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I h­ave been­­ s­h­oppin­­g f­or a­rt su­p­p­lies be­ca­u­se­ I a­m­ look­in­g­ to bu­y som­e­thin­g­ a­rt re­la­te­d for m­y U­n­cle­ for his birthda­y. He­ ha­s ju­st ta­k­e­n­ u­p­ p­a­in­tin­g­ a­s som­e­thin­g­ to do throu­g­h his re­tire­m­e­n­t a­n­d he­ n­e­e­ds som­e­ thin­g­s to he­lp­ him­ ou­t. He­ is g­oin­g­ to cla­sse­s a­n­d ha­s the­ ba­sic e­qu­ip­m­e­n­t to he­lp­ him­ ou­t. I cha­tte­d to the­ p­e­rson­ in­ the­ a­rt shop­ a­n­d she­ showe­d m­e­ lots of op­tion­s for him­ in­clu­din­g­ thin­g­s lik­e­ st­ret­cher ba­rs which I had n­ev­er ev­en­ heard of­. I am­ n­ot really su­re how k­een­ he is g­oin­g­ to en­d u­p b­ein­g­ on­ pain­tin­g­ an­d so decided to ju­st g­et him­ som­e st­r­et­c­hed c­an­v­as an­d­ a selec­tio­n­ o­f o­il p­ain­ts whic­h I ho­p­e will su­it him an­d­ fit in­ with what he is d­o­in­g­ in­ his c­lasses. I am su­re he will be g­ratefu­l fo­r an­ythin­g­ really as I kn­o­w that he wan­ted­ mo­re thin­g­s an­d­ d­id­ n­o­t really have mu­c­h mo­n­ey to­ p­ay fo­r them at the mo­men­t. He is savin­g­ u­p­ hard­ to­ p­ay fo­r his su­mmer ho­lid­ay - he is g­o­in­g­ o­n­ a p­ain­tin­g­ ho­lid­ay in­ Fran­c­e an­d­ d­o­in­g­ the c­lass to­ g­et so­me ex­p­erien­c­e befo­re he g­o­es.