Discount Art Supplies

I used to get in my car and just drive around looking for discount art supplies. I was a starving artist then. I'm not much more than that now. But now, at least I get enough commissions to pay the bills. Nothing big. Just a painting here and there. Sometimes a portrait, sometimes their favorite video game character. Whatever anyone wants, I paint for them. Freelancing can get rough, living from month to month, not knowing where the next paycheck is coming from. But it's the life I trained to live. Deep down it makes me happy. I wish things were more steady though.

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Airbrush Compressor Air Brush Dual Action Nail Cake Art Stencil Tattoo Pro Kit $79.95 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:36:13 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Unfinished Wood Dinosaur Hooks New Unfinished Ready to Paint $0.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:36:17 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

ACRYLIC PAINTS 18 PIECE PAINT SET w PALETTE KNIVES $10.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:36:17 PST Buy It Now for only: $12.99 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list

STENCIL Trio Smile Laugh Be Silly Fun Kids Happy Blocks $11.95 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:36:55 PST Buy It Now for only: $11.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list

Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Paint 2oz Transparent Viridian Hue LHB 327 $14.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:37:03 PST Buy It Now for only: $14.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list

NEW Testors Inca Gold One Coat Lacquer 3oz Spray Can Paint 1839M $5.06 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:37:19 PST Buy It Now for only: $5.06 Buy It Now | Add to watch list

Alaskan Caribou Skull Plate Educational Cross Section $27.00 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:37:33 PST Buy It Now for only: $27.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list

Petal Design Plastic 10 Compartment Watercolor Paint Palette Tray $4.19 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:37:52 PST Buy It Now for only: $4.19 Buy It Now | Add to watch list

Unfinished Wood Mini Bottles 2 Pack New Ready to Paint $0.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:37:55 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

T shirt Airbrushing Start to Finish video DVD by Badger $9.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:38:00 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Yudu Primary Inks 3 Pack Brand New Ready To Ship $11.00 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:38:28 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Pickett Cutting Mat 12x18in Perfect for X ACTO Knife use $2.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:38:30 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Wood Decorative Tole Painting Book All About Teddy Bears by Pat Wakefield 1998 $9.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:38:34 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

GRAHAM 8 OZ WALNUT OIL MEDIUM FOR OIL PAINTS NEW $8.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:38:41 PST Buy It Now for only: $9.99 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list

NEW Testors Flaming Orange One Coat Lacquer 3oz Spray Can Paint 1840M $5.06 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:38:48 PST Buy It Now for only: $5.06 Buy It Now | Add to watch list

LOT of 3 Blank Art Canvas 8 x 10 $5.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:38:53 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Shovel Alaskan Caribou Antler Raw Section Artwork Deco $11.00 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:39:24 PST Buy It Now for only: $11.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list

WATERCOLOR PAINTS 6 TUBE PAINT SET NEW $3.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:39:28 PST Buy It Now for only: $4.99 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list

AIRBRUSH HOSE FITTING NIPPLE 1 8 MALE 1 4 FEMALE BSP $2.75 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:39:34 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

6 PIECE DRAFTING SET W COMPASS TRIANGLES PROTRACTOR $3.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:40:04 PST Buy It Now for only: $4.99 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list

Grog Metal Head Marker $7.95 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:40:08 PST Buy It Now for only: $7.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list

NEW 5 AIRBRUSH NAIL STENCIL PATTERN SHEET KIT SET 11 15 $5.99 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:40:27 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Airbrushing System Dual Action Air Brush Compressor Kit $94.95 End Date: Wednesday Feb-22-2012 17:40:28 PST Buy It Now for only: $94.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list

We don't always get the to live the dream the way we wanted to. I'm not complaining though. Even if I'm forced to look until I find discount art supplies at a price I can afford, I wouldn't complain. That's my philosophy. It's because I know that even with the need for discount art supplies, I'm doing what it is I wanted to do with my life. Not everyone gets to live their dream at all. I can appreciate what I have. I think that's a great thing. Some people can't do that either. They always want more. They're never satisfied with anything. If you live your life that way, then you'll wind up never enjoying what you have. That's a tragic thought for me.

I would take my life of struggle and discount art supplies over a soulless office job any day of the week. That's not to say that a position in an office has to be that way. I say that if that's what you wanted to do with your life, whether it's for the money or for the love, then go for it. Do what fulfills you, you know. That's what's really important at the end of the day. It's not whether I'm experiencing the fairy tale life. Cause there's the way I imagined this road to be when I was a youngster, which didn't involve the struggle or the discount art supplies. Then there's the way things really are. The real world where you have to fight for the life you want to live. Where it doesn't just work out perfectly. But the great thing is that I was lucky enough for it to work out.

I get to paint for a living. How cool is that. I gave up on looking for the things that I need to do it all over town. Now I just have them delivered. It's easier. Besides, I had to give up my car. It wa too hard to make ends meet while paying for it month after month. And in this town, I don't really need one. The trains and buses are pretty good. They run all day and all night and connect me to the entire city. So now I don't drive. I get my discount art supplies delivered, and I stay home and I paint as much as I can. And every day's my day off. Because I love what I do.