Art Supply Saver Gifts

Vincent Van Gogh chooses the Lesser of Two Easels.

"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'."

Hamlet in the craft shop.

Curators at the Louvre Museum would regret approving the installation of a work on a wall behind the Mona Lisa.

Yes, dear, I remembered the coupons and saved a few dollars. The Adventures of Marriedman.

'Anti-Graffito' worker about to erase hieroglyphics.

"Get real Dad, those are LAST years colors!"

'Poor thing. He got left out in the acid rain.'

'All of my paints dried up in their tubes, so I decided to quit painting and become a sculptor.'

"... No, when I say, 'you must let go of the past' I mean you must return that vase to the museum you took it from."

Michelangelo's David is cleaned every two months.

GLOO!

Artists supplies: Fire Sale - Oil paints, burnt umber, burnt orange, fire red, hot pink.

ACCOUNTANT-IN-RESIDENCE: "John, we're going to have to cut back on the cadmiums."

World Meat Consumptiom

"Is there anything sadder than an underfunded wax museum?"

"Drawing with computers is easy..."

'You know you're getting old when they ask for colored pencils instead of crayons.'

'But I've hardly got any brushes!'

Small Business Loan of Pencils

'I can't take anymore, Gladys - I'm asking for a transfer to pottery !'

'It's from a company in California -- they want you to design a line of refrigerator magnets.'

'I didn't get a grant.'

Rebels without a magic marker

"I'm afraid the writing is on the wall..."

Sculptor sculpts an easel

Paint by number

'Must you get new clothes every season? I'm still wearing stuff I got years ago.'

Time Smoking a Picture.

Street Corner Hucksters

2b or not 2b?

'This is a teeny. Do you have it in a weeny?'

'Art supplies: oil, acrylics, dung.'

"You see spots in front of you? Have you cleaned your glasses lately?"

"Lead paint - they're being recalled."