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I just found the most amazing art store right around the corner from me. I had noticed it a few weeks ago but hadn't gotten a chance to poke into it yet, so today was the day, and wooo boy, it was much larger and way more comprehensive than I anticipated. They had *everything* an artist could want: oil paints, acryllics, watercolors, oil pastels, soft pastels, brushes, canvas, stretchers, card stock, beautiful decorative papers, origami papers, hand-made papers, sketch pads, quality watercolor hot and cold pressed papers, glitter, molding putty, drafting supplies, colored pencils, charcoal, conte, markers etc. etc. The store was so much bigger than I had anticipated--it just kept going and going, from one little room to the next. It's sort of like discovering you have a gold mine in your back yard.
A few weeks ago I went into the city to buy some fabric ribbon and fabric paint, which was an enormous schlep, and the store I finally found wasn't even half so nice as the store that's *right* across the street from me, which also had fabric paints and ribbon. Honestly. My favorite art store in the world is Lee's art store, which is located in NYC on 57th St. inbetween 7th Ave. and Broadway, but this little Chiswick store is now my second favorite--not so little, really. Anyone in London looking for a GREAT art store, come to Chiswick. :-D
A few weeks ago I went into the city to buy some fabric ribbon and fabric paint, which was an enormous schlep, and the store I finally found wasn't even half so nice as the store that's *right* across the street from me, which also had fabric paints and ribbon. Honestly. My favorite art store in the world is Lee's art store, which is located in NYC on 57th St. inbetween 7th Ave. and Broadway, but this little Chiswick store is now my second favorite--not so little, really. Anyone in London looking for a GREAT art store, come to Chiswick. :-D