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Finding Bargains in Art Supplies.
I shop everywhere. Having been involved in arts and crafts most my life, I know how expensive it can be to buy new art supplies.
So, I keep my eye out at thrift stores, as well as closeout aisles, sometimes kits and everywhere else... for something I might need. Not that I buy new all the time...I don't.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
How many pencils is too many pencils?
This is my current regular colored pencils stash! I also have a set of Derwent Soft pencils in a set that was purchased after Christmas, cheap. Those blend very nice, but are soft and smudgy and not for details.
What I really needed was some watercolor pencils.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Since this is OldNewGreenRedo, recycling and going green is always recommended. I just had to pick up this double set of pencils, lightly used, missing one of the regular pencils and another side with...
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| oldnewgreenredo |
...all watercolor pencils. These are all Artist Loft, Michael's store brand for student quality art supplies. Well, but $2.99 ...was just too good a price at the local thrift store. (I priced a similar set at Mike's today, $24.99 just for the Watercolor set.)
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Wow...and this is a complete set...only the red and pink had been used a little.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
This WAS my pitiful selection of Watercolor pencils, before, and the green keeps on breaking, the blue is missing? Where do pencils go, same place as dryer sox?
I will probably do a few pages of scribbles to assess which ones work the best. I plan on doing some daily sketches in colored pencil and micropoint ink pens or drawing pencils.
HAPPY THRIFTING and PENCILING? is that a word?
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Sandi
Sandi
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