Hello everyone, here's my dilemma:
I love work on art projects, especially oil painting. However, it seems that art stores and companies really rake it in on art supplies, charging multiple factors more for something than its true cost. This makes art an expensive hobby. Just look at paint brushes - many paint brushes are $9 per brush (absolutely ludicrous). Or canvas might be $8 per pre-stretched canvas. Oil paints themselves are usually quite pricey for small tubes of paint.
One thing I found is a site (
www.naturalpigments.com) that sells pure pigments, so you can make your own paints.. I think this will save much money for me.
I'm trying to find cheap canvas (looking into synthetic or even hemp canvases now..)
If anyone has good tricks on where to find art supplies for cheaper than the normal channels, let us know!