#dollar store art supplies

[yellowmelle]

Latest video on youtube, I got bored and challenged myself to make a watercolour painting using only dollar store art supplies.

Conclusion, dollar store watercolor is gooey and weird!

[babyspacebatclone]

It’s nap time so the light’s bad, but here you go!

Please don’t tear off the paper!

just like.....the bizarre vitriolic hatred i see on here for autistic ppl who like "childish" things made for little kids is so frustrating and heartbreaking to me. allistics already hate us and infantilize us, so they see an autistic person who happen to like something "childish" and mock us for it.

but what really breaks my heart is seeing OTHER autistic ppl who think of themselves as being "better" than those who like "childish" things and make fun of them bc theyve been taught to hate by an ableist society. doesnt it get exhausting. doesnt it hurt inside to be full of the lies and hatred neurotypicals taught you. doesnt it hurt to take out that hatred on your fellow autistic ppl, to mock them for something that allistics already mock them for. why. why do you do this. who did this to you.

[elizakai]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @tuxibirdie!!!! 💫🌸✨

You deserve all of the birthday loves 🥺

(sorry for the doodle…I had something else planned :,) anyways I charmed the hospital staff into bringing me SOMETHING and they had like dollar store art supplies so 😎✨)

[mothscotch]

som sketchbook doodles

i got an eraser today after not having one for a month yippie (if u can see where i tried to erase and failed uh no you cant<3

+ me having to use my computer as a light to see my sketchbook

[ovytia-art]

Did something new for the traditional media challenge! I’m a little late, but I’m satisfied with the final results despite running into a bunch of issues with the mediums I used.

DannyMay Masterlist

[dimsilver]

☀️

[rainphee]

you can just leave a college class. you can just leave it

[fox-guardian]

had a very good day today :3

[bumblebeerror]

Good news guys I did the science for y’all and have confirmed that it’s still really fun to finger paint even when you’re 26

Con: you do have to be the one cleaning up but if you’re better than me at laying down newspapers you probably won’t be awake till six am doing that like I am 👍

[pinkpalmingo]

i got a pack of 72 prismacolors for christmas im having the time of my life! ive never had such nice colored pencils they write sooo smooth

[jovialturtleface]

I got better paints and am having a generally better time at painting stuff.

[libraford]

The word 'rural' is in the public consciousness again and every time people start going in about the 'rural values' 'rural way of life' I remember just how subjective that word is.

I have a friend that lives in LA. He considers Columbus, OH to be 'rural.' A population of over 900k. Thriving arts community, tons of culture festivals, every kind of restaurant you can think of, one of the most annoying college campuses ever, several smaller colleges, lots of queer spaces, comic book conventions, huge concerts... rural.

The town I live in considers itself 'rural.' 38k population. Arts festival every year, a small pride celebration, monthly gallery hop, big Halloween festival. Five ice cream shops, three coffee shops, a couple fancy bars, so many grocery stores. Huge library, conservation and sustainability advocates, queer spaces, a hospital, one private college. Rural.

The town we nearly annexed, but lost the deal considers us 'urban' compared to them. Less than 5k. They have a limited hospital, often send their surgeries here. Downtown has hardware store, bars, craft supply store, a couple grocery stores, pizza places. There's some farmland, but much of the square acreage is golf. Mega churches. The houses here are 500k. Most people drive ATVs. They have a handful of festivals in the summer.

A town I would often get sent to to cover their high school sports- a little over 2k. There's a Subway, a Domino's, Family Dollar. Some bars, some corner stores. Some local crafts. All the students grow up knowing each other, most of them stay there. But they have craft fairs and art galleries, still.

Less rural still than the town I go through to get there, population of around 600. Houses, farmland, post office, general store.

Who would still look down upon the town of about 400 that I would go to sometimes- post office. Gas station. Bar. The school is the only big thing there.

And yet still, I have seen towns with population in the double digits that have a church and a post office.

Even just looking at the numbers doesn't lend accuracy to what 'rural' actually looks like. Because this is what it looks like in ohio, but it's different in West Virginia- where your closest neighbor might be a mile down a hill. Or in Montana, where your town might be planned very tightly and your neighbors are very close, but the nearest grocery store is an hour and a half away. These are places I've been, friends that I've talked to. I've never been to Missouri or Alabama or Louisiana- I'm sure they have a unique experience of being 'rural.'

So my point is that when people talk about 'the rural experience' or 'rural values,' they are talking about millions of people across the entire country who all have lived unique lives- and who may not even agree on what 'rural' is.

Think about who is talking, and who is being talked over, and who isn't even being asked to join the conversation.

[ratspider]

i hate that thing i do where i prioritize drawing/painting/sculpture above like every other form of art. like if i fill a sketchbook that's more of an accomplishment than this cool hat i made. maybe the equivalent to that is crafting an entire outfit down to making the pattern myself. or filling a box with Stuff I Sewed. idk, i think drawing is just valued so so so much online and i watch all those sketchbook tours and i'm like Wow! these people are so motivated and these sketchbooks are so cool and filled with personality and just. so dense with creativity and I Wish I Could Do That but i already do. i just don't do the 'one sketchbook a month' thing. i have The Yearning but not the drive to draw that much and i need to just value what i'm already doing that's easy for me to do right now.

[dandyshucks]

i love using dollar store and other easily acquired supplies for art because then I can very truthfully and genuinely tell people "hey! you can do this too!" when they tell me they could never make smth like what I've made !!! also because i am poor and live rural but even if i had money to spare and lived in a city I'd still largely get easily acquired items so i know that my art-making process is accessible to many!!!

[bnuggs]

Bug! Bug! Bug!

I have no name for this oc(?)

She's just a silly little creature

[shortnsweetsposts]

Scenario: You and Damian went to an art store together to get some supplies for y'alls school projects. You had to go to a different aisle to grab your supplies but when you came back, you were shocked to learn that Damian had added almost a grand worth of art supplies to the cart.

Bat!reader: I left you alone for 5 minutes and you spent 873 dollars??

*Damian smirked*: You left me alone in an art store.