Journey Art Supplies Blog
Tips, Tricks, Thoughts, and inspiration from across the art spectrum.
Custom Framing At Your Fingertips: Nielsen Bain...
Quite often we have customers who call needing assistance with the products we sell. Whether it is setting up an easel, stretching canvas, or in this case, assembling a metal frame kit, we try to answer any question that is asked. To us, that is just good customer service, so we do all we can to help out.
Custom Framing At Your Fingertips: Nielsen Bain...
Quite often we have customers who call needing assistance with the products we sell. Whether it is setting up an easel, stretching canvas, or in this case, assembling a metal...
Promote ART with Heart
You know from the very early beginnings of Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, Joe Miller’s one desire was to paint. He discovered he had a passion that was hidden inside. One that might have been there all of his life, but he put it aside to do other things.
Promote ART with Heart
You know from the very early beginnings of Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, Joe Miller’s one desire was to paint. He discovered he had a passion that was hidden inside. One that...
Small Goals = Big Changes
Time to make a change? How many times, in the past, have you made those New Year’s Resolutions just to have them eventually be pushed by the wayside. As artists, we seem to be the worst at focusing on change. We tend to have our heads in more creative avenues and discipline is also not always our first concern.
Small Goals = Big Changes
Time to make a change? How many times, in the past, have you made those New Year’s Resolutions just to have them eventually be pushed by the wayside. As artists, we...
Give a Little Extra, Get a Whole Lot More!
I love this time of year! I love my Christmas tree, I love the crisp, cool, winter air, and I, especially, love to bake! I have special cookie and cake recipes that I have used for years, and then I search for a few new ones to add to my collection. I begin early to store up all the baking supplies I will need until about the second weekend in December.
Give a Little Extra, Get a Whole Lot More!
I love this time of year! I love my Christmas tree, I love the crisp, cool, winter air, and I, especially, love to bake! I have special cookie and cake...
More Than Just an Employee... A Cheap Joe's Cha...
Michael White has worked with Cheap Joe's Art Stuff for over 16 years. Michael assembles our new customer gifts and also makes the protective corner pieces for our paper shipments. We are proud of all Michael's accomplishments over the years, as a long-time employee and friend of Cheap Joe's.
More Than Just an Employee... A Cheap Joe's Cha...
Michael White has worked with Cheap Joe's Art Stuff for over 16 years. Michael assembles our new customer gifts and also makes the protective corner pieces for our paper shipments....
Just Another Fall Family Tradition?
Fall color and, especially, the crisp, cool, weather will always inspire me to get outside. Fall family traditions are another great way to explore nature and gain inspirations for future paintings. I recently took a break from my artwork just long enough to find my muse in the great outdoors…
Just Another Fall Family Tradition?
Fall color and, especially, the crisp, cool, weather will always inspire me to get outside. Fall family traditions are another great way to explore nature and gain inspirations for future...
Color Can Be Easy as Pie!
Have you ever looked at a color wheel and thought it resembled a pizza pie? Or maybe, an apple pie or maybe a chocolate cream pie….Ok, maybe, I should have had lunch before I started thinking about color! Anyway, color theory can be easy as pie! Color wheels are tools that can be very helpful when deciding what colors to use in your painting.
Color Can Be Easy as Pie!
Have you ever looked at a color wheel and thought it resembled a pizza pie? Or maybe, an apple pie or maybe a chocolate cream pie….Ok, maybe, I should have...
A Workshop is Like a Box of Chocolates
This week begins the Cheap Joe’s Workshop Season with Joyce Faulknor. Joyce is a transparent watercolorist from California. One of the many things that her students will learn this week is the technique of stretching watercolor paper on a traditional canvas frame. Joyce is one of the few watercolor artists who actually use this technique on a daily basis.
A Workshop is Like a Box of Chocolates
This week begins the Cheap Joe’s Workshop Season with Joyce Faulknor. Joyce is a transparent watercolorist from California. One of the many things that her students will learn this week is...
Those Guys Are Jerks!
While bellying up to the bar at the original Boone Drug Store downtown, I took a look across the counter and thought “Boy, those guys are jerks!” and well, they were, Soda Jerks from years ago! Soda jerks got their name from jerking the lever on the soda fountain while making ice cream sodas at the drugstores back in the day.
Those Guys Are Jerks!
While bellying up to the bar at the original Boone Drug Store downtown, I took a look across the counter and thought “Boy, those guys are jerks!” and well, they...
Spring is Just a Bean Away!
Well, the calendar says it’s Spring again, and after such a cold and snowy winter, I’m raring to get outside. The winter’s end, however, has been hard to predict according to mountain folklore. In the High Country, many have been “counting beans” that were collected last August to predict when to expect the last snow.
Spring is Just a Bean Away!
Well, the calendar says it’s Spring again, and after such a cold and snowy winter, I’m raring to get outside. The winter’s end, however, has been hard to predict according...
Cheap Joe's is in the House!
Cheap Joe’s is in the house, the Jones House, that is! The Cheap Joe Gallery Show at the Jones House in Boone, NC, is open from November 26- December 23. “Cheap” Joe Miller himself was invited by the Jones House Staff to host his own one man show. Obviously, not his first, however, a very notable show, none the less.
Cheap Joe's is in the House!
Cheap Joe’s is in the house, the Jones House, that is! The Cheap Joe Gallery Show at the Jones House in Boone, NC, is open from November 26- December 23. ...
What's That \Quin\" Color?"
On the phones, we might hear that question a time or two a day. “What’s that quin color?” “How do you say that?” “What are they good for?” We all smile, knowing we had the same questions and trouble pronouncing it the first time we heard it, too. However…
What's That \Quin\" Color?"
On the phones, we might hear that question a time or two a day. “What’s that quin color?” “How do you say that?” “What are they good for?” We all...
