IN-STORE DEMO (JAN 23RD)

[Every Saturday here at Jerry's we bring in a special treat - A local Austin artist comes to the store and shares their knowledge and experience with you, providing lessons about whatever it is they specialize in. It happens on Saturday from Noon-3PM and best of all, it is free! Come learn with us!]

UPCOMING:

01.23.10 / KATHLEEN MCELWAINE / WATERCOLOR

Kathleen is no weekend painter; she has created art every day for the past 30 years. Most recently... on the bus. On her daily commute to and from work, she creates beautiful watercolors with life and imagination. She will be joining us here at Jerry's this Saturday, the 23rd from Noon to 3pm.

Visit her website.

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Last week's demo was brought to you by John Mosteller and covered screen printing with Speedball products. Here are some photos!

Walnut Oil, Colored and Clear Gesso, Silly Putty

You asked, we sought, and it's finally delivered:

NEW! CHARVIN WALNUT OIL. This is the palest of the oils used in paint manufacturing. It too has a similar effect on slowing the drying rate as compared to using linseed.

It is made from nuts, so anyone with an allergy to nuts shouldn't use it: the rest of you, go nuts!

Other Charvin mediums you don't need to be an alchemist to figure out how to use also now in stock.

SILLY PUTTY back in stock. Who doesn't love Silly Putty?

COOL: MATISSE BACKGROUND COLORS & CLEAR SEALER. Despite their names (Aussies are weird sometimes, like that crocodile hunter or the dude on the Animal Channel that wrestles sharks or the rugby team that jumped from above my third-story apartment into an eight-foot pool; one broke her arm), both are some of the best gesso I have ever used.

Background Colors are colored gesso--available in 40 colors--that dry quickly, spread like a dream, and have excellent binding properties. Thin but highly pigmented, used directly from jar they dry to a flat (no sanding!), velvet base for both oil and acrylic painting.

Light colors need only one coat; darker you may want two. Either way, a little goes far: mixed with water, excellent for underpainting.

Clear Sealer is not a top-coat; it is a clear gesso and the perfect solution to "seal" any picky substrate: new wood that still has tannins, concrete, stone or terracotta that water is trying to penetrate (common in Texas), glass, steel, marble, plastic, more.

A single coat on wood or cement will leave it looking just as it was, but now your paint sticks to it without peeling off. Works under oils as well as acrylics.

Hello, what do you do?

[Hello and welcome to a new reoccurring bit for this ol' blog called "Hello, what do you do?" We will introduce you to a special product from Jerry's shelves and try to explain its uses and applications. Check back often and learn something new!]

COLOUR SHAPER/CLAY SHAPER

Picture this: You find yourself meandering through our paintbrush section on some sunny afternoon, searching for the filbert with a perfect mix of Orangutan and Bandicoot hairs (which we are currently out of, sorry!) when all of a sudden you come to a small display full of paintbrushes that are made with no hair at all! You pick one up and wonder to yourself, "What could it be for? Is it a strange eraser? Is it a small, oddly-shaped spatula?" No, my friend. It is neither of those things. What you are holding is a Colour Shaper!

A Colour Shaper is an exceptional tool made in the UK by Royal Sovereign Ltd that can be used for a variety of applications. Like a paintbrush, it has a long wooden handle, but unlike a paintbrush the Colour Shaper has a tip made out of solid silicone. Jerry's Austin currently carries the traditional Colour Shaper and the Clay Shaper.

The traditional version can be used with an assortment of painting mediums, including acrylic, oil, alkyds, and gouache and is great for applying, removing, scraping and moving the color around on any surface. The silicone tip does not absorb color and is cleaned simply with a wipe! They can also be used with pastels and watercolor. The Colour Shaper comes in two different styles, firm & soft. The gray tipped "brush" is the Firm one and is sturdy enough that it gives a good amount of resistance, while the white tip (Soft) is much more malleable.

In our sculpture aisle you can find the Clay Shaper, which has a black silicone tip and an extra-firm flexibility. Perfect for adding details to your clay pieces, the sizes go all the way from tiny (zero) to large (sixteen), so you can manipulate the clay with very fine lines or with much larger lines.

Both kinds of Shaper come in five interesting shapes: Flat Chisel, Taper Point, Cup Round, Cup Chisel and Angle Chisel. With the five different tips and the different flexibilities, you're bound to find an intriguing way to put the Colour Shaper or Clay Shaper to use on your next masterpiece.

Paint Tubes, FW Ink, SOHO Drafting Chairs

This week's goodies:

1. EMPTY PAINT TUBES are back! Our previous vendor stopped making them but we now have a new one: in stock now.
   
   
2. FW INKS are back! After much delay, we are proud to offer your favorite ink again: in stock now.
   
   
3. NEW: CHARVIN PAINTING MEDIUMS. Due in one week all the way from France.
   
   
4. NEW: SOHO URBAN ARTIST DRAFTING CHAIRS. Due in one week at a price I'm sure you'll love.
   
   
5. AMPERSAND BOARDS all varieties have arrived and in stock.
   
   If you've never used one, you should try them: you'll never want a canvas again! When in doubt, use Clayboard: the kaolin surface is a perfect binder for watercolor (think hot-press; Aquaboard better for cold-press fans), mixed-media, collage, encaustic, and more. Gessoboard will give the oil or acrylic painter looking for that "smooth surface" the most delicious experience ever.
   
   Boards cradled with beautiful birch need no frame. WARNING: addictive.
   
   
6. COOL: PANACHE CALLIGRAPHY SETS and refill cartridges. Even ones for lefties!
   

Upcoming: Charvin walnut oil (yes you heard it!), bookbinding supplies, and Soho watercolor.

By the Buy(er)

Your Once-a-Week to What's Cool or New!

Hey it's snarko!, your buyer. I've been changing the store up with some new and exciting products, plus bringing you updates to your old friends you probably want to hear about.

This will become a once-a-week blog, but for those that have missed out:

1. We have our first shipment of OLD HOLLAND OIL COLOR in stock.
   
   
2. NEW: PAN PASTELS. Currently available in five different kits. Tell me you love them, and they go open-stock.
   
   
3. We have Iwata AIRBRUSH and right now, a good deal on a starter set. Please talk to me about further needs.
   
   
4. NEW: JACQUARD MARBLING KITS. Come check it out they're on sale through Christmas.

Upcoming: raw wax, damar, and other stews.

BLUE GENIE ART BAZAAR 2009

If you're near Jerry's you should stop by the 9th annual Blue Genie Art Bazaar. It's right around the corner from us and it has a ton of great local arts and crafts for sale. Our store manager, Catherine Hart, will be selling her jewelry there, along with plenty of other talented artists and craftspeople.

The perfect place to find some perfect gifts for the holiday season? Yes. Yes it is.

AND... if you purchase anything at the Bazaar, bring your receipt over to Jerry's and we'll give you a 10% discount on your purchase here.

Happy creating!

JOSHUA SAUNDERS AT CO-LAB

Make sure you make it out to Co-Lab (613 Allen St. Austin TX 78702) this Saturday or Sunday to see an installation by our staff-member Joshua Saunders. It will make you believe!

Installation: Saturday, December 5, 7-11PM
Open Hours: Sunday, December 6, 12-5PM

Hanged man is a collection of items purchased from the blue hanger and then organized over the course of two years. All the items belonging to this collection were previously owned by someone the collector has never known. There are serious variations within the collection, some items feel like an inside joke, while others invite you to remember the terminal nature of a human lifespan. Some items seem topical while others seem very intimate. Some items make the collection itself feel inappropriate and distort the idea of ownership. Hanged man is about intrinsic value and what items we define our lives with in relation to a saturation point in which items that appear as treasures take on the transient life of trash. The organization of these materials hopes to offer a momentary glance in to the lives of those you don't know while provoking thoughts about self projection in conjunction with personal ownership and value.

Co-Lab

Annual Staff Art Show!

Come to the store this Thursday (Nov. 5) between 7:30 & 9:30 pm to see what our talented staffers have been working on. Food and beverages provided by Jerry's!

$5 goes a long way at Jerry's!

Come check out our amazing Back-To-School sale and see what only $5.00 can get you!

Jerry's Artarama at 101X Event

Jerry's was invited to an art event hosted by 101X Radio. Lots of Montana Gold fans came out to put their talent to work. If you have not yet tried Montana spray paint, you are in for a treat!

Nearly odor-free
100% lead and CFC free
Guaranteed lightfast for at
least
10 years
Adapts to a variety of interchangeable caps
100%
weatherproof paint resists the elements well
Wide color range is perfect
for
photorealistic works
Fast-drying, opaque, brilliant color with
excellent
coverage
For wood, concrete, metal, plastic, canvas, glass and
more
Suitable for indoor work, atomized spray reduced to a minimum

This very high quality artists' spray paints have been manufactured in Barcelona, Spain since 1994. Interchangeable caps allow you to adjust the spray with by simply changing the cap! Cap nozzle sizes range from ultra-thin for detailed work to extra-fat to cover large areas.
Even if you have never used spray paints before, they have many applications and you owe it to yourself to try these out! Once you use this brand, you will never use another spray color!

Thanks to Jason and Deb from 101X for letting us participate in the fun!

Be sure to tune into 101.5 FM Monday, June 15th @ 8:15am to here about Jerry's Artarama on the radio.