1. You can save money by buying your art supplies in bulk. If you buy in large quantities the supply companies may offer you some discounts. For this you need to shop around and get the best deal. The supply company may be more inclined to offer you discounts if they find that you are their regular customer.

2. You can shop around for the art supplies on the auction sites such as Yahoo Auctions, eBay, or WeBidz. At these sites you will find new art supplies for much less than retail prices. You may also find art supplies under wholesale category.

3.  The local art supply or crafts stores generally have sales throughout the year which also includes the new items. Sign up to the mailing list of the store as they may announce special sales. Also sign up to the website of the store for online newsletters. At these sites before you buy anything check for online coupon codes.

4. You can also shop on yard sales and estate sales. You can find good deals on the art supplies which you have already started and found out later on to be boring.

5. Watch out carefully for the Sunday advertisements as most of the larger national chains offer coupons in Sunday’s papers which provide discounts up to 40%.

6. Instead of buying the art supplies you can make your own art supplies. This will be cheaper and easy as most of the materials will be easily available at your home.