Category: Art Inspiration
Making a House Feel Like a Home with Real Art
MEET NEW ORLEANS ARTIST: CASEY LANGTEAU JOHNSON Artist Casey Langteau Johnson has been painting her entire life. She earned her degree in Painting and Drawing from Louisiana State University. Her primary inspiration comes from the natural beauty of her home, New Orleans, Louisiana. However, Casey constantly searches for new ideas abroad, trying to spend as…..
Jerry's -- 31/01/2020
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…..
Jerry's -- 17/08/2018
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…..
Jerry's -- 01/08/2018
Artist Spotlight – Gamini Ratnavira & Turner Acryl Gouache
Gamini Ratnavira was born and raised in tropical Sri Lanka. As a self-taught artist he uses his photographic memory and life experiences to produce vibrant, colorful images of the rain forest flora and fauna, which are complimented with intriguing stories about his work with wildlife and research information about each painting. His paintings reveal his love…..
Jerry's -- 08/03/2018
Jerry’s Artarama, The Story and Vision
Proudly serving artists since 1968! Thank you for choosing Jerry’s for purchasing your art supplies. Jerry’s only business is serving the interests of artists like you. From the first time artist to the professional we have everything under one roof at factory direct savings as much as 75% off traditional retails. We have always championed…..
Jerry's -- 10/10/2017
Go Traveling As An Artist with Lisa Kowieski
Lisa Kowieski – Traveling Artist Materials Used: LUKAS 1862 Aquarell Watercolor Set of 24 Mimik Kolinsky Synthetic Watercolor Brushes Arches 9×12″140 lb. Cold Press Watercolor Block Staedtler Technical Pencils Strathmore 300 Series Mixed Media Sketchbook 5.5×8.5” Last summer I had the opportunity of a lifetime to go on a two week trip to British Columbia,…..
Jerry's -- 08/06/2017
Art Changes Everything “Create Art, Change Everything”
You Accepted Our Challenge And We Proved Art Can Change Everything! “Create Art, Change Everything” by Amy Gardner Dean (pictured middle) Jerry’s Artarama started out to prove that artists are passionate about what they create and that art should be a part of everyone’s life. Here at our corporate offices, we bet our boss that…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 18/03/2016
Back to Art Class This Fall, Need Supplies?
Save Big This Fall on Great Products As school starts back up this August, art teachers will be coming to their students with brand new art supply lists. At Jerry’s Artarama, you can find everything you need for art teachers and art students! We have paints, colored pencils, brushes, paper, pencils, pens, bags and more……
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 28/08/2015
Get Outside Like These Famous Plein Air Painters
Here is Your Spring Inspiration! Spring is here and it’s gorgeous outside so its time to get out and start plein air painting. These famous artists wasted no time getting outside and neither should you. So for some inspiration, here are a few famous professional artists who were superior at plein air painting. …..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 21/03/2015
10 Etch-A-Sketch Masterpieces to Brighten Your Day
This Guy Just Put All of Our 5 Year Old Selves To Shame Jeff Gagliardi has over 35 years experience making fantastic pieces of art on Etch-A-Sketches and although his days of etching and sketching may be over, he still shares his art as one of the few Etch-A-Sketch artists out there. His prints are…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 05/03/2015
15 Ways to Get Inspired This Spring
Break out of getting bogged down! Although many good things come out of winter, towards the end of January when the holiday cheer has worn off and the cold weather and ice become draining, winter can sap our creativity. Creating art feels more like work and takes effort instead of being a joy to be…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 03/03/2015
A Loving Tribute to Gerald Goldstein
Memories of the Founder of Jerry’s Artarama It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jerry who took the simple idea of being a friend to his customers to a whole new level of caring and concern. Jerry Goldstein was born a depression baby, just 17 days after the stock market crash…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 13/02/2015
Adding Art Into Other School Subjects Makes Learning More Fun
Art is Important as a School Subject, but Can It be a Teaching Tool too? Although many schools cut arts first in their search to slash budgets because of the expense of art supplies (the answer is that they aren’t shopping at Jerry’s where all the deals are), recent studies have shown that exposure…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 24/01/2015
Disabled Artists Create Mind Art with Their Brains with Winsor and Newton
Chinese ‘Mind Art’ Project Raises Awareness for Disabled Rights Image via huffingtonpost.com Winsor & Newton, a fine arts materials supplier founded in 1832 has always been dedicated to the mix of science and art and is now using that blend of interests to help raise awareness for an underrepresented subset of people. There is an…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 01/11/2014
Try Coloring: The Best for Dealing with Stress
Cut Down on Stress with a Coloring with Colored Pencils A new craze is taking over France for all those looking to de-stress their lives: coloring in coloring books. These new adult colouring books have been popping up left and right and French doctors are actually prescribing women coloring time in order to relieve stress…..