Artist Problems - Art Supply Hoarding

[@JerrysArtarama]

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[@RhomanysRealm]

I'm not a hoarder. I just buy things at a faster rate than I can use them up. >.> See-through storage is definitely the best way to make sure you see and use your supplies regularly.

[@why-bless-your-heart2040]

But if I use the art supplies then I use them up on bad drawings and then when I can draw good drawings then I won't have any more art supplies. If I just keep all of my art supplies nice and safe then some day they'll infect me with their magic and I'll be able to use them to draw nice pictures.

[@JerrysArtarama]

+Why-bless-your-heart OMG- you are so right. The Catch 22 of it all!

[@saranjames3109]

I agree

[@stayinglowlow]

This is me.

[@evacocinarosa]

OMG, it's just the same for me!

[@milo1685]

Same That's why I have some "bad" supplies around for bad drawings

[@JournalArtista]

My name is Paula and I'm an art supply hoarder.

[@JerrysArtarama]

+JournalArtista Welcome to the support group :-)

[@SourToast00]

+JournalArtista Good, the first step to solving a problem is admitting you have a problem ;)

[@jmeyer3rn]

+JournalArtista Honestly I didn't even see this entry.

[@Bluebirdray]

JournalArtista My name is Paula I also am an art supply hourder

[@cannedmusic]

Hi, my name is David, and I fell in love with ShinHan oil...I tried a little one day, found the colours were beautiful. I then found myself adding a new ShinHan colour, or two, to each order...

[@dizzymaiden]

Hoarding is my way to procrastinate- if I "don't" have something I stop and obsess about. Great 👍🏻 video! RELEVANT

[@haicautrang5304]

It's all stuff I want to eventually try out.

[@Jh838slc]

Yep, I definitely have a problem. I watched this video in hopes of finding a solution to this problem and instead I found myself looking at Google images of giant art supply hoards and basically salivating.

[@loisbb]

Yup, I am an art and craft supplies hoarder. It is worse when it includes the fabric stash, the yarn stash, the bead stash and even the fleece for spinning stash on top of the paint, paper and pens. :-)

[@JerrysArtarama]

+Lois Blood Bennett Now you are describing my wife! She recently took up knitting and now we are making special trips to the Container Store!

[@larkeldarian]

Yep I also have a large yarn and craft stash as well as my art materials...lol

[@saritaventer5942]

I bought and hoarded tons of art stuff over a long period. Even opened a small well supplied store - not from my hoard. And then disaster struck. I became very ill and eventually were medically boarded. I now receive a small pension and can maybe buy stuff once a year. But I have my hoard and how grateful I am that I did not listen to each and everyone's opinion on doing it away. I would have been stuck in bed with nothing to do. Think carefully because waste not is want not.

[@greylance473]

I started collecting artsy supplies about 6-7 years before I retired as knew I'd be on a limited budget. So glad I did. Family and friends accused me of hoarding but I considered it "planning ahead."

[@toomuchsara42]

I'm a very late-blooming beginning artist. I think the reason that I hoard art supplies is that I'm waiting for when when my skills or a certain project seems "worthy" of using them. It's like what you described in one of your other videos about new sketchbook syndrome. (I have that too.) I'm afraid of messing them up or wasting them. It's silly. I know. Buying art supplies is well within my comfort zone, but using them is another story. I'm working on it. :)

[@reytard2092]

I feel you it’s like yeah I don’t need an entire set of lightfast colored pencils because no one is buying my stuff......yet but eventually they might ND I WILL HAVE THEM FOR THAT TIME or scenario 2. What if I am actually a really good artist however but only in liquid acrylic gouache so therefore I need to buy an entire set of them in order for my talent to blossom and they must be the best and most expensive .Maybe it is the scenario 3 is I have 5 copics and this limited range makes my art suck so when I get 350 markers my art will be amazing and as result be neck deep in the finest sexual partners I just need those copies

[@nicokopf9502]

Rearranging art supplies is great for procrastination. No problem here, move along.

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

Art supplies in my craft room , gives my a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. I feel my creativity is inspired with a variety mediums and supply's at my finger tips . Today could be the day I have a break through with ??? The sky is my limit.

[@WeblightDreams]

Very true. I'm an art supply hoarder. At one point I had over 50 canvases, several canvas pads, watercolor pads, wooden frames, etc. I have some of my canvases to my niece as well as paints. But found myself back where I had been. So now I limit or stay away from buying supplies until I finish them. Been painting a lot lately and have made some leeway in diminishing the extra supplies.

[@sweetboo1022]

Guilty as charged. I love being surrounded by colors. I used to collect pretty nail polishes but now I love all my pretty art supplies. But ur right, using them is the best.

[@liahjo663]

it makes me happy to see all of the organized colors

[@joannaskor316]

My problem is that I get inspired by all your videos, jot down the supplies I need and then can't remember what I wanted them for when I go to the store or am looking through an art store website. So I solved the problem by ......getting a bigger piece of paper and jotting down the art supplies and making a note next to them what technique I want them for and where I saw. There. Problem solved :) Oh and I told my husband that I will hoard all my supplies in a box out of the way, and he told me to stop calling our house a box! ahahaha!

[@anthyeacablinda638]

I hoard because the art store is far far away from me and I always feel like my materials would run out and I wouldn't get the chance to buy new ones until after a long amount of time

[@neikaplay]

I hoard art supplies because when I am about to begin a new series of work purchasing special materials help inspire and motivate me. Mechanical pencils and coloured pencils are my weakness.

[@marlisetp]

Started hoarding when I was doing presentation graphics on the computer years -- and could expense them. Now I'm on Social Insecurity, so I'm glad I did that, except that Amazon has so many fun things. However, now at 76, I call it art therapy and fit them into the telephone booth I live in. Just a matter of priorities. Thanks for your fun videos!

[@amymclaughlin1201]

I'm the heir of a hoarder, she's still with but hasn't done any art since my Dad passed. She had oils which she stopped using in the '70's. She was told not to mix brands of acrylics, she had at least 6 different ones plus a starter pack of water soluble oils (unopened) then she got into alkyds exclusively. I just unearthed a really cool Grumbacher watercolor palette with hard as rock tubes (I never knew she watercolored) plus assorted boxes of soft and oil pastels. One dating back to high school and an identical box unused. Dip pens, never sharpened pencils, 2 sets of watercolor pencils etc, etc I'm just learning and I've bought several things I clearly didn't need to like my own watercolor pencils and pastels. My niece is into oils so I found a home for them

[@MagicalBevanna]

I'm on a fixed income, having had to take early retirement due to being injured at work. So, I picked up my art again, around 18 months ago, serious drawing and Painting started around 5 months ago. I save, I then buy the best I can afford. Yes they're professional grade, oils and acrylic paints. Why? They go further, and the pigments are truly beautiful and inspiring. I've tried student paints, and ended up giving them away. Its my birthday this week, and my partner has bought me art supplies. The art pad I'm running my hand over, is an A2, the paper is thick and creamy,I heavy and lightly toothy to the touch. Oh boy!! Its gorgeous.. My prismacolours are on their way as are my new acrylic paints. I alternate between oil and Acrylics. I also use pencils, both. Graphite and coloured. With polymer clay as a crafty medium. My one thing I hoard are Brushes. I love them, having the right brush can give an effect that make your paintings pop. I've given a lot of my first brushes away to my friends lad, at 11 he's starting High School this September. So he returned home with all the cheaper supplies I purchased when I first began art again. As I have an art degree means the knowledge Base was still strong. I didn't want to buy expensive supplies at that time incase I decided not to continue. Today I bought 6 more brushes. All Hog hair, now I have to use them. 😊Like my new pad, pencils, markers and mediums I've had bought me.. 😓 scary.. Lol

[@cierstrife8802]

When I was still back at school I could swap between welding, painting, or what have you at the drop of a hat. After graduating I was left alone with my pencils and my sketch book and it was lonely. I felt restricted by my lack of creative outlets. It didn't help I worked at an art supply store, but slowly collecting and hoarding my supplies allowed me to wake up and say 'today I'm going to get back into figure drawing and finish soldering that thing I started last month". I don't have to get up like "yeah, I'd love to work on figure drawing, but I only have metal working tools", and then dejectedly go and watch TV while great works pass me by, just because I was having artists block on the metal. That's why I hoard.

[@Danadane314]

I have found my tribe!!! LOL!!!

[@simplethingsbykathy1]

My name is Kathy and in my hand I hold a coupon, 40% of any regular priced item in ENTIRE store, today only!!!! hold me back!!!!!

[@kelymknowles1]

+simplethingsbykathy1 You're not even funny. I drag a family member, usually mom, to 2 dif art stores at least 5 times a week and only buy what we can get w/our coupons at each store. Hey..that adds up though. 2x2=4x5=20 items a week!! At 50 off?? Heck Yeah! Honestly though, Every bit of it gets used.

[@casswms]

You must be in a Michael's, LOL.

[@saranjames3109]

lmao. just when you want out that darn store just waves candy in your face in the form of a beautiful, can't resist it, only for today .. coupon.

[@casswms]

LOL!

[@candacebuck61]

That's how it starts...

[@KathySpiersSilverKat]

I admit I hoard but with good reason: I am poor and retired so very little money for supplies--that makes it really hard to use them as I may not be able to replace them for a while. I hate it, but it's true!!

[@milo1685]

Same :(

[@elsagrace3893]

We live in the first world countries. I believe there are more personal problems that produce hoarding behaviors. Lack of funds and scarcity are not the reasons for hoarding and non-production.

[@Balmorian]

I understand, we have time or money, but rarely both. Do yourself a favor and use your supplies while they are still good and while you can. Have fun, life is too short to hide from the gusto. I wish you the very best!

[@ellesnyder942]

That just doesn't make sense- to buy some sort of art supply to use and then just not. Even if you never replace the supplies you would have the enjoyment of what you made and the process of making it. You can always buy supplies second hand off craigslist because people try things and become disenchanted. And if you have moved on from making one kind of art, then sell or give away the supplies to someone who'd appreciate it.

[@ellesnyder942]

I think it is often fear of failure. That and people are taught as kids not to waste things. Using supplies to learn something isn't a waste.

[@andreaknox3801]

When you take a workshop, they send you the supply list in advance. I thought that meant you needed all those supplies. It was not by design that I became an art supply hoarder. I was a victim of unscrupulous workshop leaders. That said, I have solved the problem of WHERE to keep all those supplies: just throw your other stuff away.

[@dianamthens3248]

Really enjoyed this one. I am always "chucking" what I don't any longer use. Most of it to others and/or goodwill. My friends think I am nuts, but really if someone who can't afford supplies enjoy mine I am all for it.

[@thebestisyettocomegodisawe1081]

Diana MtHens Yessss! I have LITERALLY given books, paints, paper, pencils and pens. Encouraging artists is awesome!🎨🖌😁

[@PumpkinPails]

I was born a hoarder, started with never wanting to use up my brand new fresh in the box Crayolas, and I'll die a hoarder! :) But seriously, I am working on it. I haven't bought a new must-have supply in over two hours. That's good right?

[@JadedGinger]

+GummyTumor A person after my own heart. I reshuffled and reordered my crayolas in their box so many times i wore the outside out way before they were even really dull from use. LOOK AT ALL THE PRETTY COLORS!!!!

[@saranjames3109]

I call that progress. !!!

[@Erginartesia]

I have now moved on from hoarding art supplies! I have moved onto hoarding art STORAGE supplies.. Go me!

[@lalaithan]

What do you mean "too much"? I'm just trying everything to see what I like! ;)

[@saranjames3109]

exactly!!!!!!

[@thebestisyettocomegodisawe1081]

lalaithan lol....me toooo!

[@PattysGarden]

You couldn't have said it better! My reasons are very similar to yours. I found I had become overwhelmed with supplies (inspired by projects I wanted to do, sometimes unknown when I re-discover the supplies!). I decided I would just dive in and start USING them! So, my NY's Resolution for 2016 was to use the supplies I have instead of purchasing new supplies. I am doing pretty well, too.

[@sensitiveone8305]

My name is Lisa and I'm an art supply hoarder. It all started when I began painting in watercolor. I really didn't know what supplies and how many of each I needed, so I just bought and bought and bought. BTW I like to shop anyway. I had to tell myself...you do not need any more art supplies. Every now and then I slip up, but I still consider myself a hoarder.

[@BewitchCraft]

It's like..we're connected. You feel me! In a non-creepy way. I wouldn't say I'm a hoarder...(I'm so totally a hoarder) but I do a LOT of different art thinks. My very favorite is watercolor, but I use acrylic, pencils, marker, I work with polymer clay and create miniatures, I card craft and scrapbook, make ornaments, jewelry, sew. It's kinda like when you see a Pop singer make a country album and you're like...wtf? I couldn't imagine being confined to one genre/type of art, so I don't blame them. I rotate my mediums though. January I was all about that gouache life, Feb clay all the way, March so far I'm working with my pencils again. One of my biggest issues is not wanting to throw things away I see potential in or not wanting to "ruin" things by using them (you've covered this about sketchbooks!) I'm learning to be better about that and in truth keeping your supplies together and accessible will make you use them more, it's a fact. When I sit down to work, I want instant gratification. I want everything I'm possibly going to need at the ready because if I don't scratch that itch for the idea I have, it dies. I lose motivation for it. I have a notebook of ideas I write down but they get passed up for the latest thing my thoughts concoct. I do have a problem I guess... but it's not hoarding!!! (It's so totally hoarding.)

[@harpersmythe658]

If it wasn't for the different screen name I'd swear I'd written this comment myself 😊

[@saranjames3109]

it's like you read my mind and wrote it for me . I thought I was the only one that does 2000 different things and need all the supplies I'll never need for each......... just in case...

[@nickybee800]

You're like my spirit animal!!!! Hello!

[@SoniaEstelleCreates...]

Holy crap! That's SO me too!!! I just started doing this & am now trying to stop cold turkey. We could be a support group! Giggles!!!Though I must admit, the coupons & awesome sales don't help me none. Every. Single. Time! lol!!!

[@milo1685]

SAME!!!

[@jschwederslp]

I think I need that travel case. And that shorty pencil.

[@lesbiantree6464]

I hate having incomplete collections x_x

[@JerrysArtarama]

+Meikochan Yes! It feels like unfinished business.

[@danielleroxy]

Just recently I started using all my 'precious' art supplies instead of using up the 'cheap' stuff first. It's ok to hoard as long as you're using it☺️

[@Lobstrique]

duuude. i can relate big time. there was a time in my life when buying art supplies gave me more happiness than using them cause i hit a huge artist block still using the stuff. years later.

[@TheMightySwing]

I have a full closet full of them and most of my Acrylic and Oil paint tubes are already solid and my poster paints are already powdered and my brushes are also solid because I'm too lazy to clean them after use. To me it's like I'm hoarding all this relics, but I was hoping I could make my artwork a relic to look back on rather than my art supplies.

[@ladabryant8492]

Oh yeah I know that feeling very well. Until recently I was an art supply hoarder. I think it began to happen when I was a teenager and I had gotten my first job. I went from having no money except for my allowance and buying the cheaper art supplies at Walmart and various other super markets, to having money and running into the real art stores and practically throwing my wallet at them. My biggest problems were sketchbooks/paper pads, pencils, pens and brushes. Canvas panels was another one but I was lucky that I had limited space otherwise I'd have been overrun. During this time I used to art a lot but then I went through some personal things and soon enough I completely stopped. Buying the supplies made me feel more better than using them, but that feeling was very brief and I would round about again and feel a bit ashamed that I wasn't using these supplies like they were meant to. And then I stopped buying all together. This block lasted a long time but I knew that somewhere deep in me was that crazy and fearless artist I was when I was a teen so I fought tooth and nail to get myself out of the mental art funk and to do this I knew I had to do something. I had to purge. I gave a lot of stuff away, mostly to various nieces and nephews who had told me they wanted to try art because they had often watched me work. Not the expensive items of course but the ones I knew that would be easy enough for them to start and have fun with. And then I gave some away to fellow artists when I was in college. After the purge I have felt so much better, like I could breathe easier, and with my art area now less cluttered and exploding than it had been in the past I can sit down and eke out a few feel good sketches. I cut down all my oversized papers and keep them stored in a paper tote beside my art table and I have my markers on display where they are easily accessible and also pretty to look at. I now take only a small sketchbook along with a few of my favorite pencils and pens with me when I travel out of my home. I still get that urge to art hoard especially when I visit the Jerry's site but I take a deep breath and just remind myself to only grab the things I need and I only a small amount of new items I want to experiment with. Sorry for the loooooooonnnnng comment but I just wanted to share my experience. Thanks for reading if you do! LaDa

[@northernlightscrafts]

Good question,. For me it's because of proximity. I Live two hours by hiway from the nearest art supply. So I load up on things I use a lot of, mostly. There are enough interruptions to my work which I can't control but one I can is those things. So I hoard them.

[@eileengavinlarsen4509]

"There are certainly worse things to hoard" is what I tell myself and how I justify my "disorder!" Also, being so artsy and surrounded by people who just don't get that makes it hard to even talk about it! Plus, I've invested SO MUCH over the decades in art/craft supplies, they've basically become the bulk of my "Estate" LOL!!! Great thought-provoking video : )

[@noahr.7144]

His shirt says "goodbye pants"

[@2adamast]

The next step in hoarding is making sets. I have clearly seen too many EDC - preparedness videos. Good video

[@SusanBjerkesmile]

Interesting post, I used to work to buy art supplies...now, I'm retired and using said art supplies. However, I do need intervention...I'll seek immediate help.

[@Ricardo-fv2qi]

Clicked the like button even before the video started.

[@fireonice143]

Guilty as charged. All the pretty colors are uplifting to look at, and keeping the area clean & organized feeds my ocd. Most of your comments certainly apply....nice to know I'm not alone anymore. It's real.

[@candacebuck61]

Not a hoarder in the sense of having more than I can ever use or just to have them and don't use them. I work in every medium and order from Jerry's frequently. I just have to force myself to do more art, and not necessarily commissions. I recently have used all my black and gold acrylics to decorate containers, frames and knick-knacks to hold my supplies ala Chanel deco. I have given most of my unused or student grades to my family, it helps them to get interested as well. Still, I keep wanting more.

[@thetea4171]

I hoard my old sketchbooks from like 3 years ago so I can always see how far I've come and sometimes re-draw the piece but its getting kind of annoying since in the past 3 years I have at least 9 or 10 sketchbooks but what's wrong with that is that at least 7 of them are from the this year alone.

[@zagflower6151]

He is great at teaching/advising!!His eagerness/excitement with art is contagious and revives my own excitement/eagerness when it comes to creating!!!🎨✏✒

[@manymoonslater4905]

I don't know that hoarding is the problem as much as it is finding the time to use what you have purchased. Plan your projects and schedule the time to create them and don't forget to have plenty of supplies on hand!

[@nadegerichard6213]

Share your crazy...lol... I am an art supply hoarder! It's a love-hate relationship. It's very really and complicated...Thank you for this video.

[@tracylj5128]

My hoarding started with the color Opera. It is my favorite color and I own it in several brands. Then came paper! When I transitioned from cheap watercolor paper to 100% cotton I ordered Arches cold press, hanahmuhle czanne, and Stratford Waterford. All cold press. I like each of them for different reasons. I don’t live close to an art supply store , so I have to order online. I live in central Minnesota and for god sakes we could have a 3 day blizzard. I’m not going to be running out of paper during a blizzard! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! 👩‍🎤🎨🌷💕🌺🎈

[@thebestisyettocomegodisawe1081]

Tracy LJordet I agree! I am from Minnesota also (but I live in Texas) the winters in Minnesota are ROUGH....like SPRING in TEXAS we are ALWAYS flooding! I understand your wanting to get enough SUPPLIES for a year! lol!😁🖌🎨

[@tracylj5128]

The Best is yet to come God is awesome We are leaving tomorrow morning for a week in Austin, TX. Also spending time in San Antonio and Houston

[@ArtistKarlaMagana]

Proud hoarder right here! (and Jerry's is one of my enablers.....) Thankfully, i'm also an an organization freak. Art supplies as decor? ABSOLUTELY....it makes it easier for me to reach out and pet my brushes during the day.

[@isabellavergara3014]

I love seeing a bunch of colors of paints or pencils in rainbow order.

[@rhiannonsteffen8755]

+Isabella Vergara yes, must all colors.

[@painting-jpg5537]

I love your attitude & commentaries, you're so entertaining haha

[@radicaldonkey9745]

Im a drawing hoarder. I have more drawn on papers in my room then anything. Idk what to with them because i even put them in binders and folders and put them into my closet but more keeps coming

[@Jh838slc]

And now I'm thinking I need a shorty pencil because I don't have one

[@nauci]

I get cheap supplies to just do practice work but then the practice work comes out really well but I'm frustrated with the low quality. Then I buy expensive ones but I think they're so precious that I must conserve them, but I don't want to use the cheap stuff because it's not as good of an experience. But then I see a sale on Lukas oil paints and even though I have a whole stash of gamblin and second hand Windsor and Newton Artists' oil colors in every color I could possibly want... I'm so tempted by the creaminess and price point...

[@SerpentineSaltern]

getting art supplies makes me feel productive and makes me feel like im doing better art (but im notttt)

[@sarahbeckerlight8221]

I am a huge art hoarded. I want everything that is new on the market!! My husband always says, do you really need this? My art room is a mess!!

[@cukiecon5826]

I'm sort of an art supply hoarder but it's because I decided two or three years ago that I wanted to try out every medium of traditional art supplies ever created, and luckily I've grown smart enough to only buy the cheap ones :') Edit: Yes I use them, I like to try out new stuff.

[@anneloder5898]

Im a art supplies hoarder. mychoice is markers colored pencils watercolors. I probably will not live long enough to use up everything. Unlesd I live 80 more years

[@JerrysArtarama]

+Anne Loder Pass them down through the generations? Just make sure to keep the caps on those markers tight ;-)

[@xyryljapanjapan9069]

I realized that making arts and collecting art supplies are two different hobbies😅😅😅

[@lisamorales3914]

When I decide to start something. I go all the way. I’m an overachiever. I like preparedness so that when I have a flow going, i don’t have to stop and go to the store. I want it all at hand’s reach. Keeps the mojo going!

[@kymberlydawn1445]

Holding onto art supplies had become the stagnation of my creative process. I would not use something because I wanted to make sure I used it efficiently and not on something I ended up not liking. "What a waste!" I would think to myself. I became intimidated by them. So the hoarding began... Then one day I was searching the web for tips on breaking creative block and I came across the most profound information I had ever heard... Stop Creating An Attachment To The Investment You Made! It's like buying a candle and not burning it like it's intended purpose. Now that is the real waste! Not using what you have! (Like putting Baby in a corner...I hope someone out there gets my Dirty Dancing reference lol) So use your supplies and use them good dang it! Or like Mike said, give them to a fellow artist.

[@radtis]

Hi I'm Ashley, and I'm an art collector not hoarder lol at that's what I tell my husband. But on a serious note I like the suggestion of keeping a travel bag. And the reminder to use what I have. Thanks for the videos, I love them! They are helpful and hilarious. And YES I want to KNOW what is in the BOX! Lol 😃

[@JerrysArtarama]

+Ashley Ok, that's one additional vote for a What's In My Box video!

[@pamzzieart7093]

Thanks for this...now I don't feel so all alone hoarding my goodies.

[@esieniewicz5473]

Is it bad if I still have some of the Crayola crayons that I was given when I was six?...that's um, over 50 years ago...hmmm, maybe I should frame them.

[@MidnightTheChick]

I have so many markers, and paints, I cant possibly use it all XD. Like... My set up is two big cabinets and a desk inbetween. i got like drawing tablets, 2 lightboxes, a million pencils from 3 different brands, every possible art reference book. I could sell nearly all of it and I still would have too much.. Gotta love the oh look its on clearance reasoning.

[@Saffirance]

Is it really hoarding if you are going to use all of it. I really do produce a lot of art and I use a lot of supplies. I love getting a great deal on supplies. I found a craigslist ad for literally 3 bug boxes of golden acrylic paints that are brand new for $50. I paint in acrylics and couldn't pass on that kind of savings. It might take a while to use all of that amazing paint but it will get used. Could I weed out some of my supplies? You'd think so wouldn't you but every time I try I don't end up letting go of much even to share with my niece who I love. I just know that I'm going to use them. I have a lot of supplies I won't lie but is it really hoarding if you're using them? Yup I might be in denial. Loving my supplies

[@Balmorian]

Hi folks, My name is Mary and I"m a modest art supply hoarder. Hoarding made me feel like I would be prepared for any artistic eventuality, and maybe that new sketch book or set of pencils would even turn me into another Rembrandt. I have faced the fact that I need to practice drawing, more than I need to practice spending money. I still find that making a selection in the paper isle is therapeutic when I'm blocked, and now I share my hoard with my granddaughters as they both love to draw. Hoarding has been fulfilling on many levels.....forgive me, I succumbed this week and bought a set of F.C. polychromos I've had my eye on for a long time....(but it's my Precious and I'm not sharing it with anyone.)

[@beckypeterson4960]

I do hoard but I do use it.Majority of the reason is because as I discover artists on KZbin that make me want to try new techniques or products. I do have an entire craft room where I can see them all. I work in marketing and use my room as an escape from crazy business world. I love your shirt on a side note.

[@judilynn9569]

Yep, I get an idea and buy supplies for it...then never get around to the idea. I'm getting better at not buying the supplies until I use what I already have. Kinda. :)

[@TsukabuNosoratori2]

I hoard certain things out of a fear of running out. I used to live in the middle of nowhere where it would be months before we'd be able to visit an art store back before the days of the Internet and online shopping. So I would always buy certain things in bulk. Like certain colored pencils colors I used a ton, or certain papers I went through like candy. I still do some of that, like with my Copics I got a ton of refills earlier this year just as the shortage was kicking in. I guess I still have the fear of running out from my youthful days in the country. That's my excuse at least xD

[@creativesolutionstoart]

Yes! The first reason… I could be in the middle of some thing and then say, “I wish I had such and such”… I never want to be without that thing when I’m in the middle of my thing! LOL

[@LibbyRoseEmbroidery]

Love it! Yup, I have too many art materials, which is mad when you consider that I rarely draw and paint.... I always want them so I can learn one day. Duh! Actually, if you want to talk about *serious* hoarding, try textile art! You can't mix thread like you can paint and so one amasses a stupid amount of stuff!

[@thebestisyettocomegodisawe1081]

😋I dont hoard....I buy whatever I want and USE them. However....I do have EXTRAS and when an artist friend of mine NEEDS something or I want to ENCOURAGE an artist who can not afford supplies....I GIVE THEM AWAY! 😁Its great to get pictures from friends who actually USE them in my text messages!🎨🖌😁

[@KengKoyArt]

You own so much art supply, the art supply store buys supplies from you.

[@miranda8598]

😄😄

[@msalyssa6604]

You're hilarious. I am a hoarder. I think it because I haven't found my medium yet. I buy supplies and jump in head first and then move on to another medium. That and my sketchbook/canvas hoarding is because I hate to ruin the "preciousness" as you call it.

[@imagenes12]

oh yes I have ASH. Love the watercolor travel pouch. Does Jerry's sell it?

[@JerrysArtarama]

+Cheerful Simplicity It's called the Charvin Field Pouch. It's pricier than other travel bag options on Jerry's website, but I find it to be very well made and a nice design. Here is a link: www.jerrysartarama.com/discount-art-supplies/bags-and-backpacks/charvin-totes-and-bags.htm

[@ShannonGreen]

If we pay extra can we see inside your box? I would be interested to know what's in there because I haven't opened mine in so long the lid has rusted shut. (I had to take a break to giggle at myself.) I just want to say that I am not an art supply hoarder. I'm not even an art supply collector. I prefer to think of myself as an art supply accumulator because it sounds fancy and there aren't any shows on TLC about it.

[@JournalArtista]

Too funny Sannon. I keep saying my room will never be in Where Women Create... but I think they should print a special issue: Where Women Create: Hoarders Edition. lmao 😆

[@ShannonGreen]

High five sista!

[@JerrysArtarama]

+Shannon Green If enough people want to see what's in my box, I'll show everyone for free! I just need to know there is a demand for such a gratuitous video :-)

[@BewitchCraft]

+JerrysArtarama "What's in the box? What's IN the BOXXX??!!"

[@elisabethnerolk2283]

+JerrysArtarama show us the goods!!!

[@IshikaShanai]

I just donated the art supplies I don't use to quite frankly, ever want to use again to the recycling depot at my art school, so at least someone else can use them. It made my day seeing my old brushes being picked up by someone as I was leaving the area. I've recently been filling up my sketchbooks by using the premise: "if I'm bored I draw in my sketchbook." Which helped me fill in 3+ sketchbooks entirely front to back. Not buying a ridiculous amount of art supplies allowed me save money, since as we all know art supplies don't come cheap. Money which I can put towards tuition, spending time with my friends, and you know, just saving up for trips and/or for an emergency fund.

[@LilyN2099]

I used to hoard art supplies because I was afraid that if I used them, I was wasting them... BUT THEN THEY WERE JUST COLLECTING DUST HAHA i use almost everything up now :)

[@robertframpton7865]

Get this man on the tele he's a comedy genius wise beyond years

[@FarahBoddenArt]

Guilty of being an art supply hoarder over the years, but I must say it has come in quite handy recently, as I don't have to run to the store as often because I'm out of something 😉. I will continue to hoard! Lol

[@JerrysArtarama]

+Farah Artist This is a judgement free zone. Hoard if you need to, but if you are running out of things that means you are using them too, so that's a very good thing!

[@christierella]

My husband, and son are enablers. We had a complete loss house fire six years ago. I think I'm afraid of losing my supplies again. Mixed media gave me permission to want it all, and only the best. I do keep a small watercolor set, Fabrino paper, and a waterBrush in my bag at all times, just in case I'm waiting. I have several journals to bounce ideas around. I give my creations away, never sold one.

[@melmanhattan]

I love Jerrys Artarama, I just wish the mobile site was less glitchy for lack of a better term. (When I buy from there I use my laptop) I think you're right that being organized is key. I have two sets of grey toned markers that I bought, tried and never really got into after that. So on my garage sale this spring they go :) ps love these vids!

[@LadyofFe]

+melmanhattan Yep organization is a must, one little problem, I am the least organized person I know. I try, then I see a paint color I had forgotten I had, then it's oh, I wanta try this, or oh remember that idea I had, and I'm off to paint, while everything around me is upside down, can you say ADHD 😂😱

[@AmbiCahira]

I am a novice and I already hoard... just cause otherwise I won't know what my true calling is!

[@tthappyrock368]

I found it helpful to keep a list of the different supplies I have on my phone. The lists are categorized by type such as Derwent inktense pencils and intense blocks. This helps me to not end up purchasing multiples of items when I may only need one of that item.

[@lOwlEyesl]

Mike, your shirt is hilarious. With that addressed, my hoarding started at a young age. (Growing up, I think I was actually trained by my dad, who managed an art supply store for a while when I was a teen. In later years he had a real problem with this- and to be honest- it was a bigger problem for my husband and I because after he passed it took almost 3 years to go through and get rid of all his stuff.) As a freelance artist who takes all kinds of commissions I like to be prepared before I start painting my subject. Often times I will swatch out my colors before I start my project. Bottom line- I hate interrupting FLOW, so it's nice to not have to run to the store or wait for something to come in the mail. When a project gets delayed it is often abandon for a while. Fortunately its usually just my white pens that ever need replacing anymore. I used to be really into mixed media and art journaling. Then around 2015 I upgraded my watercolors to a professional brand. I never looked back. I still art journal, but its not as often. I stopped using my inks and sprays but haven't figured out where to donate them or what to do with them yet- most of them leak. I HATE throwing perfectly good stuff away... I have donated pretty much everything else I no longer use (my nephew got first dibs) the rest went to local kids and my old college art teacher for his classroom.

[@SkyHighAffirmations]

"Feng Shui-tional" is my new favorite word! 😋

[@silverfury5561]

ahh i just cant stop when i go to art store so even if i go for one thing and keep saying myself i wont get more, i always end up with one more tube of color a few extra pencils and my only excuse is "BUT THE COLOR WAS SO PRETTY". i also have a weakness towards paper so i hoard sketchbooks and watercolor paper

[@nickybee800]

I am in love with your videos! I do the same thing, and I also am afraid to let go of certain mediums because I always think "I will use it someday!" When the reality is... I WONT! Lol, thank you for your awesome channel and time! Xo

[@impmulcahy2844]

My name is Islay and I'm an art supply hoarder! Aside from space and expense issues...I don't see art supply hoarding as a problem...as long as you use your supplies. But when you can't see your floor anymore...well, when you come into my studio, just don't look down! LOL!' I, too, will do art for art supplies! I am a crazy cat lady and a crazy craft lady. My husband says the word to focus on is crazy!

[@itsjudystube7439]

A suggestion, that I have not and probably will not try, is to collect together art packs from your hoard. Canvas, or paper, and what you are going to use, and an inspiring photo. Only make up three packs otherwise you will hoard packs like I did with embroidery. Each week you must use one pack. Or get some canvases or boards out of your stash, and attach a picture to each for inspiration. Then, the hard bit.. make up one media pack, that you must use up before you can move on. I am miserly. I use stuff sparingly, I am now telling myself to be profligate, so I can go and have the pleasure of buying more.

[@willemienbruwer5242]

WHO THINKS A PENCIL LOOKS NICE DECORATIVELY????? Like ugh???

[@uns3en]

Dude I was thinking about this issue today. My way to paint is to use a lot of paint. And I just used Cad Orange today which is kind of expensive pigment and I was like ... "oooh I use this now so much. I'm grateful that I have this 500ml pot. Wouldn't it be silly to just let it stay there and never use it. I could stop painting and just collect big jars of paint and never use them."

[@JerrysArtarama]

+deywitt jaycees Pots of Cad anything will add up quick. Those are some expensive paperweights. But OHHH THE COLOR!

[@DarthVader-et4ce]

I to am a art supplies hoarder.....when I find name brand stuff on sale I buy them even if I don't need it at that time. And I also do it because I know someday I won't be able to afford the good stuff and when I get time to actually do something it will be there.

[@samusai]

Ohhh yes. I hoard art supplies because; 1) I've had one too many brands and supplies being discontinued so I buy as much as I can because when they are gone they are gone. 2)I love learning how other brands work with one another. 3) I've seen people on KZbin, instagram, tumblr use some supplies and it just makes me want to try them too

[@Rometiklan]

I hoard, but only the supplies that eventually get used, like paper. And being a cheapskate, I only buy it when it's a great sale which slows down my rate of hoarding considerably. I don't hoard stuff that I'll never use. Since I mainly work with pencil and ink, there aren't a lot of types of supplies I can hoard anyways. Great vid!

[@thebestisyettocomegodisawe1081]

Rometiklan You are not a cheap skate because you stock up during a sale! I always do that! Art supplies are EXPENSIVE! You are SMART!🖌🎨😋