Journey Art Supplies Blog

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

Why You Should Use an Art Barrier Cream

Why You Should Use an Art Barrier Cream

Mona Lisa

Using an art barrier cream can be a wonderful alternative to wearing latex gloves when it comes to protecting yourself from potentially harmful art mediums. Wearing latex gloves while you're...

Why You Should Use an Art Barrier Cream

Mona Lisa

Using an art barrier cream can be a wonderful alternative to wearing latex gloves when it comes to protecting yourself from potentially harmful art mediums. Wearing latex gloves while you're...

A New Kind of Canvas: Shoes Were Made for Painting!

A New Kind of Canvas: Shoes Were Made for Paint...

Carlee Hudson

What’s the least-conventional thing you’ve ever painted on?  A windowpane? Maybe a tree branch? What about shoes? Canvas is canvas, right?  At least, that’s how I see it. For this project, I...

A New Kind of Canvas: Shoes Were Made for Paint...

Carlee Hudson

What’s the least-conventional thing you’ve ever painted on?  A windowpane? Maybe a tree branch? What about shoes? Canvas is canvas, right?  At least, that’s how I see it. For this project, I...

Why Should You Try American Journey Acrylic Paints?

Why Should You Try American Journey Acrylic Pai...

Mona Lisa

With the sheer volume of acrylic paints on the market, it can be frustrating and expensive to find the right paints for you. How do you know if the paint...

Why Should You Try American Journey Acrylic Pai...

Mona Lisa

With the sheer volume of acrylic paints on the market, it can be frustrating and expensive to find the right paints for you. How do you know if the paint...

Decorative Tole Painting: A Modern Heritage

Decorative Tole Painting: A Modern Heritage

Mona Lisa

Tole painting is probably the most common and widely practiced arts of all among beginners and novice artists. The most beloved family objects tend to be high-quality utensils or furniture,...

Decorative Tole Painting: A Modern Heritage

Mona Lisa

Tole painting is probably the most common and widely practiced arts of all among beginners and novice artists. The most beloved family objects tend to be high-quality utensils or furniture,...

Five Unexpected Health Benefits of Being Creative

Five Unexpected Health Benefits of Being Creative

Terry Henry

I must study politics and war, that our sons (and daughters) may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons (and daughters) ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography,...

Five Unexpected Health Benefits of Being Creative

Terry Henry

I must study politics and war, that our sons (and daughters) may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons (and daughters) ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography,...

Create Captivating Art by Understanding How Your Eye Moves

Create Captivating Art by Understanding How You...

Terry Henry

Understanding how to hold and direct your viewer’s attention is an important part of the design. When you’ve trained your eye to follow the visual forces in your painting, you...

Create Captivating Art by Understanding How You...

Terry Henry

Understanding how to hold and direct your viewer’s attention is an important part of the design. When you’ve trained your eye to follow the visual forces in your painting, you...

A self portrait - an artist's challenge

A Portrait Sketch - Stepping outside your comfo...

Brian Dubberly

"There's a lot of sinking feelings in art" - Joe Miller   I set out this week to get out of my comfort zone and do something I don't typically. I'm...

A Portrait Sketch - Stepping outside your comfo...

Brian Dubberly

"There's a lot of sinking feelings in art" - Joe Miller   I set out this week to get out of my comfort zone and do something I don't typically. I'm...

Create a Mobile Art Studio with Scaled Down Supplies

Create a Mobile Art Studio with Scaled Down Sup...

Brian Dubberly

It's almost effortless for us as artists, beginners or experienced, to begin to collect art supplies that we never end up using, forget we have, or hold onto "just in...

Create a Mobile Art Studio with Scaled Down Sup...

Brian Dubberly

It's almost effortless for us as artists, beginners or experienced, to begin to collect art supplies that we never end up using, forget we have, or hold onto "just in...

Group Art Ideas to Inspire and Challenge

Group Art Ideas to Inspire and Challenge

Carlee Hudson

Sometimes at Cheap Joe's, we love tackling unique group art ideas. We also understand that coming up with those group art ideas can be challenging whether you are an art...

Group Art Ideas to Inspire and Challenge

Carlee Hudson

Sometimes at Cheap Joe's, we love tackling unique group art ideas. We also understand that coming up with those group art ideas can be challenging whether you are an art...

Abstract colorful Ink background

Getting Started With Watercolors: The Basics

Mona Lisa

Have you ever found yourself fascinated with watercolors' delicate and luminous nature? There's beautiful transparency and freshness to it that isn't as easily duplicated through mediums such as oil or...

Getting Started With Watercolors: The Basics

Mona Lisa

Have you ever found yourself fascinated with watercolors' delicate and luminous nature? There's beautiful transparency and freshness to it that isn't as easily duplicated through mediums such as oil or...

Oil Painting Tips for Those New to Oils

Oil Painting Tips for Those New to Oils

Carlee Hudson

Hello Artists, beginners and experts alike!   This week, our blog post is inspired by a request from Tanya M. Nevin of Van Gough's Ear Paint Studio (check out her...

Oil Painting Tips for Those New to Oils

Carlee Hudson

Hello Artists, beginners and experts alike!   This week, our blog post is inspired by a request from Tanya M. Nevin of Van Gough's Ear Paint Studio (check out her...

Celebrating Motherhood Through Art: Mary Cassatt

Celebrating Motherhood Through Art: Mary Cassatt

Mona Lisa

When I think of Mother’s Day and Art, there’s one artist that comes to mind instantly, Mary Cassatt. Mary was an impressionistic artist that had a style that was unlike...

Celebrating Motherhood Through Art: Mary Cassatt

Mona Lisa

When I think of Mother’s Day and Art, there’s one artist that comes to mind instantly, Mary Cassatt. Mary was an impressionistic artist that had a style that was unlike...