Stash Enhancement eXperience - denied :(

[dragonimp]

I have a lust for art supplies that goes beyond their objective usefulness. It doesn't matter that I have six untouched canvases at home, if I walk past a display of canvases I want some. If it's of drawing pads I want drawing pads, even though I have several. I have a full set of pencils and more mechanical pencils than I could use but if I walk past a display I want some (The ones I bought today were totally justified. No, really - PenAgain is awesome and I've been wanting ergonomic pencils ever since I found the pens. But that doesn't excuse lusting after pencils that are basically duplicates of ones I already have.) I've yet to get the hang of brush pens and never ink in anything but black, but when I saw a pack of 4 color Prismacolor brush pens I wanted them. Paints, pastels, markers, clay - hell, the cleaners get me excited (no, I haven't been sniffing them). This made things even more difficult when I thought I might have to give up art, walking by an art store was like double torture. Now it's just trying to justify the expense. (I want more pan pastels. And the proper tool for them, since I somehow missed it when I bought the first batch.)

I'd worry, except a lot of people do this with things like fabric and yarn. My stash tendencies just extend to, uh, pretty much anything to do with art.

(Triggered by walking through Office Depot - looking for laminating pouches, something completely unrelated - and getting caught by their relatively small display of art supplies that was basically a shrine to Prismacolor.)

Comments

[binaryalchemist.livejournal.com]

::nods:: Two words: MUSIC STORE. I crave instruments I can't even play!

[dragonimp.livejournal.com]

Lordy, I can only imagine how that would run up the tab XD at least most art supplies can be bought piecemeal!

[mayracs.livejournal.com]

oh my gosh! I have that exact chronic illness! I can't seem to Ever have enough sketch pads, never mind that I have 3 entirely blank ones on my bookshelf. and God! If I see a moleskin notebook at Borders its in my basket before I can even think about it. I also have a thing with Prismacolor markers in red, black and all the gray varieties. :FFF

We need help. ^_^;

perhaps we can start a support group or something XD

[dragonimp.livejournal.com]

I think I also just have a paper fetish ^^;. Walking by a display of notebooks is dangerous, especially moleskines. Markers.. all I can say is I'm lucky there's nowhere nearby that sells Copics! So far I've avoided buying Prismas because they don't have the large brush nib, but it's come close! But the pencils...

[mayracs.livejournal.com]

I also wish they had the large brush nib! whats wrong with them? :F

*makes a circle with the chairs so the meeting can start*