Resources

If I have a few moments over coffee, I peruse the catalogues for the following companies and compare prices, but they are very competitively priced and the deliveries are fast. I recommend them all. The service departments at Dick Blick and Cheap Joe’s are outstanding. There is always a knowledgeable person—live—on the phone, who usually knows the packing and the delivery guys by name. It feels real.

Cheap Joe’s is especially good for watercolor products and extra watercolor tips. It now offers Daniel Smith Watercolors (gorgeous) as well as its own brand (American Journey), which is good and dependable. It offers an important directory of watercolor workshops and helps keep the watercolor community connected.

I tend to use Dick Blick Art Supplies a lot, and it has never let me down. It provides a wide range of materials for a lot of arts education programs: studio fundamentals, paints, brushes, canvases, its own brand of paper, and inventive student art project ideas. These often inspire new ideas for me and may lead to trying a series of monoprints or gold leafing, keeping the creative fires hot.

Jerry’s is a great all-around art supply store with specials and active online deals. It is competitive and presents new items not offered by other companies. Just recently, it came out with a new panel product by Da Vinci that I am experimenting with in the studio as I write these pages! Fun, fun, fun!

DA VINCI has just came out with a panel with a built-in wood rim called a liquid art panel. Every time Da Vinci presents something new, it’s like an electric charge of inspiration!