Tag: acrylic painting
Acrylics 101 for Beginners with Basic Supplies
Jerry’s Live Episode #89 Acrylics 101 for Beginners with Basic Supplies When artists want to try new art supplies or a new medium, it can be hard to determine what you REALLY need (at bare minimum) to give it a trial run, ensuring it’s really for you. This episode features art supplies for the medium…..
Jerry’s Blog Team -- 31/01/2019
Top 15 Acrylic Painting Mistakes – Jerry’s LIVE Episode 70
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. Acrylics and most acrylic mediums can also be used as an adhesive for collage, or even thinned…..
Jerry’s Blog Team -- 15/08/2018
5 Pro Tips for Beginning Acrylic Artists
These Quick Tips Can Save Your Paint and Help You Get Better Painting with Acrylics is a great way to get introduced to painting and has many benefits. These paints are easy to use, spread evenly, and dry quickly. There are some tricks that can help preserve your paints and make your paintings turn out…..
Jerry’s Blog Team -- 01/02/2014
LUKAS Pastos Builds Up Thick, Dries Quick
The Thicker, Heavier Impasto: Dries Fast, Work Quickly! Jerry’s Artarama is always on the lookout for new and different products and real game changers in the world of art. LUKAS CRYL Pastos Acrylics is one of the real, rare gems available for artists to create their art in new and profound ways. Compared to most…..
Jerry’s Blog Team -- 17/09/2013
Bigger Really IS Better with GOLDEN Acrylics
Save up to 44% on a Bigger Jar! Did you know that all GOLDEN Acrylics and Mediums are intentionally priced to add value as you go up in size? Each time you buy a bigger container of a particular product, the ounce for ounce savings increases too. GOLDEN Acrylics offer some of the most…..
Jerry’s Blog Team -- 10/09/2013
Artist Spotlight – Stephen Jesic
Wildlife Artist Stephen Jesic featuring Matisse Structure Acrylic Paints by Robert Simon, New York Stephen A. Jesic was born in 1951 in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. Although showing artistic talent from his youth, Stephen was thwarted in his ambitions to be a painter as his traditional European parents felt it inappropriate as a serious…..
Jerry’s Blog Team -- 28/06/2012
Using Impasto Medium to Create Three Dimensional Effects
In depicting elements in nature relief effects give a 3-dimensional effect that really makes the paint pop right off the canvas. In this painting technique I am using Matisse Structure paint (Carbon Grey) along with Matisse Impasto Medium to create tree bark. Step 1: I mix a ratio of about 30% paint with 70% Impasto…..