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…..

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Jerry's -- 03/01/2018

Prove it-Can the Yes All Media Canvas take on anything?

Prove It! In this segment of Prove It! Mikey G will test the claim that Yes Canvas by Creative Mark can take any media you throw at it. Is the Yes Canvas an all media canvas? Can the Yes all media Canvas take on oils, acrylics, watercolors? Watch the video to find out! Please enjoy…..

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Jerry's -- 18/11/2011

Paintings Paint Themselves by Valerie (Valry) Drake

At least in my dreams they do. Vibrant slashes of brilliant hues dance across the stretched canvas. Big wide paintbrushes dip into soft, buttery mounds of paint on huge pallets and then lift and float to add to the beauty. Sometimes I can actually see the paintings in progress. Other times I only see paintbrushes…..

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Jerry's -- 14/06/2010

Devaluing the Material, Valuing the Artist

Have you ever been intimidated by a blank white stretched canvas or blank piece of paper? All that pristine whiteness is just looking at you, waiting for the first mark of pencil or brush. Waiting for you to either create beauty or to spoil its pureness. Nonsense! In most of my beginning classes we have…..

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Jerry's -- 07/06/2010

Playing with Canvas by Heather Goldstein

Do you ever feel stuck? That may be a ridiculous question because I can’t think of any artist whose creative juices are always flowing. One of the best things an artist can do, in my opinion, is to PLAY and try something new! Sometimes I find that I get so involved in developing my concepts…..

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Jerrys Blog Squad -- 12/05/2010