Portraitist Gifts

"You've finally got the warts right but still haven't captured that cheeky twinkle in my eye..."

"I dreamed Lucian Freud was coming to paint us."

'You may need more red paint -- I got sunburned over the weekend.'

Starving artists sale.

Artist on the Desert Island

Lincoln Portrait

"Make me look like more of a people person, you paint-slinging nitwit."

Gilbert Charles Stuart

Cariactures

'The way the eyes follow you is uncanny.'

"You're my Mona Lisa."

Framed Lady

battered artist has painted picture of falling bomb.

'On second thought, perhaps it would look better if your hand was tucked into your jacket.'

"Caricatures $20"

"I've considered portraiture, but everyone is so ugly."

Diego Velasquez

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

Curators at the Louvre Museum would regret approving the installation of a work on a wall behind the Mona Lisa.

The Sculptor

'Are you done yet?'

'I wish you wouldn't bring your work home with you!'

Couple painting each other - one turns to the other and says, 'Hon, let's hire a model.'

'Could you tone down the smile just a little?'

Family Portrait Abuse.

Francoise Gilot

Painting the portrait of a weight lifter.

El Greco

Elizabeth II

Street painter puts real face on man with happy face.

"And that's me as a shepherdess!"

Artistic Licence.

Why does every kid want the wallet size? School picture, early days.

Robert Charles Durman Mitchum caricature

Michelangelo Buonarroti.