Painting Instructor Gifts

An artist paints an image of his hand in a life drawing class

A Puppet Named Juan

'On your mark. Get set. Create!'

“She’s in her abstract expressionism phase.”

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

"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."

The Artist

Paul Klee

Pool attached to child's bed.

'I'm in my Blue period.'

Painting by the numbers for adults

'Tony, you always try to lead.'

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

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

Instructional guide to scribbling

Van Gogh was starting to run out of gift ideas.

"I'm afraid you were drawn too big and not centered on the page."

Hug and Do a Chorus Line Kick.

"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'."

Children's artwork exhibition.

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

"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"

"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."

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

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

"You're my Mona Lisa."

'Pass it to Dewey! He's got himself into some kind of rhythm!!'

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

It's a call from Tate modern.

"From the gentleman at the end of the barre."

Cat with Nine Still Lives

"You're welcome."