Starting Art School Mugs

'We have yellow ochre, but no mediocre. Maybe you misunderstood the teacher.'

Sure start.

"You've got a long, long road ahead of you, young man."

Damien Hirst's art teacher

Cubism Model

School of Art & Design. Looks like they're putting up an addition.

'Look at this bankbook, Pablo. See how much I've saved for your collage fund.'

Beginner's Life Classes (painting by numbers).

Young British Artists.

"Don't worry, Miss. I'll soon get the hang of it."

Excess Baggage: If you can draw, you don't have to know the local language.

"I don't know...maybe I can make a living as an artist. I can draw all kinds of stuff!"

Like many kids, Bobby had an imaginary friend. Unfortunately for Bobby, he was a critic.

The Art Student.

'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."

'I'm in my Blue period.'

"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'."

The New Fundamentals of Art: 'We'll begin with the most basic figure, the trademark attorney...'

Picasso: The Early Years

"So, Sandra, what can you tell us about your lovely mood board?"

Art Gallery.

"120 colors and no 'Sun' color!!"

'Hold everything! -- The National Endowment for the Arts changed its mind!'

The Best Art Teacher in the World.

Van Go

Cartooning 101: Figure Drawing

'Is this any way to treat a budding genius?'

"I like it, Julian — it speaks to what a waste of time and money your MFA was."

"Billy is turning out to be quite the little artist."

'Yes, I'm very excited. I really think that I will make my mark as a surrealist miniaturist.'

"He had the Guggenheim in mind, I think."

'You're no Pollock.'

El Greco

Before Art School. During Art School. After Art School