Bored of no boards

[avram]

It’s also pretty darn easy to drop $70 on, um, watercolor and illustration board, two brushes (including one I‘d never seen before — a “cat’s tongue”), three pads, breakfast, and a CD.

I’ve been shopping at Pearl Paint for over a decade, but I find I can‘t recommend it anymore. Its inventory has gone to the dogs — the 3rd floor selection of illustration board has been largely empty for the past few weeks (and when I asked, I was told it’s been like that for months). I’ve heard that the store has a new (and sucky), computer-based inventory system; I’ve also heard that they’re having cash-flow problems. I don’t know which, if either, of these accounts for the problem, and I don’t much care; I just know that I can’t rely on Pearl to stock what I need when I need it.

My new favorite art store? New York Central Art Supply, on Third Avenue, south of 11th St.

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[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with your analysis of Pearl Paint. I was there with filkerdave and callylevy about three months ago. We spent several hours in the store, owing in large part to the inefficiency of the layout.

I did however come away with a cheap $5ish set of oil paints and a small book of canvas thickness paper that's been allowing me to make small paintings at Wil's house.

*hugs*
LMG

[avram]

New York Central doesn’t have a much better layout, and it’s considerably smaller, and doesn’t have the range of stuff (like craft supplies) Pearl used to, but what it does have, it actually has. (I picked up more canvas boards and a couple of brushes at Utrecht today.)

<hugs> back.

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[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

That's a nice touch, having the things you want. I still want to find a moderately priced yarn shop in New York. Or that is, a moderately priced supply of yarn, it doesn't have to be a whole yarn shop, as those things tend to get annoyingly pricey. I miss Woolworths a great deal.