{"id":67538,"date":"2022-03-07T14:20:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T14:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artspainter.com\/?p=67538"},"modified":"2022-03-07T14:20:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T14:20:52","slug":"get-free-art-art-supplies-tools-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artspainter.com\/blog\/get-free-art-art-supplies-tools-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Free Art Art Supplies, Tools and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=300vh src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sPJyPBx4TJs?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1\"><\/iframe>Have you ever wanted to start drawing or painting but can&#8217;t afford the art supplies? I know that has been the case for me. I really want to get better at drawing and painting but sometimes it&#8217;s hard when you are working with crayons and construction paper. Sometimes you just want to create something beautiful without having to worry if you have the right tools. This is why I was happy to find this website called Free Arts &#038; Crafts. On this website they have tons of art supplies, tools, crafts and other things so that you can create whatever you want. It&#8217;s all free! There are lots of different things like paintings of famous paintings, pictures, postcards, videos and so much more. They even have instructional videos on how to draw a variety of different things.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to get free art supplies is to use coupons. You can get coupons by signing up to receive the Sunday paper, or by signing up with your local grocery store&#8217;s newsletter. When you use these coupons, and combine them with sales, you can usually get a good deal on art supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Toner cartridges can be expensive, but if you have a printer that uses toner, you can save money on cartridges by buying them online through websites like Toner Monkey and 4inkjets.**<\/p>\n<p>These sites offer new and remanufactured toner cartridges at a lower price than retail stores. They also offer free shipping when you buy more than one item.<\/p>\n<p>Toaster ovens are a good way to save money as well. They are great for cooking small meals quickly, and they can also be used for crafts projects like polymer clay.<\/p>\n<p>Toner Monkey offers a variety of small appliances at affordable prices. If you buy more than one appliance on the site, you may qualify for free shipping.*<\/p>\n<p>Art can be expensive, but there are things you can do to reduce the cost of your creative life. Here is a list of resources that will help you get art supplies without breaking the bank.<\/p>\n<p>Free Art Supplies<\/p>\n<p>There are many places you can go to get free art supplies:<\/p>\n<p>1. Freecycle<\/p>\n<p>Freecycle is an international network of people who offer and seek out hand-me-downs for free. It is totally grassroots, and totally anonymous. No money changes hands, and there are no fees involved in joining or using the network. You can find out about Freecycle in your own area by searching online (or even just by asking around). There&#8217;s a local group for artists in Los Angeles, for example. While many items are not art supplies, some are, so it&#8217;s worth checking out if you&#8217;re low on cash. Some local groups have restrictions on what is allowed and what isn&#8217;t: for example, you won&#8217;t be allowed to post &#8220;mass market&#8221; books or small appliances. But paper, canvas, paint and other supplies are often welcomed. I&#8217;ve also seen large pieces of foamcore used as backing boards (so they don&#8217;t get thrown away) or cut into smaller pieces to use as disposable palette boards at plein air painting<\/p>\n<p>Art Supplies Are Expensive!<\/p>\n<p>Art supplies are one of the biggest expenses in art. So, how to get art supplies for free?<\/p>\n<p>You can get free art supplies from many places, like your local library and school. Most libraries have a selection of art books and magazines you can take out. And many schools have a supply of easels, paper, pencils and other art supplies available to students.<\/p>\n<p>The way to get free art supplies is to have friends who work at art stores. If you don&#8217;t have any, you can call the store and ask if there are any artists in the area who are looking for supplies. It doesn&#8217;t hurt to tell them you&#8217;re a student or a starving artist.<\/p>\n<p>If they say they aren&#8217;t giving away anything, ask them if they want an artist to do some paintings or sculptures on consignment. If they say yes, give them your address and tell them to send you whatever they would usually give away.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to get free art supplies is by working at an art store yourself. You&#8217;ll probably end up with enough to last you through grad school and beyond!<\/p>\n<p>Artists can find the best deals online, and it&#8217;s possible to get art supplies for little or no money. The trick is knowing how to find them.<\/p>\n<p>Before you begin, make a plan for what you want in your studio. Work out what you need, and how much you can spend on each item. Plan your purchases in advance and make sure that you only buy what you really need.<\/p>\n<p>The Internet allows users to shop at any time of day or night, meaning that costs are less likely to be influenced by peak demand. It also provides greater access to goods from all over the world, resulting in lower prices as competition increases.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, shopping online has the added advantage of making it easier to find the exact products that you&#8217;re looking for. Indeed, if you can&#8217;t find something that&#8217;s available in a physical store, it&#8217;s highly likely that an online retailer will have it in stock.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After all, I figured, why not? What could it hurt? I already had a blog about my writing, and I&#8217;d been published in a few places. Why not have a blog about art?<\/p>\n<p>Here are the reasons. The biggest one is that art is subjective. If you write about science, you&#8217;re writing about objective facts\u2014things that can be tested and proven. If you write about art, you&#8217;re writing about opinions and preferences\u2014all of which may be well-informed or ill-informed, but still subjective.<\/p>\n<p>You will always have to make judgments about what&#8217;s good and bad. You&#8217;ll get pushback from people who disagree with you. It&#8217;s like politics in that way. Which makes sense: art is emotional; politics is emotional; so they&#8217;re related to each other in that way too.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s another reason why art blogging is kind of tricky. That&#8217;s because if you try to make money at it, it gets really tricky really fast.* If someone on the Internet says something negative about your book or your movie or your painting, he&#8217;s just one more anonymous voice in the crowd. 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