Dumpster diving for art supplies! Woohoo!

[Blue]

So a small art store near my school went out of business and lost their lease. Out back.. the entire store lay in a dumpster. Obviously the employees took most of the good stuff, but i gotta tell you, i got REALLY dirty and salvaged at least up 500 bucks in paints, pencils, canvas rolls, sketchbooks and a shit load of other stuff. I just filled the back of my car and... well it was one of the happiest moments for me as an artist. So much so, i had to share. :bashful:

[Helzon]

Congrats!!...I hope your newly procured supplies serve you well. :painting:

[CaptainInsano]

i would have done the exact same thing!

hey, maybe you can donate some to that poor guy who got his car broken into?

oh well, you one lucky guy :)

[bwkeough]

which store was that? I could try to hit that dumpster on the way home from work if it isn't already empty.

[Blue]

Koenig's on dixwell ave. It is about a block away from paier college of art. :)

[asoir]

We want pics!

[Interceptor]

No one can say you did the wrong thing :)

[Blue]

We want pics!
i'll see what i can do. :wink:

[Flake]

We want pics!

Agreed.

I was going to post "Show us the booty!" then realised that could be interpreted the wrong way.

[Taj]

Im always happy after a session of this.

[bobthedinosaur]

oh man, i so wish that i had my truck and that there were art stores that went out of business near campus.

yeah. awesome work tho! kudos :yayca:

i can't get irc to work ever since i moved into my dorm :(

[Kittywolf13]

wow what luck! this town is too rich and snobby to ever do that. -_-; with my luck id get arrested. :/ oh well good fortune for you!! :)

[goldenavatar]

I think Bullet-tooth Tony said it best, "You lucky bastard."

[bwkeough]

anh, I didn't go. I realized that the only supplies I use are mechanical pencils and sketchbooks and I have plenty of both. but I hope you were able to grab some nice oil brushes for yourself!

[Magic Man]

I have this mental image of a post apocalyptic setting like in Escape from New York with artists searching for art supplies in mounds of rubbish rather than people searching for food.

[Denart]

I have this mental image of a post apocalyptic setting like in Escape from New York with artists searching for art supplies in mounds of rubbish rather than people searching for food.
hhahahaa

[Blue]

I got mostly paint.. all the GOOD paints were gone. I imagine the employees were intelligent and took dibs. But wow.. so much paper! The place did a lot of custom framing too, so i was able to get a lot of framing supplies.

I just need to borrow my buddy's digicam and i will show you my loot (and the dumpster for kicks). :bashful:

[poise]

hahah thats awesome! free supplies!! I bet people who saw you where wondering what the heck you were doing.
I would do the same thing, but first.. I would get in good with the employees at the store and beat them to it, laughing all the way home like a greedy loonatic :)