Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Art Blog - Art Instruction

Christopher Schink is one of the founders of the New Palette Magazine, which in a previous incarnation was called Watermedia Focus. In this offering (a reprint from the out of print New Palette Magazine issue #61) Christopher leads us through the finer ...

One of the firm facts about making art and painting in particular is the fact that the more you know about the basics of drawing and design, the more polished your results will be. I recently published an article by Frank Webb in which he stressed the ...

David created this watercolor demo especially for Cheap Joe's as a way to share some painting skills that you can master while you stay home and make art. You'll learn how to paint a misty landscape step-by-step, as well as a wealth of painting tips that ...

There is always a story behind the introduction of any new Cheap Joe's branded product. One such story surrounds the beginings of our American Journey Watercolors. After much trial and experimentation, 49 colors in "HUGE" 37 ml. tubes were introduced ...

Skip Lawrence is another one of my "favorite" artists. He has been teaching at Cheap Joe's forever and after interviewing him in 2017, I asked him to send me something for the first New Palette Magazine that I edited. My question to him was to help us ...

Yesterday I posted an interview I did several years ago with Frank Webb. Frank began his art journey as an illustrator and that shaped the way he approaches painting. In Design Before Color, published in issue #66 of the New Palette Magazine, Frank takes ...

So, I had this idea; Why not paint a scene on a typical 2 x 3-foot canvas that would have the look and feel of a stained-glass window?  After several weeks of trial and error, I finally was able to paint a simple scene of a lighthouse using acrylics th ...

Leslie Fehling is one of Cheap Joe's favorite artists/instructors. She always fills her classes and leaves her students super inspired. Unfortunately, her two classes at Cheap Joe's were canceled due to the Covid-19 restrictions in North Carolina. However, ...

I wanted to share some wonderful news with you and thought perhaps we could update my workshop description with the attached image that just took first place in the Northwest Watercolor Society Waterworks show. ...

We find ourselves at home looking at the four walls and all that is held within them. The objects in our home provide us with many applications, useful tools, family heirlooms, decorations, magazines for example. ...