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2/25/2021

Weekly Used Art Supplies:  Premium Quality Used Pastels Sets

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In our weekly used art supplies, we are featuring 2 amazing sets of pastels.  They are sets that are premium quality so at full price they hundreds of dollars.  Since they are used, we have slashed prices to over 60% off  

Click here to get the Rembrandt pastel set. $377.95 new.  $140 used.

Click here to get the Girault pastel set. $245 new.  $80 used.

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2/24/2021

Clearance Deals on Art Sets and Art Supplies! 50% Off & More!

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We now have many clearance art supplies that you can shop from our online store.  They are 50% of our normal price or even more.  They include art sets, paint sets, dinosaur sets, drawing sets, markers, colored pencils and so much more.  You don't want to miss all the amazing deals.  

Click here to see all the clearance deals.
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2/23/2021

When to Use Which Oil Medium!  Live Demo, March 2nd 9AM PST

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We know that choosing the right oil medium can be confusing, so we thought we'd let you know about this free live demo.  After watching it, you'll know if Linseed oil, Stand Oil, or Safflower oil is best to use for your needs?  In this @tfacna Instagram livestream, @jimmyleslieart will break down the various viscosities and drying times of the @winsornewton drying oils so you can have a better understanding of which suits your needs before purchasing.   Below is the info you'll need to know to catch it:  ​

Choosing the Right Oil Medium for your Needs
featuring Winsor & Newton oil mediums
 
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
12:00PM EST (9AM PST).
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2/22/2021

Perfect Art Parings: French Style Easel ($99.99) + Brush Holder Bags ($11.10)=Your Passport To Paint Anywhere!

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If you want to get out and experience spring and fresh air with your paints, this is for you!  We have the perfect pairing for you, so you'll have a passport to paint anywhere, anytime---- or at least---- in time for whenever you feel like heading outdoors to get your art on.
  1. Brush holder bags hold long or short handled brushes.  They are between $11.10-$17.40.
  2. French style easel has a sturdy handle and strap to carry with you wherever you decide to trek.  They were $179.99, bur are now on sale for only $99.99.
Click on the links above to get all you need to create your very own painting passport!

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2/19/2021

Get Your Spring Thing Started with Our Wooden Butterfly Art Kit!

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It's getting to look more and more like spring.  Have you seen all the spring flowers starting to break the ground?  Are you excited for blooms to be everywhere and butterflies fluttering around them?  If you can't wait any longer though, we have the solution:  make your own spring thing butterfly from out wooden butterfly kit!  It comes with:
  1. Pom poms,
  2. 40 color paint set,
  3. palette,
  4. silver pencil,
  5. 6 brushes,
  6. glitter
It's valued at $29.99, but we have it on sale for only $19.99!  
Get it at this link.
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2/18/2021

Perfect Art Pairings: Metallic Watercolor Sets ($28) + Marble Watercolor Sketchbooks ($14.99) + RBG Tote Bag ($19.99)= Golden Girls Paint Club

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We know what it's like to feel like you rule the world, or at least we think so, because we feel that way when we're carrying around a RBG tote bag filled with gold art supplies.  Our art pairing today is meant to make you feel like you're a card carrying member of the GOLDEN GIRLS PAINT CLUB because it's all about the gold, baby! 
  1. Our RBG tote bags have RBG's necklace in gold!   Starting at $19.99.
  2. Our handmade marble watercolor sketchbooks come in a golden swirl!  On sale for $14.99.
  3. Metallic watercolor paint comes in a set that's all different shades of shimmery gold!  $28.00.
Click on the links above to get your gold paring from us.

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2/17/2021

How to Paint Dandelions with a Toliet Paper Roll

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We love to recycle junk and repurpose it into art materials.  Today, we're sharing this inventive way to use a toliet paper roll to make those beautifully billowy dandelions that look like they could float away with a puff of air.  This method is done with acrylic pouring paints which means they are very liquid-y and thinned out.  

Watch the whole video here, by AB Creative.

Make a curbside order for acrylic paints here.
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2/16/2021

Perfect Art Pairings:  Plaster Skull ($14) + Wooden Mannequins ($5.26) + Charcoal Art Kit ($10)= Better Together Than Apart

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Like wine and cheese, chocolate and peanut butter, fire and marshmallows, we thought we suggest some great pairings that you can find in our art shop.  Today we found some great pairings for those who want to work with charcoal on toned paper.
  1. A plaster skull sketched on the toned paper will let you pick up on the great highlights and dark shadows.  Plaster skull is only $14.
  2. A wooden mannequin will also be a great form to capture on the toned paper, picking up on the subtleties of brown colors of the wood.  Wooden mannequins are $5.26 - $21.60.
  3. Our toned art kit has everything you need to create you charcoal drawings and is only $10.00: 
    1. Recycled brown paper sketchbook
    2. 3 pack vine charcoal
    3. 3 prismacolors
    4. 1 woodless graphite pencil
    5. 4 color conte crayon set
    6. pencil sharpener
Click on the links above to start your charcoal drawing project with these perfect parings.
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2/15/2021

Weekly Used Art Supplies:  Used Lamps and Used Paint Pallettes $7-$10

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We have quite a few new things in our used art supplies section.  This time, we have quite a few great paint pallettes in both metal and plastic; $7-$8 each.  We also have a couple used desk lamps; $7-$10.  

Check out all the used art supplies we have available at this link.
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2/13/2021

Origami Heart Garland to Celebrate Valentine's Day or Someone You Love

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We love this little video on how to make origami hearts. Make several of them and string them together for a DIY heart garland.  You could do it for Valentine's Day or any day to celebrate someone you love!  We tried it ourselves with different colored and patterned origami paper and it looks great.  It's very easy to pick up on how to make them and then keep making them as long as you want the garland to be.  

Watch the complete video here.

Order origami paper from us here.
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2/11/2021

DIY Watercolor Travel Set With Things From Your Recycle Bin

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We're excited to share this innovative way to make your own travel watercolor set in a recycled tin such as from breath mints, gum or small candy tins. To make this DIY set, you will need:
  1. 12 watercolor pans,
  2. 12 magnets (or sticky back Velcro),
  3. super glue or hot glue and
  4. the watercolor tube paints you would like to add to your custom palette!  
​Directions:
  1. Attach the magnets or Velcro to the back of each pan with the glue.
  2. Once dry, add the pans to your recycled tin, and fill with your favorite colors!  ​

If you would like to get the supplies for this project, fill out a curbside pickup form on our website. (<<< click link.)  
  1. Watercolor pans are 50 cents each,
  2. magnets are 25 cents each, and
  3. we have super glue for 50 cents.
  4. Sticky Velcro packs are $1.80.
  5. We also have many watercolor paints to choose from, both new and used.
  6. You just need to provide the tin, so go get your favorite mints! 
​Have fun painting and upcycling your tins!
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2/10/2021

SAVE THE DATE:  We're Cohosting A Golden Acrylic Paint Demo!

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We know this is months ahead of time before we're actually doing this Golden Acrylics paint demo.  But we wanted to let you know to save the date.  It will be April 25th which is a Sunday.  Below is more about what will be demo'd and what you can expect:

Artists will leave enthusiastic to explore the extensive potential of Acrylic!This free online event packs in a ton of valuable information about acrylics, guiding listeners through the basics while opening up new possibilities. Learn the unique properties of GOLDEN Fluid Acrylic Colors, Heavy Body Acrylic Colors, OPEN Acrylic Colors and High Flow Acrylics. Get a comprehensive overview on the many Gels & Mediums and how they can change texture, viscosity, saturation, intensity of color and more. The lecture includes a review of Grounds that create truly, contemporary surfaces for painting, drawing and mixed media. Each event includes an array of examples of these materials put to use. Artists will leave enthusiastic to explore the extensive potential of Acrylic!

To register, click here.  We'll be sure to mention it more, here on the blog as the time gets closer for it to happen.
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2/9/2021

Nothing Says Happy Valentine's Day Like DIY Felt Flowers in Our All-Inclsive Craft Kit! ONLY $10.00!

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Looking for a unique and fun way to say happy valentine's day?  You know we always have some crazy, fun suggestions for you, so it should be no surprise that we suggest making felt flowers with our craft kit.  It includes everything you need.....just add your imagination.  Below are examples of what our art staff created.  We especially love the heart in the middle of the petals.  What will you create to show you care?

Our kit includes:

  • felt sheets with various flower-inspired colors like: green, pinks, and orange, green
  • craft stems
  • glue
  • and scissors

Get your valentine's day felt flower kit here for only $10.00!
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2/8/2021

Free Art Workshops All Year Long at Strathmore:  Painting, Mixed Medium & Drawing

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We always love seeing art demos and learning new ways to use the same art materials that we hadn't thought of before.  If you want to keep your art practice interesting and fresh, we recommend taking some free art workshops through Strathmore's Workshop Series. They feature great artist teachers who get you excited about art materials and who let you relearn them with new eyes. 

Check out their whole line up for the year at this link. 

Make an art supply order for painting, drawing or mixed medium at this link.
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2/4/2021

Making Fresh New Ways of Making Art Inspired by Fresh Fruit: Mixed Medium Artist Joey Zeledon on Strathmore Newsletter

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We were so impressed by all the delicious drawings created by artist Joey Zeledon, we had to share it with you.  He has come up with a fresh new way to combine different mediums to create fresh fruit still life drawings.  Below, he describes in his own words his process.  This was part of a longer article on Strathmore's quarterly newsletter. 

Read the whole article at this link.

Make an order of mixed medium art supplies with us here.
" I start by creating ghost lines with a light grey marker to rough out a general proportion of the sketch and placing it on the paper without fully committing to black ink on paper. Once I have those general proportions, I go back and lay down the​darker outlines with a black pen. Then I do my ad hoc masking with strips of post-it notes, sticking them around the edge of the sketch in preparation for the air marker. The air marker tends to splatter when you first use it, so I start the air marker on the post-it note runway. Once it gets going, I bring it to the page where I want the color. I use the air marker as a way to color block, a way to lay down a base of color very smoothly. "

"Once I have the base layer down, I peel off all the masking and then I begin applying the lights and the darks, the highlights and the shadows for everything, in general and for the textures. I use a soft white colored pencil for the highlights and other colored pencils for the shadows. By using the colored pencils on top of the marker base color, I am able to smudge them with my fingers and get rid of the stroke lines."
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"Through my sketching practice, I see the mundane as complex and beautiful. As a result, the process of drawing a still-life of fruit, something I once found boring and uncreative, has direct value to my work as a designer and impact on my ability to create. When I sketch fruit, I see their details in new ways—the patterns, commonalities, nuances, and differences. Parts of fruit become abstracted, and I see other things in them, and then I can see these abstractions in the things that I am designing. I am constantly asking myself questions like: What does this remind me of? What does this look like? This practice has allowed me to see complexity and beauty everywhere and to find inspiration in the most unlikely, everyday places."

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Joey Zeledón is an industrial designer and analog sketching advocate. He strives to design everyday objects that strike emotional chords with people. Joey believes that good design is like good music. It’s familiar, engaging and makes you feel. It’s something you want to play on repeat. Since graduating from RIT’s industrial design program in 2006, he has been creating iconic design for both young and established brands that make food, furniture, housewares, lighting, spaces, shoes and tech. See more of Joey’s work on Instagram or on his website.
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2/3/2021

You Don't Have to Paint On Just Canvas!  Try Metals or Acrylic Sheets!

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If you're an adventurous painter like Rembrandt, you might be looking for a new surface to paint upon besides traditional canvas.  Yes, it's true, Rembrandt painted a few small self-portraits on cooper sheets.  In this article on "Just Paint", they do an expansive test on several different kinds of metal sheets as well as on acrylic and polyester sheets. 

We wish they would have made a video showing them trying out everything because we believe the testing must have been a lot of crazy fun.  But the article tells you, how best to prepare each surface, the results of painting on them and finally their conclusion of what they think were the best surfaces.  If nothing else, it help you discover a new surface for your paints.

Read the whole article here.

Make an order for a different paint surface upon here.
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2/2/2021

What You Should Know When Painting in Cold Temperatures

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Whether you decide to paint with watercolors, acrylics or oils, there are several things to think about if you're going to go and paint in cold weather.  Of course, you've got to think about if your paint will withstand extreme cold when you go outside and paint some amazing snowy landscapes.  But you also need to think about how the surface that you're painting upon will weather the cold.  In this article on "Just Paint", they take you through what you need to consider for each kind of paint.

Read the whole article here.

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A coat of GAC 200 that was applied and left to dry at 37°F/3°C, thus 33°F/18°C below its MFFT, developed severe drying cracks and cloudy flakes, rather than the clear coherent film it would when applied above its MFFT.

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2/1/2021

The Best Paint Kits for Adults:  Watercolor, Oil and Acrylic Paints

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Have you been wondering what kind of paint you'd like to try?  Well, never fear, we have watercolor, oil and acrylic paint kits, so you can try them all.  Moreover, when you buy our paint sets, you get a steal of a deal because the individual items cost more if you bought them separately than if you buy them in a set.  They also have everything you need, including paper, brushes and palettes to mix your paint. 

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