Art Supplies Archive

  • Art Supplies: Painting

    Art Supplies: Painting

    You have a lot of different options for making use of the growing pile of periodicals that you have been routinely stashing below your mattress. Try making quotations or maxims out of letters that you’ve cut from magazines in different sizes, colors and fonts. Combine...

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  • Art Supplies: Decorative & Tole Painting

    Art Supplies: Decorative & Tole Painting

    Be observant with your surroundings and you will find a vast assortment of materials. With scissors and markers, a pizza box can be cut up to make a big wall collage, dry pasta can be painted and glued on as a decoration paper plates can...

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  • Mosaic/Stained Glass/Glass Art: Glass Art & Mosaic Supplies

    Mosaic/Stained Glass/Glass Art: Glass Art & Mosaic Supplies

    I am really into scrap-booking and have the spend a lot of my time making handmade craft items, so I am quite aware of the high prices that the retail art supply stores can charge for supplies. You can save money on supplies, create unique...

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  • Decorative & Tole Painting: Patterns & Instructions

    Decorative & Tole Painting: Patterns & Instructions

    Buying supplies from art supply retail stores can be quite expensive because i know as i am an avid scrap-booker and love creating homemade crafts. So, here I’ve compiled all of the ways I’ve found to save on supplies and still be super unique and...

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  • Painting: Gouache Paint

    Painting: Gouache Paint

    I am a serious scrap-booker and enjoy making homemade crafts, so I realize that it can be very expensive to purchase supplies from art supply shop. To save on supplies and still be super unique and creative I’ve compiled all of the ways I’ve found. •...

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  • Art Supplies: Paint by Number

    Art Supplies: Paint by Number

    As a fan of creating homemade crafts and a devoted scrapbooker, I am all too aware of the expense of buying art supplies from stores at retail prices. This should give you some good ideas for ways to save on art supplies while still maintaining...

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  • Painting: Watercolor Paint

    Painting: Watercolor Paint

    If you have a huge magazine stack collecting under the bed, there are many ways to finally get some use out of it. Making sayings or quotes made out of cutting out different sized colored letters is my lovable technique. To get a cool retro...

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  • Art Supplies: Books & Videos

    Art Supplies: Books & Videos

    Should you decide to blow the dust bunnies off your old magazine collection, you have several options for finally getting some use of it. Cutting out letters of varying sizes and colors, and then using them to make phrases or quotes, is something I enjoy...

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  • Drawing: Pencils & Charcoal

    Drawing: Pencils & Charcoal

    I am an avid scrap-booker and love creating homemade crafts, so I know that buying supplies from art supply retail stores can be quite expensive. This should give you some good ideas for ways to save on art supplies while still maintaining your creative edge. •...

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  • Art Supplies: Canvases, Pads & Paper

    Art Supplies: Canvases, Pads & Paper

    As someone whose hobby is handmade crafts, particularly scrapbooks, I’ve learned firsthand how expensive art supply stores can be. This should give you some good ideas for ways to save on art supplies while still maintaining your creative edge. There are a lot of ways you...

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