Journey Art Supplies Blog

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

Art Whatsits: The Mouth Atomizer

Art Whatsits: The Mouth Atomizer

Mona Lisa

Ever have someone find something in your studio and ask “What is this?” Well, if not yet, and if you paint long enough, you will! Because artists just love their gadgets. Don’t we? I mean, if there is a need or desire to create texture or apply paint, we will find a gadget for just that purpose. 

Art Whatsits: The Mouth Atomizer

Mona Lisa

Ever have someone find something in your studio and ask “What is this?” Well, if not yet, and if you paint long enough, you will! Because artists just love their...

Cheap Joe's Goes Back To School

Cheap Joe's Goes Back To School

Mona Lisa

OK.  What if you woke up tomorrow morning and found you had to go back to school? When you reach a certain age, You shouldn’t have to worry about pop quizzes, last minute cramming for tests, and homework!  Well , what if it was an opportunity to learn something new about  a subject that you love like art? Let me tell you, I am all about learning.

Cheap Joe's Goes Back To School

Mona Lisa

OK.  What if you woke up tomorrow morning and found you had to go back to school? When you reach a certain age, You shouldn’t have to worry about pop...

As Artists, We Simply Must

As Artists, We Simply Must

Mona Lisa

My daily commute, back and forth to Cheap Joe’s, sometimes affords me the opportunity to photograph some very inspiring views along the way. I thought I would share them with you, along with a poem that they inspired. Enjoy!

As Artists, We Simply Must

Mona Lisa

My daily commute, back and forth to Cheap Joe’s, sometimes affords me the opportunity to photograph some very inspiring views along the way. I thought I would share them with...

Custom Framing At Your Fingertips: Nielsen Bainbridge Metal Frame Kits

Custom Framing At Your Fingertips: Nielsen Bain...

Mona Lisa

Quite often we have customers who call needing assistance with the products we sell. Whether it is setting up an easel, stretching canvas, or in this case, assembling a metal frame kit, we try to answer any question that is asked. To us, that is just good customer service, so we do all we can to help out.

Custom Framing At Your Fingertips: Nielsen Bain...

Mona Lisa

Quite often we have customers who call needing assistance with the products we sell. Whether it is setting up an easel, stretching canvas, or in this case, assembling a metal...

Promote ART with Heart

Promote ART with Heart

Mona Lisa

You know from the very early beginnings of Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, Joe Miller’s one desire was to paint. He discovered he had a passion that was hidden inside. One that might have been there all of his life, but he put it aside to do other things.

Promote ART with Heart

Mona Lisa

You know from the very early beginnings of Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, Joe Miller’s one desire was to paint. He discovered he had a passion that was hidden inside. One that...

Small Goals = Big Changes

Small Goals = Big Changes

Mona Lisa

Time to make a change? How many times, in the past, have you made those New Year’s Resolutions just to have them eventually be pushed by the wayside. As artists, we seem to be the worst at focusing on change. We tend to have our heads in more creative avenues and discipline is also not always our first concern.

Small Goals = Big Changes

Mona Lisa

Time to make a change? How many times, in the past, have you made those New Year’s Resolutions just to have them eventually be pushed by the wayside. As artists, we...

Give a Little Extra, Get a Whole Lot More!

Give a Little Extra, Get a Whole Lot More!

Mona Lisa

I love this time of year! I love my Christmas tree, I love the crisp, cool, winter air, and I, especially, love to bake! I have special cookie and cake recipes that I have used for years, and then I search for a few new ones to add to my collection. I begin early to store up all the baking supplies I will need until about the second weekend in December.

Give a Little Extra, Get a Whole Lot More!

Mona Lisa

I love this time of year! I love my Christmas tree, I love the crisp, cool, winter air, and I, especially, love to bake! I have special cookie and cake...

More Than Just an Employee... A Cheap Joe's Champion!

More Than Just an Employee... A Cheap Joe's Cha...

Mona Lisa

Michael White has worked with Cheap Joe's Art Stuff for over 16 years. Michael assembles our new customer gifts and also makes the protective corner pieces for our paper shipments. We are proud of all Michael's accomplishments over the years, as a long-time employee and friend of Cheap Joe's.

More Than Just an Employee... A Cheap Joe's Cha...

Mona Lisa

Michael White has worked with Cheap Joe's Art Stuff for over 16 years. Michael assembles our new customer gifts and also makes the protective corner pieces for our paper shipments....

Just Another Fall Family Tradition?

Just Another Fall Family Tradition?

Mona Lisa

Fall color and, especially, the crisp, cool, weather will always inspire me to get outside.  Fall family traditions are another great way to explore nature and gain inspirations for future paintings. I recently took a break from my artwork just long enough to find my muse in the great outdoors…

Just Another Fall Family Tradition?

Mona Lisa

Fall color and, especially, the crisp, cool, weather will always inspire me to get outside.  Fall family traditions are another great way to explore nature and gain inspirations for future...

Color Can Be Easy as Pie!

Color Can Be Easy as Pie!

Mona Lisa

Have you ever looked at a color wheel and thought it resembled a pizza pie? Or maybe, an apple pie or maybe a chocolate cream pie….Ok, maybe, I should have had lunch before I started thinking about color! Anyway, color theory can be easy as pie! Color wheels are tools that can be very helpful when deciding what colors to use in your painting.

Color Can Be Easy as Pie!

Mona Lisa

Have you ever looked at a color wheel and thought it resembled a pizza pie? Or maybe, an apple pie or maybe a chocolate cream pie….Ok, maybe, I should have...

A Workshop is Like a Box of Chocolates

A Workshop is Like a Box of Chocolates

Mona Lisa

This week begins the Cheap Joe’s Workshop Season with Joyce Faulknor. Joyce is a transparent watercolorist from California. One of the many things that her students will learn this week is the technique of stretching watercolor paper on a traditional canvas frame. Joyce is one of the few watercolor artists who actually use this technique on a daily basis.

A Workshop is Like a Box of Chocolates

Mona Lisa

This week begins the Cheap Joe’s Workshop Season with Joyce Faulknor. Joyce is a transparent watercolorist from California. One of the many things that her students will learn this week is...

Those Guys Are Jerks!

Those Guys Are Jerks!

Mona Lisa

While bellying up to the bar at the original Boone Drug Store downtown, I took a look across the counter and thought “Boy, those guys are jerks!” and well, they were, Soda Jerks from years ago! Soda jerks got their name from jerking the lever on the soda fountain while making ice cream sodas at the drugstores back in the day.

Those Guys Are Jerks!

Mona Lisa

While bellying up to the bar at the original Boone Drug Store downtown, I took a look across the counter and thought “Boy, those guys are jerks!” and well, they...