Cheap Joe's

I have become addicted to Cheap Joes Art Supplies: www.cheapjoes.com - The very expensive Windsor Newton Professiona Grade Watercolor Paint is MUCH LESS expensive there than at Aaron Brothers. I just got a very large tube of WN Scarlet Lake for $8.92 - This is far less than I would pay locally. This fabulous color wasn't even available at Aaron Brothers. Good quality paper is also way less at Cheap Joes than at the local stores. I'm trying out their own brand of watercolor paint in Phthalo Blue - since they didn't carry the WN kind. It was really a steal - a huge tube for $6.79. I see no reason to buy paint and paper anywhere else. I like to feel and hold brushes before I buy them, so I may still buy those locally. I have nearly every brush I need at the moment. But I will run out of paper and paint...I have created a WISH LIST at www.cheapjoes.com and I am happy to provide 8x10 prints of anything on the blog for the donation of a tube or two of paint. Just see the WISH LIST to know what colors I am using currently. Larger prints will require the donation of four or more tubes of paint since I have to put the files on a CD and take them out to a photo studio. Financial patronage of the arts is a longstanding tradition in all cultures.