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!'

"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

Pool attached to child's bed.

Painting by the numbers for adults

'I'm in my Blue period.'

'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

"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'."

"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"

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

"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."

Van Gogh was starting to run out of gift ideas.

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

Hug and Do a Chorus Line Kick.

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

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

Children's artwork exhibition.

Young Picasso at the Beach

It's a call from Tate modern.

"You're welcome."

'Projectile painting.'

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.

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

"You're my Mona Lisa."

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

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