Year: 2014
Need a Cheap Vacation, Try Spain’s Genalguacil
The Small Spanish Village is offering free stay to Artists who will leave a sculpture! A small village in Southern Spain is offering free residency for more than two weeks to any artists willing to create a sculpture there and leave it as art for the town. It all started in the 1990s when…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 03/08/2014
10 Memorable Fictional Artists from TV & Film
They may be fake but they still left quite an impression on the art world Although Movies and TV will often glorify occupations such as cops, doctors and lawyers in suits, it’s not too often that artists are portrayed and when they are, lets admit it, they’re played as a bit off. However, many times…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 25/07/2014
Making Art Can Change Your Brain for the Better Says Science
Research Shows that Making Art Helps Improve Brain Functions Painting by Belle Yang It is often said “age before beauty”, but a recent study says that creating beauty and art may just help you in aging. According to a recent study conducted in Germany suggests that those that make art on a regular basis are…..
Jerry's -- 15/07/2014
5 Facts About The Way We See Color
Top 5 Reasons Why Colors Are Absolutely Crazy We each probably think of colors as pretty simple. There’s red, blue and green and the rest are made from those three right? Well… Our minds conceptions of colors are all crazy. We see such a spectrum of colors that we have only just begun to understand…..
Jerry's -- 10/07/2014
5 Ways to Improve Your Drawing Skills
Try these Tips When Putting Pencil to Paper Have you ever wanted to learn to draw better? Get bogged down hitting the same roadblocks over and over again? Think only repetitive practice makes perfect? Guess again! While it is true that practice will make you a better drawer or sketcher, these 5 simple tricks will…..
Jerry's -- 08/07/2014
America’s 10 Best Art Museums
Top 10 Art Museums in the Country As this week celebrates America’s 238th year of Independence, we at the blog squad thought that we would take some time out to celebrate all that is red, white and blue. So today, to kick things off, we at The Splatter from Jerry’s Artarama voted on our favorite…..
Jerry's -- 01/07/2014
How To Improve Your Acrylic Paintings with Mediums
Understanding Acrylic Mediums How Mediums Can Improve Your Acrylic Painting! It’s possible that when we decide to start painting, we all think a bit like our buddy Rob that all we will need to paint is just the paint, a brush and a canvas and our paintings will turn out like masterpieces. To be honest,…..
Jerry's -- 26/06/2014
What is Underpainting in Oil Painting?
Underpainting with Oils: Why You Need to Do It Sometimes when starting a new oil painting, nothing can be more intimidating than a big white blank canvas staring you down. Each paint squeezed out on your palette looking more vibrant, vivid and intimidating. If you’re the type of person who see’s that blank canvas and…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 24/06/2014
Top 10 Perfect Summer Paintings
Inspiration for the First Day of Summer! As today is the Summer Solstice and the First Day of the Summer Season, we at the blog squad sure needed some inspiration and with the sweltering heat of summer upon us we did some research and pulled up some of the best representations of what summer is…..
Jerry's -- 21/06/2014
Did You Know- The Statue of Liberty
Fun Facts About Our Country’s Largest Statue Did you know that the Statue of Liberty arrived at its permanent home at in New York Harbor on June 19th, 1885? That means that today is the 129th anniversary of the statue arriving on the French frigate Isere. Although thought more of as a monument than a piece…..
Jerry's -- 19/06/2014
Art Keeps the Ball Rolling During the 2014 World Cup
Special Painting Commissioned for World Cup 2014 In the spirit of a special event such as the FIFA 2014 World Cup bringing the world a little closer over a love of Soccer, Jerry’s Artarama decided to commemorate the event with a painting by one of Jerry’s own resident artists and product tester Amy Gardner Dean. …..
Jerry's -- 17/06/2014
2014 World Cup Art
World Soccer Tournament Attracts and Inspires Artists from Around the World We all know that the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is the premier event for Soccer or Futbol, but how many of us think about it as a hub for world art? Most events that bring the world together so dynamically such as this…..
Jerry's -- 14/06/2014
What Real Users Have to Say About These Palette Knives
What’s the Buzz- Creative Mark Painter’s Edge Palette Knives Find Out What Real Users Have to Say About our Popular Palette Knives In this edition of What’s the Buzz, we will be seeing what real customers and artists have had to say about the Creative Mark Painter’s Edge Palette Knives, one of our most popular…..
Jerry's -- 12/06/2014
5 Mistakes New Artists Need to Stop Making
A Quick List to Help You on Your Way Many new painters will often make the same mistakes over and over again when they are starting out, often not knowing that they are even making them. While mistakes are definitely okay and should be expected when starting out; correcting those mistakes can become the first…..
Jerry's -- 10/06/2014
10 Art Journaling Prompts to Try Out This Summer
Keep your Creativity Alive during these Long Hot Summer Days Summer is full of inspiration and provides some great chances for artists to grow and explore their own artwork. Art journaling is a terrific way to learn about your own artistic talent and grow your creativity on a daily basis. Here are some simple summer…..