Rubes by Leigh Rubin for January 05, 2021

Hey, if poets can have Poetic License…

Ahm… yep. There is a belief out there that Hans Christian Anderson wrote “The Little Mermaid” as a declaration of love for another male that he knew was going to be unrequited. That is why in the end… the Mermaid died and became sea foam… or was that an Air Fairy? Still not with the one loved.

Every artist leaves their mark on the depiction of their subject material. Only in the time of social media, though, have many people seen fit to create fiction and call it fact.

OK, who clicked on the ugly duck link?

Didn’t grow up to be a beautiful swan? No worries. In our portraits, you will always be a beautiful swan.

Is that Kim Kardashian’s photoshop artist?

Enhancements are one thing.. Fox News inspired social media would have drawn a pig

Man, that’s one ugly duckling!

He doubles as Ivanka Trump’s makeup artist.

Someone paint me a like…

Ah1 It was not recommended to paint a portrait of the King and his court as they actually where.

And the duck won the election by a lot.

Might as well paint this swan saving a group of young geese from a burning building, while you are at it.

Artists have found willing subjects to paint for practice. The goal is to be good enough to have someone pay you for your work. A quick look at the finished painting will give a pretty good idea as to whether the subject of the painting was the one paying.