I Love This!

I was in Target back at the beginning of the month (yeah, I know I'm a slacker when it comes to posting. Sue me.) and saw this. As both an artist, and art teacher, I think this is awesome! Campbell's soup has done a 50th anniversary tribute to Andy Warhol's famous print by releasing limited edition cans of their tomato soup in his style. My only regret is not buying a can. I totally should have.

Is It Too Much To Ask?

Oh Pearl, where have you gone? I long for the days you lived on South Street and I would give my mother a heart attack walking past stores like The Condom Kingdom and The Erogenous Zone to get to you. The people who worked there also had, at very least, a basic knowledge of art & the products they sold. They comprehended words like nib, caliper, rapidograph, Arches, Canson, Reaves, hot pressed, cold pressed, gesso, Turpenoid and Prismacolour.

Now, I am forced to shop at stores (which will remain nameless, but I'm sure you know which two I'm probably talking about) where most of their supplies are for crafting. The selection of canvases is at best reduced to 11x14, 16X20 and 18x24. Forget any unusual sizes. Brushes are often incorrectly stocked (in fact, there is an associate at one anonymous store who loves to stock the brushes in their bins bristle side down. I cringe at the atrocity committed against these poor, defenseless brushes.) Oil & watercolour paints are reduced to a tiny selection, and usually only one brand. Acrylics mostly come in the cheap, plastic tubes for .50-.99 cents depending on their quality, and gouache...what is this gouache business? Isn't that some Hungarian noodle dish? And when you buy paper, they love to fold, bend and coil it into the oblivion. (Again, I cringe.) Other than that, it's aisles and aisles of cheap "do it yourself" stuff, picture frames, home decor and floral arrangements.
Sigh.
Is it too much to ask for an art store that actually sells art supplies?

Anyway, I digress...