Hobby Painting Gifts

"Yes, it's oil-paint: It's difficult to find water for watercolours around here..."

Painting by the numbers for adults

"River well stocked this year."

'I don't know what he gets up to in there, but it keeps him busy.' (Noises are recorded, man reads paper, has beer.)

The Origami Society...

"I'm rooting for the carrots."

'I am not doing nothing ... I am perfecting inertia.'

"Our Rupert has swopped his gaming console for bagpipes...it gets us out of the house more often."

'Tommy is in the other room playing with the triangle we bought him in Bermuda.'

Face Painting.

'It's not easy painting hummingbirds.'

Pipe Smoker of the Year Awards.

"Oh we're fine, my husbands just learning to cook during the quarantine."

"Stop complaining and smile! It's a job, isn't it? NO wonder they call you Mona!"

'Dude, you can go for that new diving gear if you want, but if you ask me, I think it's a trap.'

'Stamp collecting has gotten more competitive.'

"Which way to the Mona Lisa? We're double-parked."

Zumba

Model Building

Man standing in front of giant snowball

'I agree, this artist will go far and he should start right now!'

"Very few people are aware that the 'New York Times' Sunday crossword puzzle is contagious."

Hazards of mouse painting

"My method of painting is pointillism."

"I like keeping bees, but it's so hard keeping all their names straight."

"Someday we will escape from this prison."

"There are those who say I'm a throwback to Monet."

A Christmas tree self portrait

'They said before they start biting do we practice catch and release?'

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

Artist Retrospective.

'I'll tell her all about this when she gets home.'

'Caroline goes to her crossword compiling class on Thursdays.'