Year: 2013
Illustrator Mica Angela Hendricks in Jerry’s Artist Spotlight!
Mica teams up with her daughter to create amazing pieces and illustrations! Mica Angela Hendricks is a graphic artist for MWR and a freelance Illustrator. She’s recently gained lots of attention for some very interesting, collaborative work she’s done with her 4 year old daughter. We at Jerry’s sat down for a quick Q&A with…..
Jerry's -- 13/12/2013
A Jerry’s Online Street Team Art Project with Mica Angela Hendricks
Illustrator and Daughter collaboration for a fun family project My name is Mica Angela Hendricks. I’m a graphic artist for MWR and a freelance illustrator. Several months ago, a blog post I did about allowing my daughter to illustrate with me went viral online, and has added a fun element to my own artwork. For…..
Jerry's -- 10/12/2013
Can You Speak like an Artist?
A Dictionary for the Struggling Art Viewer Have you ever been looking at an art exhibit when the label catches your eye? You see the title of the piece, author, medium and then a description of the piece. Often the description of the piece will read something like this: “Above the artist expresses the banality…..
Jerry's -- 12/11/2013
A Jerry’s Online Street Team Art Project with Vicki Gould
Professional Painter Vicki Gould uses SoHo Urban Artist Oil Colors to create a gorgeous, realistic tiger! In her Artist Spotlight, we introduced Vicki Gould, an award-winning oil painter. From her experience, she finds that no other oil paints out SoHo Urban Artist Oil Colors for her style of painting. SoHo Oil colors provide a smooth…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 07/11/2013
Oil Painter Vicki Gould in Jerry’s Artist Spotlight
Introducing Vicki Gould Vicki Gould was born and reared in southern, rural Indiana but has deep Kentucky roots. Her father’s family was longtime residents of Carter County, Kentucky and her mother’s family called Clay County, KY their home for many years. Vicki currently lives on a small hilltop farm in wester Elliot County where she…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 05/11/2013
The Rule of Thirds To Help With Painting or Drawing
This Simple Trick Will Help Your Painting or Drawing Immensely To master a skill, we must learn the basics. When it comes to art composition, it can serve us well to become deeply familiar with basics such as the color wheel, negative spaces, painting rhythms, and the Rule of Thirds. Once you begin adhering to…..
Jerry's -- 19/10/2013
Dangerous Art: One Pittsburgh Exhibit Sends Viewers to the Hospital
Art Lovers Beware, Exhibit Bites! Not really, but authorities have shut down a popular Pittsburgh room-sized art exhibit after it left three viewers feeling seizure-like symptoms. The exhibit “ZEE” by Chicago-based Austrian artist Kurt Hentschalger is an interactive art experience involving thick artificial fog and bright strobing lights. Now, before you can enter the exhibit,…..
Jerry's -- 01/10/2013
How to choose the right canvas
Fresh art canvases are like a new landscape to build upon, an open road of new possibilities and a staple in any artist’s creative arsenal. Some painting novices may assume that all canvas is the same and made from… well, canvas… but there are different types to choose from. Unfortunately, many of these artists just…..
Jerry's -- 26/09/2013
What is Gouache Paint?
It’s a Gouache, it’s an Acrylic, it’s…Acryl Gouache!The Super Hybrid Versatile Paint! Although acrylic colors are very versatile and have been employed in more uses than any other type of paint, they still are lacking something, they have been missing the opacity and matte properties of acrylic gouache. (To know the differences between each acrylic…..
Jerry's -- 21/09/2013
How to Pronounce Gouache
Gouache, did I say that right? What Is It? If you’ve never heard of it, Gouache (pronounced gwaash) is the slightly misunderstood paint that essentially works as an opaque watercolor. It’s made of ground pigments and binders (such as gum arabic, ox gall, and preservatives), giving it velvety opaque, brilliant color– but what makes it opaque…..
Jerry's -- 18/09/2013
Why Choose Black Primed Canvas?
The New Alternative to the Stretched Canvas The Tabula Rasa means “blank slate”. And in the art world, that often translates to blank canvas. But what about a black canvas? The new Practica Black stretched canvas is a different kind of canvas for a new style of thinking and painting. The Practica Black stretched canvas…..
Jerry's -- 14/09/2013
Bigger Really IS Better with GOLDEN Acrylics
Save up to 44% on a Bigger Jar! Did you know that all GOLDEN Artist Colors are intentionally priced to add value as you go up in size? Each time you buy a bigger container of a particular product, the ounce for ounce savings increases too. GOLDEN Acrylics offer some of the most imaginative colors,…..
Jerry's -- 10/09/2013
What do I do after I finish my oil painting?
So you’ve finished painting. Now what? You’ve just finished painting your masterpiece. A magnificent oil painting that you want to hang in your living room or even a museum for the rest of your life. All of a sudden, you begin to notice all the dust, dirt and pollution that your masterpiece needs to be…..
Jerry's -- 07/09/2013
WOW! Make your Mark with High Flow Acrylics!
Make your Mark with High Flow Acrylics! There has been an incredible innovation in acrylic paints and that is the NEW GOLDEN High Flow Acrylic Paint. A thin paint with an ink-like consistency, perfect for applications with calligraphy, painting or other crafts. Thin enough to go directly from the bottle into an airbrush, refillable marker…..
Jerry's -- 05/09/2013
Practice Makes Perfect – Tips For The Art of Practice
Effective practice is one that strengthens your weakest points Very few and very rare human beings in history have been enormously talented in one area by means of a seeming natural ability. As for the rest of us, to become skilled at our desired hobby, we must practice. And as they say, practice makes perfect……