Primitive Palette Enthusiast Gifts

"I'm sorry, but his command of the earth tone palette is pure genius!"

'On your mark. Get set. Create!'

'Congratulations on your 100% plant-based diet. I'm referring you to a botanist.'

'I think you've put that in the wrong place.'

'I'm going through my 'blue period' - all my other crayons have broken.'

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

Unknown moments in art history. Manet? This is Monet --- I got some of your mail again.

These colour charts are ridiculous... coal' black, 'midnight' black, 'licquorice black'.' - 'There's too much choice! All I want is plain old boring bl-' - 'Ooooooh... 'panther' black.' -

Cave Painter

"Bingo, it's the hippy lady again! She always throws something interesting: last week it was honey-beer bread..."

'Thrilling news yesterday; my nephew's got the Lascaux Caves commission.'

"Painted like this, finding furniture to match at least one colour should be simple!"

Divine Intervention

'Maybe if you cut off an ear it would look better.'

"It's always Roy G. Biv this, Roy G. Biv that. Never Burnt Sienna!"

'Face it, DuChamps -- you're in a rut.'

Shadow Artist

'Did you know that your lips move when you paint?'

"He's showing a great interest in drawing."

'It's another canvasser dear'

'I love an empty canvas...especially yours...'

'You need to slow down - use more color.'

Artist painting his own paints instead of the view.

"My art teacher said I passed the finger painting assignment with flying colors."

"I forgot blue."

'Gee, doc, I never thought creative therapy would be like this.'

'Okay, how about THAT shade of mud?'

Academicians discussing the admitance of Pre-Raphaelites

Starving artists' sale.

Makeup! Makeup! Makeup!

'All right †how about this color of mud?'

'They describe the end of the ice age as the Big Brownout. They lost more than 10,000 tonnes of mammoth steaks.'

Claude Monet

Painting of a wave in a calm sea.

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