Watercolour Enthusiast Gifts

J. M. W. Turner

The Art Student.

Butterfly Woman

My First Camera

"Yes, it's oil-paint: It's difficult to find water for watercolours around here..."

'Just think of it as graphic design, Mom.'

"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'."

'You just don't know when to stop, do you?'

"Isn't it an amazing co-incidence that this is an orange, and it IS ORANGE?"

"Too bright."

"Someday you'll see my work in the employee break room at the Met."

Just call me Picasso!

They were mysteriously drawn together

'It's not easy painting hummingbirds.'

"I'll give you $5 for that shirt."

"He's an abstract artist."

Creative Baby.

"Judging by the number of 'Polar Bear in snowstorm' paintings the class seems apprehensive using color."

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

''Now we're the only yard in the block with a blue apple tree!'

California Gold...field of poppies with matching border

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

"It's the poor artist who blames his crayons."

'Mom says finger painting was digital art before computers.'

"Which way to the Mona Lisa? We're double-parked."

'You called me out of the blue... Cobalt, ultramarine, prussian, cerulean or phthalocyanine?'

'I WANTED to paint the room a shade of green, but gave up somewhere between chartreuse and citrine.'

'Pink isn't EITHER the new black!'

"My scoop-back tank comes in Mango, Morning Glory, and Scallion. Don's Maori surfers are available in Iris, Mustard, and Prawn."

'Can I hand in my report tomorrow. Ms. D'Amato? I haven't finished reading the book. I've been too busy coloring it.'

'Why don't you use more blue? -- Blue is very popular these days.'

'I agree, this artist will go far and he should start right now!'

"It makes a statement, but it begs a question."

Instant art

"Your receipt is also available in a choice of colors."