Art Education Gifts

The New Fundamentals of Art: 'We'll begin with the most basic figure, the trademark attorney...'

Picasso's learning years.

"I would like a tube of lemon yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue, ivory, black, and zinc white, a sixteen-by-twenty canvas, a couple of brushes, and that book 'Painting in Oils'."

Cartooning 101: Figure Drawing

The Art Student.

'On your mark. Get set. Create!'

“She’s in her abstract expressionism phase.”

"I think that's one of his early 'blank canvases'. I think there are some bigger ones in the next room."

"We're bringing the arts and sciences together here by giving crayons to mice."

"You've got a long, long road ahead of you, young man."

The Artist

Paul Klee

'I'm in my Blue period.'

'It's my homage to Picasso.' (Snowman is all mixed up with eyes and nose in odd places)

"I don't think I can express what I have to say in just colored paper and glue."

Instructional guide to scribbling

"In the beginning, God created, like, 300 concept sketches..."

Children's artwork exhibition.

'Hi, Miss Henderson, we did collage in class today. Can you drive me home?'

Van Gogh was starting to run out of gift ideas.

"An unfortunate museum gift shop." "Banksy activity set." "Jackson Pollock coloring book." "MC Escher building blocks." "Claes Oldenburg miniatures." "Marceau Marceau CDs." "Seurat's connect-the-dots aaAAAAA."

"I'm afraid you were drawn too big and not centered on the page."

"What the %@!!* is that?!" "Is that a leg? Wait—no, it's an arm. Wait—what?" "The frame is nice." "Whatever it is, it makes me miss Bob Ross." "Gasp!" "The intentionally lost Caravaggio"

"Mother, I think I'm good enough to exhibit on the living room walls now."

Schools of Art - A Rough Guide.

"Is it me, or is Jasper Johns a genius?" "Über-genius, Larry. Über!"

It's a call from Tate modern.

'Projectile painting.'

I will not talk in art class. I will not talk in art class. I will not talk in art class. I will not in art class. I will not talk in art class.

"You're welcome."

Cat with Nine Still Lives

It isn't widely known that Michelangelo was the first in a long line of cartoonists to buck the family tradition.

Misunderstood artist

Young Picasso at the Beach

"You're my Mona Lisa."