Jerry's Artarama Artist Resources & Blog

Basic Watercolor Skills -Watercolor How-To, Lesson #1 Video

Basic Watercolor Skills -Jerry’s LIVE Episode #77 Jerry’s LIVE Episode 77: Always wanted to give watercolor a try, but wanted to learn more about it and maybe see a few techniques before wading in? Have the basic supplies but just never really gave it a go? Join us for this episode, to learn a little…..

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Jerry's -- 03/10/2018

Urban Sketching Tips & Techniques

Jerry’s LIVE Episode #76 Jerry’s LIVE Episode 76: Urban Sketching (Boylan Bridge Brewpub, Raleigh, NC – Urban Sketching has grown in leaps and bounds in popularity. Why? It’s a great way to get outside in the fresh air, practice, and even hang with friends while creating art. Join us to get the 411 on Urban…..

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Jerry's -- 25/09/2018

Artist Rich Pellegrino – Why I Use Turner Acryl Gouache

About Rich Pellegrino Rich Pellegrino’s work is inspired by memories and interpersonal relationships. His figurative paintings are filled with allegory, questioning the authenticity of human experience. He is an award winning illustrator, globally collected fine artist, and a full-time Illustration teacher at New Hampshire Institute of Art. His work can be found in children’s books, magazines,…..

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Jerry's -- 24/09/2018

Exploring Geometric Acrylic Abstract Art

What is Geometric Acrylic Abstract Art Geometric abstract art is a type of expression that centers around utilizing shapes such, as squares, rectangles, circles, triangles and lines as the visual elements. Artists in this genre simplify human made structures into forms. These shapes are arranged in a non-representational manner Jerry’s LIVE Episode #75 – VIDEO…..

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Jerry's -- 18/09/2018

Impasto Medium, How To Thicken Your Oil Paints

Why Use Impasto Medium? Paint In Heavy Impasto Techniques Without Wasting Valuable Pigment! Layers Will Dry Without Shrinking, Cracking Or Wrinkling! In this article we are focusing on LUKAS Impasto Oil Painting Medium used to mix with oil paints for impasto techniques.  What is an Impasto Medium? Impasto mediums are ideal for thickening oil paints……

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Jerry's -- 12/09/2018

Ultra Black & Super Opaque White Acryl Gouache Paint

Experience the Rich Ultra Jet Black And Super Opaque White Paints from Turner Super Concentrated Artist Acrylics – The MOST Vibrant Acrylics You Can Buy! The rich ultra black and super opaque white acryl gouache paints from Turner are among the finest colors ever produced in the world. Turner Acryl Gouache colors adhere to most…..

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Jerry's -- 31/08/2018

Acrylic Pour Painting: 3 Vibrant Acrylic Pours

Acrylic Pour Painting Techniques on Wood Panels At Jerry’s we were asked to do an acrylic pour painting through a colander, so we did 3 of them! We have some great acrylic paints, art materials and supplies that are perfect for you to achieve great effects, colors and real vibrant pours for your acrylic pouring…..

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Jerry's -- 23/08/2018

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

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