Interview with Professional Artist Andy Russell

Professional Artist Andy Russell shares his techniques and process on how he captures and creates vibrant, colorful & amazingly detailed artwork When I do layering I use either a glazing wash of watered down color or a scumbling technique of rubbing one color over another. Sometimes to get a smooth transition of say, dark green to…..

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Jerry's -- 17/08/2018

Top 15 Acrylic Painting Mistakes “Explained in Video”

Episode 70: Top 15 Acrylic Painting Mistakes – One of the most versatile paint mediums – acrylics can be used as a straight painting medium, used with mixed media, collage, or even as an underpainting for oils. Acrylic paints and most acrylic mediums can also be used as an adhesive for collage, or even thinned…..

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Jerry's -- 15/08/2018

Portrait Painting of Richie Sambora

Breaking out of My Comfort Zone To Create A Commissioned Portrait Using Lukas Berlin Water-Soluable Oils and Yes All Media Cotton Canvas by Artist Roseann Madia I was recently commissioned to paint a portrait of Richie Sambora, guitar legend from the rock band, Bon Jovi. My client chose a 24x30in size, MUCH bigger than I…..

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Jerry's -- 14/08/2018

Mixed Media Madness “Goddess of Getting Your Art Groove On”

Hostess Ophelia Staton – Jerry’s LIVE Episode 69 Episode 69: You’ve seen her on Mixed Media Mondays, and on our Jerrys Live show last year– the “Goddess of Getting Your Art Groove On”– Ophelia Staton! If you haven’t seen Ophelia, you are in for a real treat!!! DetailsJoin us for this fun Mixed Media Madness…..

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Jerry's -- 14/08/2018

Natural Turpentine Alternatives & Healthier Options

A Safer, Natural Alternative to Turpentine The Chelsea Classical Medium, Lavender Spike Oil Essence has a distinctive, sweet lavender scent, and is a safer, natural alternative to Turpentine and does not cause chronic health problems that are often associated with turpentine or odorless petroleum mineral spirits.  Non-toxic alternatives to turpentine! Made in the USA from Old…..

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Jerry's -- 13/08/2018

Cut Your Own Mats with Logan LIVE Episode 68

Jerry’s LIVE – Episode #68: Basic Mat Cutting with Brian Buell from Logan Graphic Products If part of selling your work to prospective clients involves matting… if you do a lot of art fairs and shows… if you are a printmaker who mats each work in the edition… THIS show is for you! Brian Buell…..

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Jerry's -- 02/08/2018

What is Alla Prima Painting?

Jerry’s LIVE Episode 67 – Learn What All Prima Painting is! The term “Alla Prima” confuses most artists. What does it mean? Alla Prima, quite simply, is direct painting- stemming from the Italian term that translates to “at first”. Done in one to two painting sessions, the painting is done wet on wet, with layers…..

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Jerry's -- 02/08/2018

Easy Guide To Photographing Your Art Like a Pro

Jerry’s LIVE Episode 66: Photographing Your Art Video Episode #66: Artistic Self-Improvement, Ep 5: Photographing Your Art with Guest Will Campbell It’s your art that speaks for itself, right? Not always! Trying to get artwork into shows? Do you need good high-res images to approach galleries with? How about clear, crisp images for your website?…..

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Jerry's -- 02/08/2018

Turner Artists’ Watercolors Review – Creative Adventures

Welcome to Episode 6: Turner Watercolors Review by Lisa Kowieski In this in-studio teaching episode, I will be going over the Turner Watercolors Set of 18, 15ml Tubes. These watercolors are made in Japan and are top of the line quality made out of pigments and high end gum arabic (no fillers used!). In my…..

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Jerry's -- 01/08/2018

How To Make an Artist Website with WordPress – Build Your Own Artist Website

5 Easy Start/Set Up Steps for Artist Website Instructional Guide As an artist is very important to set up your very own website to market your self , have your works online, your bio and contact information so you can use to market yourself. In this presentation below we will show you 5 basic easy steps…..

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Jerry's -- 27/07/2018

Oil Pastels & Oil Sticks -The Differences & Uses of Each

Jerry’s LIVE Episode 65 Even when browsing artist’s web group posts, it becomes disturbingly apparent in discussions that even some professional artists don’t know the difference between oil pastels and oil sticks. But they SOUND like the same thing. Aren’t they? NOPE. Which can be safely incorporated in the lower levels of an oil painting?…..

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Jerry's -- 11/07/2018

Plein Air Watercolor Painting on a Sailboat

Creative Adventures Episode 5: Welcome to Episode 5: Watercolor Painting on a Sailboat in California! by Lisa Kowieski This Plein Air watercolor painting video takes place in the Marina Del Rey Harbor just outside of Los Angeles, California. We will be learning about some of my FAVORITE supplies I bring for watercolor Plein Air painting when…..

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Jerry's -- 02/07/2018

Pencil or Paint? How About Water Soluble Graphite

Jerry’s LIVE Episode 62 Water soluble graphite products are a dandy little group of sleeper supplies that relatively few artists even know exist. Besides pencils, there are sticks, pans, tailor-shaped blocks, water soluble powders, liquid pencil, watercolor pencils and even a mystery product Amy can’t wait to demonstrate Details Is it for drawing, or for…..

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Jerry's -- 20/06/2018

Minimal Mountain Painting Using 3 Acrylic Colors

Creative Adventures Episode 4 Welcome to Episode 4: Minimal Mountain Painting in Acrylics by Lisa Kowieski In this in-studio teaching episode, I will be teaching you how to paint a minimalistic mountain scene using only three acrylic paint colors. I will be using acrylic paints on a pro tone canvas panel to create this painting……

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Jerry's -- 25/05/2018

Oil Paints Explained for Traditional Oil Painting

Learn more about traditional oil painting and what different oil paint on the market can offer the oil painter from the beginner to the seasoned professional. Jerry’s LIVE Episode 55, VIDEO Details Oil painting came to favor with artists during the 14th century, where it quickly replaced egg tempera as the primary painting medium. Originally…..

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Jerry's -- 02/05/2018