Fine Arts Teacher Mugs

Frontispiece for Earl Lavender by John Davidson

A Puppet Named Juan

The Art Student.

'On your mark. Get set. Create!'

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

“She’s in her abstract expressionism phase.”

"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."

Paul Klee

The Artist

A fairy with wand and crown in pink tutu

'I'm in my Blue period.'

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

Turn, turn and turn.

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

Instructional guide to scribbling

"You've got to learn about verbs. How else are you going to verbalize your feelings?

"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"

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

"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'."

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

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

Van Gogh was starting to run out of gift ideas.

Children's artwork exhibition.

"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."

Schools of Art - A Rough Guide.

Young Picasso at the Beach

It's a call from Tate modern.

"You're welcome."

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 my Mona Lisa."

"I was drawing a whale, but I ran out of paper."

Mr. Empirical With "Antarctica""Small is hostile. Rage contributes to shift away from literality. I'm off to True Value Hardware for some more self-reference tools."

'Projectile painting.'