Category: Pencils
Beginners Guide How To Colored Pencils & Supplies
Beginner: How To Colored Pencil Skills With Basic Supplies Featuring: Cezanne 72ct, Colored Pencils Set The Colored Pencil medium has always maintained popularity with illustrators, designers, and students, alike. However, it has risen as a fine art medium to a huge number of devotees, demanding lightfastness improvements of manufacturers and vast color ranges. But, what’s…..
Jerry's -- 27/02/2019
Beginning in Graphite Pencil Drawing
Graphite pencil drawing is a wonderful way to start your artistic journey and when beginning, it can be challenging to know where to start! Possessing decent drawing skills seems like a logical, no-brainer foundation for all artists. However, with work, family, or a busy lifestyle, a lot of artists don’t practice drawing enough to be…..
Jerry's -- 15/02/2019
Winners for Colored Pencil Magazine Contest Sponsored by Jerry’s Artarama
Awesome Job Janna and Fae! Jerry’s Artarama is a proud sponsor of the Colored Pencil Magazine’s June Art Challenge. Every month, Jerry’s Artarama supports artists through the monthly art contest in Colored Pencil Magazine. Early on, each month, Colored Pencil Magazine offers a challenge by putting up a new photo for artists to attempt to…..
Jerry's -- 22/07/2014
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
Making Your Values Really Stand Out
Why Shading is Important in your Sketches Many people like sketching because of the realism that can be depicted from their drawings. However, when drawing on a two dimensional surface like paper, depicting that realism can be difficult. The solution to this problem is to create shadows and shade while you sketch. Light and shadows…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 15/03/2014
What is Proportioner? How Do You Use It?
Resize Images Quickly and Accurately with No Math Involved! What is a Proportioner? A proportioner is a tool or technique used to measure and compare proportions accurately when creating a drawing or painting. It helps artists ensure that the proportions of different elements in their artwork, such as the size and placement of objects, figures,…..
Jerry's -- 18/02/2014
New and Innovative Technical Drawing Tools
Discover New Ways to Draw Tools Will Change the Way You Draw! We really like to sketch here at Jerry’s Artarama. We’ve all been doodling and sketching since the first time our hands touched crayon to paper when we were young. Since then, we’ve been looking for new and better tools to accurately capture our…..
Jerry's -- 16/01/2014
Finesse Colored Pencil Blender Pens Review
Blending Colored Pencils with Finesse Blender Pens by Elizabeth Gyles Johnson, artist and art instructor Elizabeth Gyles Johnson is a pencil artist who focuses her art on the delights of life. Elizabeth teaches the intricacies of drawing at all skill levels to a collection of students worldwide through online workshops and classes at CreativePencils.com. Learn…..
Jerry's -- 04/04/2013
New Supplies from Faber-Castell
For centuries, artists have depended on the high quality pencils and art supplies from Germany’s leading pencil makers, Faber-Castell. Now Jerry’s Artarama Artist Supplies is pleased to be carrying even more fine art materials from this world-renowned brand! Faber-Castell: Makers of Fine Art Materials since 1761! Castell 9000 Jumbo9000 Jumbo Graphite Pencils® Faber-Castell’s highest quality…..