylic & oil primed canvas
Stretching your Budget with Knowledge on Stretched Canvas What is universally primed or using oil primed surfaces if I paint in oil? Jerry’s Live – Episode #30 Stretched Canvas Episode: “Stretching your $$$ with Knowledge! – See Video Below Amy will provide the lowdown on stretched canvas, to help you get the right surface for your…..
Jerry's -- 03/01/2018
How To Clean Oil Paint Brushes
Getting clean your paint brushes after using oil paints! Your brushes are your tools and we want to help you preserve and use them after use from oil painting! Begin by wiping off any paint When cleaning your oil painting brushes begin by wiping off any paint onto a rag or paper towel. Next apply…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 27/05/2016
How To Clean Your Art Paint Brush
A Quick Tutorial on best practices for cleaning and making your art brushes last longer! Taking excellent care of your paintbrushes is important. Artist brushes are likely one of the greatest investments you will make when purchasing art supplies, so cleaning paint brushes after each use is vital to your painting experience. If you properly…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 01/03/2016
3 Tips On How To Hold Your Pencil When You Draw
Get More Control Out of Your Pencil When Drawing While doodling can create amazing pieces of art like the ones we’ve recently shared in our facebook posts, for the most part wont produce the kinds of lines you want to make to really get your drawings to show off the fluid or gestural lines you…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 07/02/2016
Pushing the Limits of Printmaking: Papers & Inks
Printmaking inks are specialized inks used in various printmaking techniques to transfer images onto paper or other surfaces. There are several types of printmaking inks, each tailored to suit different techniques and preferences such as: Oil-based inks, Water-based inks, Ascrylic inks, Etching inks and Screen printing inks For this article, we are going over Akua…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 06/02/2016
5 Easy Printmaking Tips
Pro Tips for Printmaking Beginners Although Printmaking has been around for hundreds of years now, with famous prints from artists such as Rembrandt, printmaking has recently exploded on popular social media sites like Instagram and Pinterest. We here at Jerry’s are all for this explosion of impressions, etching, lithography, and lino carvings, so we thought…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 07/04/2015
5 Ways to Improve Your Drawing Skills
Try these Tips When Putting Pencil to Paper Have you ever wanted to learn to draw better? Get bogged down hitting the same roadblocks over and over again? Think only repetitive practice makes perfect? Guess again! While it is true that practice will make you a better drawer or sketcher, these 5 simple tricks will…..
Jerry's -- 08/07/2014
How To Improve Your Acrylic Paintings with Mediums
Understanding Acrylic Mediums How Mediums Can Improve Your Acrylic Painting! It’s possible that when we decide to start painting, we all think a bit like our buddy Rob that all we will need to paint is just the paint, a brush and a canvas and our paintings will turn out like masterpieces. To be honest,…..
Jerry's -- 26/06/2014
5 Mistakes New Artists Need to Stop Making
A Quick List to Help You on Your Way Many new painters will often make the same mistakes over and over again when they are starting out, often not knowing that they are even making them. While mistakes are definitely okay and should be expected when starting out; correcting those mistakes can become the first…..