Budding Artists Gifts

Four children playing the flute.

'Never say 'let's dye a hundred eggs'. You'll be eating your words for weeks.'

My First Camera

"Abstract Expressionism is definitely right for me at this stage of my career."

'I love your playing....especially when you stop!'

Child drawing fish from life by putting his head in a pond.

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

'My 'What I Did Over The Weekend' report is about my hunting a 17,000 pound moose, deep inside Canada.Some or all of this report has been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.'

'With my parents out of the house, I can finally start my long awaited mural project.'

"You're welcome."

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

" 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation,' a treatment by Todd Mozelle, Grade Three."

"Someday you'll see my work in the employee break room at the Met."

"I sincerely hope you learned a lesson this time, Mark. Drawing cartoons on your homework will get you nowhere in life."

'I have a feeling one day when he grows up he'll be an artist of some kind.'

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

'Do I have to be creative?'

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

Creative Baby.

Mum has a bad judgement day - Well OK, you can take it to your room as long as you play it quietly.

"I was finishing my homework in the shower to save time!"

How to draw a martian!

'My first camera'

'All good things must come to an end.'

'Look. Billy Curry did a nude!'

No animals were harmed during the writing of this book report....

Jackson Pollock as a child

'I'm not sure if he plays that loud because he has a good set of lungs or if it's a mean streak in him.'

'Don't just stand there, get into focus!'

"Is there a problem officer?"

Lessons from the Blakely Art School (Now Defunct)

Teacher to student: 'Nice use of glitter, but you were assigned to do math problems.'

Michelangelo painting with watercolors as a child.

"That' a wonderful picture, sweetheart. You know, maybe we should keep all of this garbage, in case you become a famous artist."

"It's supposed to be a comedy, so I've had Steve, here, red-flag the funny parts."