by Noella Noelophile®
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“Mom! I need paint for art class!”
“When, honey?”
“Tomorrow…”
Ah, the joys of back-to-school.
I still remember walking to the main street of the small town where we lived, to buy pencils, pens, erasers and such at the local bargain store. These were very basic! Think: classic black-and-white composition notebooks with their marbled patterns on the front.
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I think they cost about 99 cents…a very long time ago.
Today, with rising prices, it’s good to get to save on school and art supplies.
Pre-pandemic, I loved to go to Blick Art Materials, in Pasadena. I still love their products!
Here are a couple of their current specials:
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Their “Most-Loved Art Supplies” include acrylic paint, listed on their website at 20% off list price;
Their “Blick Canvas Sale” runs from now through August 25th;
AND, they offer $5 off orders of $50 and up, and $10 off orders of $100 and up (some exclusions apply).
Meanwhile, if you happen to be an art teacher, here’s treasure.
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Blick offers free lesson plans for art education! As well as classroom essentials like construction paper, tempera paint and classic felt sheets for craft projects.
A quick look at their free lesson plans reveal abstract pressed landscapes for grades K through 12. And colorful, Japanese-inspired block-print flying fish, or koinobori. for grades 5 and up. As well as African clay boxes in animal shapes, three-dimensional burlap figures, and batik T-shirts for older students.
Happy new semester, to you and all your favorite learners–in or out of the classroom! May this new school year be full of fun and creativity.