I live in a small town, but there's a small art supply store here that also does paint-your-own ceramics (which I suspect is what pays the bills). They can order most things and their prices are reasonable, so you might want to do some digging and see if there's anything nearby.

For mail order, Jerry's Artorama, Cheap Joes (RIP - they're in the process of closing their doors), Dick Blick, etc.

I've found some things at St. Louis Art Supply for a good price, as well. https://shop.stlartsupply.com/

Block art materials is a reliable website to order from in the us. I don’t have any specific brand recs though

Blick's art supplies is good but the paint markers I like from them are Acrea and they're $20 for a 6 pen set, also Shuttle Arts has some good cheap acrylic painter markers.

Cheap Joes, Jerry's Artarama, Dick Blick Happy painting!

I love dickblick!!! They're great

Tempera paint- cheap by the jug. Black, white, and burnt sienna is all you need for contrast and warm/cool action. Get a big roll of paper and you’re in business.

Charcoal! Dirt cheap and easy to enjoy. You can draw on cardboard or newsprint. You can wander the streets and make street art along the avenues. You can just doodle for fun.

ohuhu alcohol markers are actually great to work with, on canson mixed media paper!

I like using ballpoint pens and highlighters for random doodles. Adding some pops of color can make the doodles a lot more interesting.

The dollar store my beloved

Honestly I love getting old supplies from friends/family and I love going to discount stores and finding whatever unbranded pack of 75 colored pencils they have. The thrift store craft section always has some treasures, and one cannot ignore the humble pen found in a parking lot

That's priceless advice for someone just starting out - thanks for sharing. I had a similar experience with Royal Talens Van Goghs - a tiny bit more expensive than your Pentels but, a year on, I wouldn't part with them for the world. I've added a few NeoPastels and was kindly gifted a lovely set of Senneliers, but the Van Goghs still make up 90% of all the pics I do. You really don't need to break the bank to have some fun being creative!

I have oil pastels from several brands and I also was pleasantly surprised about how good the Pentels are. They really do blend quite well and look nice. The price can't be beaten either and back here they're available quite widely in the shops. So it's thumps up from me too.

Pentels are better than they're given credit for imo, I've seen some gorgeous work made with Pentels alone on this sub and I've found use for them in my collection of pastels. I have various sorts but Pentels were the first decent ones I bought (craft store brand ones are so much worse in comparison), I use them for a base layer, simple background or just by themselves if I just want to make a quick piece

Another that's surprisingly good is Crayola, the downside is the available colours are very limited but they're a lot creamier and more pigmented than you'd expect

Edit a day later: For those put off by the funky smell Pentels have I found leaving the box open somewhere for a few hours helped, haven't had a problem with the smell since

It's rare but some stores sell tested used oil paints for super cheap! I've Been Framed in Portland Oregon does and it's an amazing way to get great pigments from good brands for $2-5 a tube. Last time I was down there I walked out with an unopened Viridian for $4 and a barely used Cobalt Blue for $4.50. It's a grab bag of brands.

Estate sales can have hidden gems. Lots of families won’t have another artist interested in the supplies.

google how to make it yourself using a base and pigments for example. or whatever recipes there are. look for off brand oil paints using google and shop online.

you could even paint larger parts in budget oil paint, and use the more expensive ones for the accents,

You could try out digital painting, it's free if you use software like Krita for example and many have learnt to draw with a mouse first. Personally after trying it out with a mouse I got a drawing tablet on facebook marketplace for around 30 bucks but I've seen some for a lot cheaper too. And they last for years. If you want physical paints etc though you could still try out looking for them at facebook marketplace.

I've been to a few dollar stores with surprisingly extensive craft sections, with multiple kinds of paints, brushes, canvases, palettes, etc. Not every location has all that stuff in stock, but the ones that do have a lot to choose from. Considering it's a dollar store. It's not all going to be the highest quality materials, but it's better than nothing when all you want to do is paint.

Format - aber der Laden ist absolut megateuer.

Ich empfehle einen Besuch bei Bösner in Frankfurt - Riesenladen, haben alles und sind günstiger.

Format Heidelberger Landstraße ist zu empfehlen

Falls du an der LiWi studierst, gibt es noch den Papierladen in der ULB, der einiges für Studienzwecke verkauft (technisches Zeichnen, Modellbau etc.)

Definitiv Format in der Heidelberger Straße, direkt an der Haltestelle „Prinz-Emil-Garten“

Weiss nicht ob die alles haben was du suchst, aber Karl-Gieselberg Schreibwaren ( http://gieselberg-schreibwaren.de/ ) beim Luisenplatz haben meine ich im zweiten Stock einiges an Kunstbedarf. Zumindest Leinwände habe ich da schon mal gekauft.

Und zumindest für Stifte/Papier könnte das Format in der Heidelberger Straße 63 die gewünschte Auswahl bieten.

My favorite pencil at the moment!!

I for a budget option, I would recommend the Faber Castell Black Edition - sets come in up to 100 colours, and they are good value for money in a lot of countries.

I feel like I’m beating a dead horse with all my posts of love. But black widow pencils. They come in sets. I believe to get all the sets will put the price about the same as a full set of prismacolor in the US (I know overseas they are a lot more).

I have fancy pencils: polychromos, prisma, albrechet durer etc. I grab my black widows so often. The colors are unique and amazing.

I have, or have had, all of the pencils you've listed.

My absolute favourites are the Winsor & Newtons. 🥰🥰

I think Faber-Castell makes good budget pencils-- and I vastly prefer them to Polychromos --, but so do other respected/legacy art supply companies (like, from outside of your list, Cretacolor, Lyra, Bruynzeel).

While I love the W&Ns, their range is sadly very basic and limited. Out of cheap pencils, Koh-I-Noor Polycolors are amazing. Their price varies a lot, though. I paid less than 50 cents per pencil for my set, but I know in some places they can go as high as 4 times that.

I don't have any of those you mentioned. I really like FC's student grade Black Edition. They look GREAT on black paper. Nicely pigmented and soft.

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i have some stadtlers, and they are good enough. you can get a small set for cheap, and a bigger one for not that much. they have a few lines, a soft line. i just have the standard set.

Online: Jerry’s Artarama, Blicks, occasionally Cheap Joe’s. I actually have a brick & mortar, Jerry’s Artarama within driving distance. For those in the NYC area who are old enough to remember it, I really miss going to Pearl Paints. Way more than everything you could want in one place.

St. Louis Art Supplies. I like them because I don’t have to pay sales tax, they stock lots of inks and pens, some unus supplies and priced are reasonable.

Michael's

Walmart. Its all we got in kc. Anything we buy online gets stolen as soon as its delivered

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What hell is that did she become Yandere or something?

I think art is not about how much you spend. Is about the artist not the tools so i think any tools work. I personaly use pencils for everythink and some times color pencil.