That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 13, 2023

/// Painters, Charles and (cuz) Henri Beaubrun,

took turns painting her portrait, for fun.

Their collaboration

lead to irritation

over which signed his name when it’s done.

Henri was surprised when his cousin Charles told him that Henri had the birthmark on the wrong breast of Henri’s wife in the portrait.

“Do you MIND ?”

“Can you make her more anime?”

“Both eyes on one side of her nose ?/

Don’t tell me you’re one of those !/

“ A ‘Cubist’ ? Why, yes!/

Tell me, when did you guess ?”/

“When you couldn’t get someone to pose.”

A dad about to yeet his son “the critic”.

“sorry, can’t paint right now… POS*”

*parent over shoulder

Dude, you missed a spot.

No, I think all the sevens are supposed to be green

“When you have time,could you do my nails?”

From: @Call me Ishmael

https://www.gocomics.com/profile/2288699

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“Both eyes on one side of her nose ?/

Don’t tell me you’re one of those !/

“ A ‘Cubist’ ? Why, yes!/

Tell me, when did you guess ?”/

“When you couldn’t get someone to pose.”

You are correct. You caught me. It is not a palette. It is the missing turtle, turned upside down in an effort to escape detection. I am so ashamed. . .

“See right there, there’s a nip slip, make sure it’s in the painting.”

Being blessed with zero talents artistic, / Makes a supremely qualified art critic. / They write about artists and periods / In tones elevated, even imperious, / In reviews so sour, they’re almost acidic!

It’s a heavy responsibility / For those who have no real ability. / They take the position / That their vitriol trumps erudition, / Thinking incivility masks their own incapability. 8>)

Funny

If she is from that wild night in Rio, that’s way too many clothes and paint that hem way shorter!

[Parody of the theme to “The Patty Duke Show”]

Meet Charles, who’s lived in cultures far,

St. Petersburg to Zanzibar —

But Henri’s lived a raucous life

In Paris cheating on his wife.

What a crazy pair!

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And yet they’re cousins,

Identical cousins with curly hair.

Artists that use the same palette —

One of the things that they share.

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Where Charles is cosmopolitan,

Thinks Italian music’s not be outdone;

Our Henri’s much, much less refined

And with French bar singers been entwined

What a wide contrast to stun!

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Still, they’re cousins

Identical cousins in certain ways

They hold their brush alike, they paint alike

At times the even cough alike

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Truly it leads critics to amaze,

Their dual talent puts all in a daze.

Dudes with extremely long right arms.

“What are those little numbers for?”

“Sure you want to use orpiment there? Wouldn’t crome yellow be better?”

“I can tell by the way you’re painting her that you’re still hoping Mom will like you better.”

“What are those little numbers for?”

Gaston, look you made one breast smaller than the other!

How they photo-shopped in the 18th century.

“Brother, your model wears no underwear!”

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“We’re in France. None of us are wearing underwear.”

“Wait, Is that MOM?”

“What, you didn’t know about her profession?”

“Using all shades of brown is sheer genius. It reflects her personality.”

“Her bosom is bigger than that … I know … I’ve seen it!”

“Quel putain d’abruti!” thinks Henri. “Qui est-il pour me dire comment peindre sa femme?”

You idiot! That wasn’t brown paint. I was stirring up chocolate for Valentine candies!

Did ya hear the song about the guys that fell into a vat of chocolate? (Now, it’s based on a real accident at M&M/Mars.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSmqYSVVpTM

I think you need a happy little tree over there.

Henri and Charles Beaubrun making the portrait of Queen Marie-Thérèse: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

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(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string with 1,500, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting. Other versions points to the strip coloration image file.

Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3079 (February 12, 2023) blog entry and image, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, have been updated with (artist and date) info found at the searched for file. I have added a blog entry comment (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about the named artist. First work associated with the named artist used here.

The George Eastman technique of painting, create a negative and then turn it into the picture.

painting boring portrait of boring wife in monochrome with help of dear friend.

That’s her! That is exactly what she looks like! Now send it to the police, so that they can start looking for her!