 As I'm sure most of you know art supplies are never cheap. It's really ridiculous considering the fact that most artists are not the billionaires of the world. This is why I buy all my art supplies online! The one great thing about websites is they don’t have all the overhead that art stores do. And there is a much better selection. You could go to your favorite art store in hopes of throwing your money away for there overpriced inventory only to find out that there out of that certain brand of painting medium that you like. Or you can check out many art stores online and find anything and everything that you need. Another reason why art supplies are so much cheaper online is that online stores are all competing against each other for your business. This may also be true for actual real world art stores, but they are usually at least a few miles away from each other. For example if you were to check your local yellow pages for art stores in your area, you’d be lucky to find ten stores within a reasonable driving distance, so what we have here (in the best case scenario) is ten art stores competing for your business. Now go online and search for “art supplies” on your favorite search engine. At the writing of this article I got 126,000,000 results on Goggle with that one query. So you tell me, where are you going to get the better deals? Millions of online art stores all competing for your business or 10 local stores that have the high overhead of paying rent for their storefronts. Don’t take my word for it, search online for your favorite brands that you have been overpaying for at your local art stores for years. I think you will be pleasantly surprised by your savings. Now maybe you will be able to afford those less essential things, like food and shelter. Another great thing about online shopping is that there are many sites that review supplies, and compare them against each other, so you can better judge not only price but also quality. So instead of overpaying for that overpriced watered down gesso- get the premium brand for less online. You can also buy in bulk online, and save even more. Another place to get great bulk deals is on EBay, if you are an online auction fan. The internet has many great ways to save money; all you have to do is look!
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