art supplies
Is there anything more splendid than receiving a box full of art supplies in the mail?
The joy of discovering blobs of pure color amongst the peanuts completely banishes the nagging guilt of overspending.
Yes, I would have got a better deal buying a pre-packaged set of colors - the landscape set, or the portrait set or just the general "artist colors" set. But each one only had a few colors that really sang to me, so I decided to buy just those colors instead.
And look! they each come with their own little sponge. I think I am going to need a mini laundry for all my sponges soon.
art supplies
art supplies
And here are my new Prismacolor Art Stix, along with some regular pencils to give you an idea of their size. They are very good for some loose scribbling and for covering a lot of paper in a short amount of time and for not getting bogged down by the details too quickly.