Journey Art Supplies Blog

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

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...

The S-Curve of Learning

The S-Curve of Learning

Mona Lisa

As an artist, I find myself thinking about something creative or contemplating a painting almost every minute of the day. How is that possible? I am either going over a...

The S-Curve of Learning

Mona Lisa

As an artist, I find myself thinking about something creative or contemplating a painting almost every minute of the day. How is that possible? I am either going over a...

When Life Gives You Mud... Make Mud Puddles!

When Life Gives You Mud... Make Mud Puddles!

Mona Lisa

With the many inches of the rain we have had in the North Carolina mountains this year, something we have not been a stranger to is mud puddles. I have...

When Life Gives You Mud... Make Mud Puddles!

Mona Lisa

With the many inches of the rain we have had in the North Carolina mountains this year, something we have not been a stranger to is mud puddles. I have...

Best and Unlikely Paint Palette Options

Best and Unlikely Paint Palette Options

Mona Lisa

We often think of palettes as just a storage unit for our paints and their importance is sometimes ignored or disregarded.  However, a palette is, actually, an important piece of art equipment....

Best and Unlikely Paint Palette Options

Mona Lisa

We often think of palettes as just a storage unit for our paints and their importance is sometimes ignored or disregarded.  However, a palette is, actually, an important piece of art equipment....

Colored Pencils: Time to Take Them Seriously

Colored Pencils: Time to Take Them Seriously

Mona Lisa

Seriously? Colored pencils? I remember in grade school, one of my favorite things to draw with was colored pencils. I would spend hours and hours creating with the ones that came...

Colored Pencils: Time to Take Them Seriously

Mona Lisa

Seriously? Colored pencils? I remember in grade school, one of my favorite things to draw with was colored pencils. I would spend hours and hours creating with the ones that came...

Gerald Brommer: Hardcore Construction Worker at HeArt

Gerald Brommer: Hardcore Construction Worker at...

Mona Lisa

When we think of basic construction, the first thing that comes to mind is Building Construction; high rises, shopping malls, rural housing developments and big burly guys with hard hats...

Gerald Brommer: Hardcore Construction Worker at...

Mona Lisa

When we think of basic construction, the first thing that comes to mind is Building Construction; high rises, shopping malls, rural housing developments and big burly guys with hard hats...

Frank Webb Paints Using His Head, Heart and Hand

Frank Webb Paints Using His Head, Heart and Hand

Mona Lisa

I love learning from video material. I will watch an instructional video over and over until I have accomplished the technique or at least have a good understanding of the...

Frank Webb Paints Using His Head, Heart and Hand

Mona Lisa

I love learning from video material. I will watch an instructional video over and over until I have accomplished the technique or at least have a good understanding of the...

Warning! Alcohol Markers Can Be Highly Addictive!

Warning! Alcohol Markers Can Be Highly Addictive!

Mona Lisa

You know, I guess I’ve always loved art stuff. Growing up, there was nothing I wanted more. Don’t tell Joe, but I used to sleep with the Dick Blick catalog...

Warning! Alcohol Markers Can Be Highly Addictive!

Mona Lisa

You know, I guess I’ve always loved art stuff. Growing up, there was nothing I wanted more. Don’t tell Joe, but I used to sleep with the Dick Blick catalog...

Cheap Joe's Goes Back to School: Winsor & Newton Acrylics

Cheap Joe's Goes Back to School: Winsor & Newto...

Mona Lisa

At Cheap Joe's, we are constantly challenged by our customers to know more and more about the products we sell. They will call with questions that we want to be...

Cheap Joe's Goes Back to School: Winsor & Newto...

Mona Lisa

At Cheap Joe's, we are constantly challenged by our customers to know more and more about the products we sell. They will call with questions that we want to be...

More Than Just a Farm Hand, He's Family

More Than Just a Farm Hand, He's Family

Mona Lisa

I think, more today, than in the olden times, animals are considered just part of the family. We tend to keep the common domesticated animals in and around the house...

More Than Just a Farm Hand, He's Family

Mona Lisa

I think, more today, than in the olden times, animals are considered just part of the family. We tend to keep the common domesticated animals in and around the house...