Cooing lovingly over the miniscule cup fungi on a rotting stick.
“This took me 15 years to figure out. In the ‘Fine Art’ world that would make it a ‘Trade Secret’, but we’re all communists here, so let me show you so you don’t waste your time.”
*Pencil falls on the floor* *CHORUS OF HORRIFIED GASPS*
“Do we need calipers for this?” “Only if you’re a weenie.”
Prismacolor: The Pencil That Smiles Back!
“Very nice color here! what is that?” “It’s, uh. Blood.” “But it’s such a fugitive pigment! How are you going to archive this?”
Eating part of your sample to make the composition more interesting
“Mervi did you sew this bee’s wings together?”
Drawing in irregular dimensions just to tell Jenna where she can stick her her 16×20 frames.
A U B E R G I E N E S
“How many color pencils do you HAVE?” “I don’t know. My nephew got bored counting at 8000.”
S E N E S S E N C E
Orchid People ™
Mervi Will Notice If You Do It Wrong And Will Be Very Disappointed With You So Do It Right, Jackass
The McCauleys, getting in trouble in the back row again.
DO YOUR HAND STRETCHES
WEAR YOUR GLASSES
KEEP YOUR COFFEE AND PAINT WATER ON OPPOSITE SIDES
“If you could invent a new color, what would you call it?” “Fred.”
“We all know Meredith is a witch and that’s fine, we just want to know the name of the Dark God she sacrifies goats to so we can get in on that.”
Faber-Castell WHY did you discontinue the Magic Purple?
“Can’t you write longhand?” “No. It’s Regan’s fault.”
Snitching samples from around the gardens.
“This is a beautiful composition. If you mess up the label, I will have you flogged.”
Small Children randomly wandering into the classroom.
I Chose This Subject Because It’s Beautiful And Complicated And I’m Regretting That Choice But No Bitchass Leaf Is Going To get The Best Of Me
“I think the technical term is ‘Fiddly Bits’.”
“What’s the weirdest thing anyone’s said about your art?” “A woman once told me I do beautiful photography.”