Starting Art School Pillows

'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

'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

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

Art Gallery.

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

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

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

Cartooning 101: Figure Drawing

Van Go

The Best Art Teacher in the World.

'You're no Pollock.'

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

El Greco

'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."

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

'I got an F in arts because the dog ate my homework!'

Before Art School. During Art School. After Art School