Tag: oil paint
How To Clean Your Art Paint Brush
A Quick Tutorial on best practices for cleaning and making your art brushes last longer! Taking excellent care of your paintbrushes is important. Artist brushes are likely one of the greatest investments you will make when purchasing art supplies, so cleaning paint brushes after each use is vital to your painting experience. If you properly…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 01/03/2016
What Kind of Paint Should I Use: Part 1
Comparing watercolor, oil, and acrylic..Which paint is right for you? How to Decide What Paint to Use People often ask: What’s the “best” or “most popular” type of paint to use? This is a question that virtually has no definitive answer. Not what you wanted to hear? Don’t worry; we’re here to give you some…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 05/03/2013
Coastal Color: The Paintings of Sandy Nelson
Artist Spotlight – Sandy NelsonCoastal Color: The Paintings of Sandy Nelson Her work is included in over 60 corporate and museum collections including those of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart and George Steinbrenner, owner of the NY Yankees. She was named one of the top 200 artists in 1993 by the Artists’ Magazine and has…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 28/05/2012
Winsor & Newton: The World’s Finest Artists’ Materials
175 years of fine art supplies Chances are, if you’re an artist, you’re familiar with Winsor & Newton , and for good reason! This world-famous company produces some of the finest and most popular art supplies available in the industry: from paints and mediums to canvas, brushes, paper, and everything in between! Winsor & Newton…..
Jerry's -- 26/08/2011
Paintings Paint Themselves by Valerie (Valry) Drake
At least in my dreams they do. Vibrant slashes of brilliant hues dance across the stretched canvas. Big wide paintbrushes dip into soft, buttery mounds of paint on huge pallets and then lift and float to add to the beauty. Sometimes I can actually see the paintings in progress. Other times I only see paintbrushes…..
Jerry's -- 14/06/2010
Bring out your dark side (to show more light) by Wilson Bickford
I love to paint the deep woods. There is mystery in the dark depth of the shadows. And the way the light filters through the trees is absolutely majestic! (At least to me.) What appeals to me above all, is the strong light and dark contrast, which is the entire basis of a good painting……
Jerry's -- 12/05/2010
Art is a Universal Language by Deb Bartos
In addition to being an artist (a painter of oils and watercolors) I am a nursing instructor. I love teaching. I love learning. I love caring and teaching others new skills in caring. I also believe that every profession (and every life) has 2 sides. There is an art and a science to everything. The…..
Jerry's -- 12/05/2010
Mixed Up Media? by Wilson Bickford
Here are a couple of paintings that I’ve done over the past couple of days. Both utilized some Acrylic underpainting, but are essentially “Oil paintings.” The sunflowers were started yesterday and finished today. I had added Alkyd medium to the Oils to speed the drying, so that it was virtually dry over-night. That made it…..
Jerry's -- 12/05/2010
WINTER STREAM Project Lesson in Oils by Wilson Bickford
I thought I’d share some insights as to my thought processes and techniques with this painting. This was created just recently and I took step-by-step photos along the way to highlight certain points. Although this is considered an Oil painting, I did start with some Acrylic gessos for the underpainting; a blue-gray for the snow…..
Jerry's -- 12/05/2010
Sunset Paintings by Wilson Bickford
love to paint sunsets! I could paint nothing BUT sunsets and never be bored with it. It’s the strong value contrasts of the light and silhouetted darks that really grab me! “FIRE IN THE SKY” is on a 12″ x 16″ panel and was painted wet-in-wet using Jerry’s own SOHO Oils. I like the interplay…..
Jerry's -- 12/05/2010
Our Influences on Others by Wilson Bickford
Each school year, I have the opportunity to work with several hundred kids in a “Visiting Artist” program, which is set up by the local arts council. My county is the largest in the state so I cover quite an area and frequent many different schools. Very recently, I was scheduled for 4 consecutive days…..