Australian Artist -Vs- USA Art Shops (No Budget Shopping Spree!)

So, what we have all learned from this experience is that if any of us who are from North America are planning a trip to Australia, we should contact Sarah for her wish list before we head out. 😉

Remember something for next time: we sell cheap suitcases in America as well! Don't hold back and just buy another suitcase to take home with you, full of art supplies!

Also. I will NEVER complain about the art supplies being expensive again. Wow. The prices you have to pay for things in Australia is.......actually just not fair!

So relieved they found your bag. Thanks for making us your first stop, and for sharing your experience!

Yay! So glad you made it to the art supply warehouse it's AMAZING! And thank goodness they finally found your bag 😟

im not gonna lie, when you said they lost the bag i cried a little, that would've broke me. spending so much money for nothing, good thing they found it! this video was so wholesome and fun to watch. i cant wait to see the mega color pencil testing you have planned.

I watched the other video and was upset that they lost your bag. So very happy that they found it. Bob Ross has been on SBS for a while. I love it when he brings on the animals and the fact that he's known for saying that there are no mistakes just happy little accidents. But ultimately his "beat the devil out of it" with paint brushes is what gets me the most.xx

I let out such a sigh of relief when I heard they found your bag. The dollar amount alone made it distressing, let alone the time, effort, and sentimentality of some of the stuff inside. SO glad that they found it for you. As an artist in America, I can also confidently say that not making it ten feet from the door before finding something you want to buy and being overwhelmed by everything in the store doesn't go away with time. I'm still in awe every time I walk into a big art store, and want to look at, touch, and buy the majority of things inside 😅 It's the artist equivalent of a giant toy store!!

Moving home to Melbourne in a year or so, I’ve developed a prepper mentality for art supplies. Need to live to a hundred to use up all the Arches paper and the 300+ open stock pencils. Expect the watercolours, inks, gilding materials, and heavenly brushes will outlast entire epochs. I regret nothing:)

The Art Supply Warehouse is my pride and joy of my community and I'm glad you got to go there! I go there very often just to Relax because it's such a wonderful art store.

12:19 I was almost in tears... I thought someone had purposely taken it because you had so many goodies in that case. Thank goodness you have it!!!

Ok, as someone that lives in America and after watching this video, I’m never going to complain about prices of art supplies ever. I knew Australia prices were expensive but I had no idea! Thanks for sharing your experience and now, I’m off to go buy some art supplies hehe

Sarah in Michaels & Dick Blick is exactly how I feel when I go to Michaels & Dick Blick. I JUST WANT ALL THE SUPPLIES 😭

That blick’s was actually my local blicks!!! What a coincidence lol 😂 I was surprised at first when you said fullerton, but one look inside and I knew that it’s the same one I was at michael’s literally yesterday

So glad they found your suitcase. "It's for the channel" is such a mood 🤣

Perhaps a luggage store should have been one of your stops...😁

Well that settles it, if I ever get a job in Australia, I’m going to have to negotiate an art supply difference bonus 😂

I was so shocked when I saw they lost your bag! Every time I’ve visited the US I have filled up my bags with art supplies from Hobby Lobby and Michaels and I let my mother-in-law look for specific supplies every time before they come visit 😅😅 But I can’t believe you hadn’t heard of Bob Ross before! Sometimes when I can’t sleep I put one of his videos on and his calm voice and brushing of the brush gets me right to sleep 😅

I feel like Shane and my husband have similar opinions on art supplies 😂 thought... my husband has a larger collection of tools that are exponentially more expensive. So glad they found your bag!!!

I am a Kiwi Living in Missouri and I love going to the Art shops. I got a heap of Tombows for $1.00 each in a Michaels clearance bin and I was over the moon. I love this video. I told my husband all about it and Said see "I'm not the only one"