Blick Art Materials — Attraction in Pasadena

Other than having an awesome selection of art supplies, there are WAAAY too many employees for that itty bitty store, and you will NOT be able to browse the isles WITH YOUR HEADPHONES IN without being bugged every ten seconds by the freaking armada of people who work there. There are actually so many employees that it becomes a frustrating experience, and that is why you are only getting 3 stars, Mister Blick, because the very last thing I want when I am deep in thought about my next project is some ACP student disrupting me to ask me (even though I clearly have headphones in and I clearly cannot hear them) if I need help finding anything. No, I do not thank you, bugging me every freaking time I turn around... Not to mention that thier employees need the ENTIRE freaking isle to bump your thought process to a back burner... And today, I was not in the mood for it and it became such a freaking ISSUE that I actually terminated my shopping prematurely in favor of just leaving without satiating my desire for supplies. Tell you what, I understand that you have your store right next to ACP, and I am certain that you guys end up with a lot of thievery, but there HAS TO BE A DIFFERENT WAY than having teenagers bugging your customers into leaving frustrated.

IM NOT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN AN ARTIST FOR LONGER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN ALIVE, BESIDES WHEN I FINALLY ASK THE PERSON THAT BUGGED ME HALF A DOZEN TIMES IF THEY KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT ANYTHING THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS NO.

So either your employees do not want your store to make money, or they are making some baseless judgement of character based on physical appearances, which is totally bizarre for anything centric to an artistic culture.

Also your Strathmore heavyweight paper is...

[POV: Vandal/ Urban Exterior Decorator] Second Best Blick when it comes to variety of Products available in LA County. They have a decent selection of bougie spray paint available but only carry The (fake aka German) Montana; Black and Gold, and Liquitex . Most other Blicks carry the real Montana but i don't believe this one does(i might be trippin tho so dont quote me on that😅)

But their real strength is in the products available for the real mfkrs who prefer to create and experiment making their own tools of the trade(ink and GK heads welcome to the graff garden of eden also check out the santa monica store i.e. 💵'ers unite 🔥 💯 ufeeeme! if that went over yall heads maybe this will be easier to understand for my graff diy purists on a budget, BLICKS(specifically this one as well as the west LA and the Lincoln Blvd Santa Monica stores are the best and have the most nonjudgemental, easy going, and carefree staff who dont equate writers with the word "criminal" and are willing towork with you if you want to get quality supplies at a baller on a budget price! if you still not picking up the importance of what i'm saying, *if you are like me and all my homies, you like discounts on art supplies, and like to 🏸 you got the 🟢🚦👍🏽💯😂💵ing is encouraged 😘telll em $L]ii[GUALA-GUALA sent you! 🤑🥵you wont leave empty handed i PROMISE OR YOUR NEXT BURNER's ON ME!! 💯 but if you truck it bail is not...

What other art store are you going to go to? I mean, theirs little art stores, which are cute and I like the idea of supporting a small business. But Blick has the best prices and we artist are generally not rich. I remember when there used to be 2 big art stores. Utrecht and Blick, and I would bounce between the two when they were across from each other just to price compare and get the best deal on paint. It was overwhelming. And then Blick bought out Utrecht so it’s all one big store now. I gotta say, the best acrylic paint on earth as far as quality and price is concerned is Nova Color. They were always hard to get to in Culver City and now they are impossible to fathom driving to in Hawthorne. I do hope they never go out of business cause I’m hooked on nova and am a die hard. I used to go through all the labor of making and stretching my own custom canvas cause the price and quality was so immensely huge from Blicks inferior pre-made canvas. What i learned is 1. No one bought my paintings lol. 2. I like to paint a lot and really fast and it’s really slow when you make your own canvas. Now, i go to Blick and buy their super cheap pre-made canvases and add some more layers of gesso and paint away. And I’ve honestly never been happier. The staff are all a bunch of friendly artist weirdos just like me. Never had a bad interaction at Blick in the 20+ years going there. 10...