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I found some good deals: 16 Pan Pastels for $2ea. Some are shattered. 60 CarbOthello pastel pencils for $35. No packaging. A 12x15 pad of Grey Pastelmat paper for $25. Slight damage on one corner and no cover. Four packs of Sofftool knives and covers, along with three each blending sponges for...

This weekend there are a whole slew of community-wide yard sales. I went eight of them this morning and found a few art-related items: A large plastic pallette (not marked in any way, but it's the same white plastic that the name pallettes ala Pike, etc., are made of. It's got three big wells...

When we were kids we melted crayons atop the old heat registers and let the pretty colors drip down the front. We took our mattresses off our beds and sailed them down the stairs into the dining room. We colored the slate fireplace mantel and base w crayons and chalk. We fed the wild raccoons...

I've never been on Facebook. But I have in the past asked many a phone scammer (in as gravelly and breathy a voice as I can muster) "mmmm, what are you wearing?"

I went to a good art store sale and my regular thrift store and found some good buys: Eighteen new Pan Pastels $1ea. They were shattered (powdered) but that doesn't bother me. Ten new Pan Pastels $2ea. (Perfect) part of an unpackaged set. This included three newly-discontinued colors...

I was traveling to a neighboring town and visited their small thrift store, which I only rarely go to. Maybe 2-3 times per year. They had a decent pile of mats and mat boards someone donated. Image sizes were ACEO size up to 11x14 size. There were about 25 and were priced at $.25ea., regardless...

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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...

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

I have some and like them.