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Today from a thrift store I frequent: A nice big zippered pencil case w 264 colored pencils stuffed inside.. some sharpened but all full length... 186 Caran d'Ache Luminance and 79 Berol Prismacolor. It had no price sticker so I gave it to a clerk and she brought it back to me priced at $4.. I...

Here are some recent buys from a thrift store A vintage Kueffel & Esser pantograph for $2.79. It's so beautiful, I don't think it's ever been used. I have a barrister's bookcase that my Dad made me, so I'll display it in there with a couple other vintage art tools. I have other pantographs to...

I'm getting a new bike (an ebike). I am going to fit it up w my bike trailer and use it for plein-airing (like I did w my old bike).

Here's some recent finds from a thrift store and clearance racks at a nearby art supply store: A very nice neoprene Targas laptop sleeve for my large U.go pochade $4.25. Extra protection in the backpack... A nice big smock I can use for painting $2.75. It goes below my knees. I look so goofy in...

I loved this. Thank you very much :)

My all-time favorite band...RIP all of them.

I have some and like them.

Hi 👋 I use Ampersand Pastelbord and I love it. I use it w Panpastels and stick. As an aside, I also use it w charcoal and colored pencil. It can be used wet or dry, I have applied thin washes of watercolor to tone the surface before adding pastel, cp or charcoal. The boards do come in a limited...

Wonderful! Congratulations!

Here's some recent good finds: A little business card holder for $2. Can hold 156 aceo cards if I stack them back to back. Don't have quite that many.... yet. A nice lot of OOK hanging supplies - Six 12" French Cleats for $3.49ea. One 10pk of Monkey Hook hangars for $2. Three Value Paks for...

I got a good haul from a thrift store the other day: An Artbin Pastel 3 carrier box w/ 132 Eberhard Faber and Prismacolor NuPastels for $6.99 pretty dirty but mostly full sticks. An Artbin Pastel 3 carrier box w/ 132 pastels (100 Sennelier and 32 Rembrandt) for $6.99 very messy (Sennelier!). A...

At my favorite thrift store I picked up three framed watercolors. I get a lot a of my frames from thrift stores but I also build some in my wood shop. I almost always save the painting or drawing as I just cant bring myself to throw out someone's work.These three framed pieces are all framed w...

A beauty!

I like both of these alot.