Nestled along the row of specialty shops on St. Paul's Grand Avenue, Wet Paint is an independently owned one-stop artists' shop stocked to the ceiling with just about every type of acrylic, brush, canvas, and paper a craftsperson could require (the place claims an inventory of 30,000-plus products). Wet Paint is especially well known for its sheet paper department, which is exceptionally well equipped with an estimated 3,000 variations (there's a reason to hug a tree, eh?). The store's most endearing quality, however, is that the owners take their role beyond supply retailer to encourage a sense of community through a newsletter (available online) and free public events, which include holiday-inspired demonstrations on specialties such as St. Paddy's Day velvet embossing, and how to decorate an Easter egg, Ukrainian style.