That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for June 10, 2021

Jean-Pierre tried to erase what he was painting when his mother entered the studio with his lunch.

Precursor to clearing your browser history.

The model didn’t like how the painting turned out

Maybe “canvas cleaner” was an entry-level position on the “artist” career path.

Brushes work better, but dabbing cadmium green on the canvas with a cloth can also produce happy little trees.

What do you mean wax on wax off?

Mr. Miyagi left him with specific instructions on how to prep the canvas. He seemed normal, but he had to be as crazy as a loon.

Madame Hequet feared it might taint her, / portraying this surly young painter. / He wiped chalk from his slate, / his face filling with hate, / the smut he erased growing fainter.

Wax on, wax off

It seemed Ingres’ anger was chronic; / his moodiness blocked by no tonic. / Although he’d never smile / he embodied a style, / and sought to be seen as Byronic.

So, here’s how I plan my attack: / First, I’ll jab this sharp stick at her back. / Then behind the girl’s dorm, / on the rag chloroform, / I’ll try to get her in the sack. /// You object that my plan is depraved, / and that women should not be enslaved? / Please don’t call 9-1-1 / I was just “having fun.” / In the past, have YOU not misbehaved?

So it’s projectile vomit. What’s your point?

This is what you do when the model finds out that you’ve been peeping through the back window.

That’s not a sneeze…

Yo Dawg, a portrait of a self portrait of a self portrait.

sal mineo in one of his less-remembered roles as the painter gustave héquet…

He was taking his ease at his easel/ portraying a naked Vin Diesel/ when she walked by and snuzz/as she frequently does/ just to irritate this little weasel..(snuzz,for the uninitiated, is the alternative past tense of sneeze).

“You talkin’ to me?”

For the grammatically inclined/ and those who are simply resigned /“to sneeze”, “snuzz”, “have snozen“/ are the principal parts I have chosen/for sneeze. So there. Do you mind? (feeling nonsensical yet?)

This is how we make the Venetian plaster effect – wax on, wax off.

Sneezel?

“Call me that one more time and I’ll stab you in the neck wit this pencil!”

Please BE STILL! I have to start over every time you re-position yourself!

♪♪♫ Nothin’ could be sweeter than a lecherous young teacher in the mor-or-ning ♪♪♫

Before Daniel Larusso, Mr. Miyagi taught young Ferdinand the ways of oriental self-defense: CHALK ON, CHALK OFF!

Man demonstrating another use of yesterday’s collar after he’s just removed it.

" Madame Hequet, are you sure this is how Rembrandt got his start? "

Bobby’s graduation was held up pending him removing that grafitti from the school secretary’s office.

Task fixation: The model sneezed and he wiped the portrait’s nose.

Ingres (1780–1867) as a Young Man: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ingres_as_a_Young_Man_Metropolitan.jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

Unless something gets added to the title URL that points to info about the artist, I couldn’t find anything about her online. The museum says “In 1866, the master acquired the canvas at the estate sale of the man of letters and composer Gustave Héquet. The catalogue of the sale states that it was painted by Héquet’s wife, although her first name is not given.” I found this stock photo of him online; but, it doesn’t include her 

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/portrait-of-gustave-hequet-1803-1865-music-critic-for-l-illustration-from-a-photograph-by-nadar-illustration-from-l-illustration-journal-universel/DAE-BA047230 

This is the first (and probably last) work by her used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2724 (June 9, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Would that be the Artist formerly known as Prince?

Frankly, he was getting pretty sick of having to do the same sketch over and over.

Yes, you must undress Bernice, this is a nude painting!

“Almost ready to paint you. First I’ll give the canvas a fresh coat, then you. Let me prime the roller.”

Oh sure, sneeze and laugh. Well is snot funny!

Caricatures of you while you wait … $1.

$100 if you want to take it with you. No? OK.

“Alright…alright…I’ll remove the horns from your mother’s portrait!”

Zach Braff leaves scrubs behind to become a painter.