Aspiring Painter Mugs

Amateur artist talking to carrier

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

'I'm in my Blue period.'

Painting by the numbers for adults

"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'."

"I'm gonna be a 'New Yorker' cartoonist. You're not supposed to understand it."

Artist's Equipment Comes To Life

'Do I have to be creative?'

"My wife has always encouraged me... ...to quit this stupid dream and get a real job." ... "You have a wife?"

'I really wanted to only take accounting courses, but my parents made me take this cartooning class so I would have something to fall back on.'

'Miss Donahue would give him an F.'

"Oh, don't mind that, it's just my body of unseen work."

Children's Imagination

'I've been told I have Rembrandt's golden glow.'

Brian, I hope you're taking this seriously.

"It all starts with them having you fetch their slippers."

"Billy is turning out to be quite the little artist."

Like many kids, Bobby had an imaginary friend. Unfortunately for Bobby, he was a critic.

"If I had it all to do over again, I would have liked to be the King of Swing."

"I've made a fortune as a successful artist! I couldn't see this happening if I became a soldier or a worker..."

'Well, that does not yet look like a wall. Try it again, Liam!'

"That'll be the day!"

"She gets her musical ability from me."

"We thought we could put in the details later."

'Oh Rats! I can't be creative with a box of flat crayons!'

'Today's unwilling nude model is Ralph.'

'You did that on purpose!'

"I've been an emerging artist for ten years now..."

'I need to practice painting the human figure, MOM! Models cost money!"

"I owe my success to him. I figured, if he can make it, so can I."

Picasso's learning years.

"Let me know if I'm going too fast for you."

"If you wish to see your artwork displayed, don't forget your bio."