# I'm an artist! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-artist/330479 "2005-11-10T21:48:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-artist/330479/1 "2005-11-10T21:48:02Z")
When my girlfriend and I were on vacation last May, we walked into an art gallery full of watercolors. I really liked them. But I was a little puzzled as to how they were done, as they didn’t mesh with what I learned watercolors were from my elementary school days. Remember those little purple cakes that had no actual pigment? So you could draw a faint cirlce with two dots for eyes and call it “DADDY” and hang it on the fridge? So curiousity got the best of me, and my girlfriend and I decided to become artists that weekend. Within a few weeks, were spending a king’s ransom on grownup paints, brushes, and instruction books. It became the obsession of 2005 for both of us. Year of the paint. So anyway, 5 months later, the HR department at work sponsored an event where employees who were hobbyists in painting, sculpture, clothing design, photography, singing, whatever, could display their works in a makeshift gallery. I decided that I didn’t suck too too much, so I entered three of my paintings. So people saw them, and were impressed! I got a lot of positive feedback. People asked me if I’ve been painting my entire life. When I said it was just 5 months, their jaws dropped to the floor. They like me! They really really like me! Life sucks and you all stink. (I’m trying to develop an artist’s temperament. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-artist/330479/2 "2005-11-10T21:50:45Z")
No, no, you’ve got the temperament all wrong. It’s “No one understands my work.” Now practice saying that in front of a mirror. You want to look forlorn in an exotic kind of way. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-artist/330479/3 "2005-11-10T21:55:04Z")
Figures you don’t understand my post. No one does. From years of being a classical musician, I have the cigarette hanging out of the mouth in a snooty Eurotrash way thing going on, though. And from my days as a jazz musician, I have the “I’m better than you” while being falling-down-drunk thing under my belt as well. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-artist/330479/4 "2005-11-10T21:59:18Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Figures you don’t understand my post. No one does. > > From years of being a classical musician, I have the cigarette hanging out of the mouth in a snooty Eurotrash way thing going on, though. And from my days as a jazz musician, I have the “I’m better than you” while being falling-down-drunk thing under my belt as well. Thaaaat’s more like it. Now you just need the little pencilled-on-looking goatee and a beret. And drink lattes a lot. Then you’ve got it made. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-artist/330479/5 "2005-11-10T22:01:22Z")
Have you drawn any catgirls attacked by tentacled aliens? 😃 Oh, wait, wrong kind of artist. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-artist/330479/6 "2005-11-10T22:06:06Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Thaaaat’s more like it. Now you just need the little pencilled-on-looking goatee and a beret. And drink lattes a lot. Then you’ve got it made. 😃 I’ve got the arty beard already. I should have shown up at the artists’ reception wearing all black, beret and sunglasses included, with an espresso and cigarette. And I could have tossed the espresso at someone else’s work, then stormed out. That woulda been kewl! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-artist/330479/7 "2005-11-10T22:07:26Z")
> [@dotchan](#): > > Have you drawn any catgirls attacked by tentacled aliens? Catgirls are hard! I’m still working on skies. ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-artist/330479/8 "2005-11-10T22:09:27Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Figures you don’t understand my post. No one does. > > From years of being a classical musician, I have the cigarette hanging out of the mouth in a snooty Eurotrash way thing going on, though. And from my days as a jazz musician, I have the “I’m better than you” while being falling-down-drunk thing under my belt as well. I’m always interested in which instrument classical musicians play. So…what instrument? The wonderful French Horn, or some other piece of trash? 😉 I want that drunk “better than you” vibe. time to go unearth some Absinthe. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-artist/330479/9 "2005-11-10T23:22:11Z")
Can we see some? Can you scan and show us? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-artist/330479/10 "2005-11-11T01:16:36Z")
> [@Cemetery Savior](#): > > I’m always interested in which instrument classical musicians play. So…what instrument? The wonderful French Horn, or some other piece of trash? Horn. Pfft. You can’t work up a good bad attitude with a silly instrument like that. No, I go for full-on assitude. I’m a conductor. My conducting face =\> :mad: **Anaamika** , I don’t have a scanner at home, but let’s see if I can get one of my coworkers to do it.