From the article: Art Jokes: You Must Be An Artist If...
A humorous look at the things you do that indicate you're an artist. Complete the Sentence...
You're thinking...
- You know you're an artist when you and guy friends see a cute girl and you and they all are like, "Dayummmmmmm.." but, in your mind actually thinking, "I would love to draw her. I wonder if she models?"
- —Guest DMK
You Must be an Artist if
- ..if you are using your finger to draw a person's face in the air, without even realizing that your doing it.
- —Guest Chidori
You Must Be an Artist If...
- ...when you ask your wife to get undressed the only thing you take out is your brush.
- —Guest Joe Z
You must be an artist because...
- ... when you go out to the seafood bar your friends and family ask "how many oyster/clam shells do you want to save?".
- —Guest Susan Walker Art
Dreaming
- ...if the colors in your dreams are labeled. You might not 'see' blue but the little label says Prussian blue....
- —catinski
Confidence, Confidence and Confidence!
- You must be an artist if you have, above all, a strong sense of self-esteem.
- —yover
You Must Be an Artist If
- You must be artist if you cut a piece of fur from your cat and take to art class because you can't get the right color without it.
- —Guest Jo
Dazed and Confused
- Everything that you when you are not painting, you are doing in an unfocussed fog -- until finally you get to start painting and finally care enough to see the light!
- —Guest Catherine
Silver Skin
- ...you have a stripe of silver on the side of your hand from pencil lead.
- —Guest Zeph
If...
- your family keeps asking you when you'll get a "real" job.
- —Guest nikiblack
You Must Be an Artist If...
- ... you have 74 pictures on your cell phone of chickens that you took at the state's fair to paint from!
- —Guest Sharon
Dog Artist
- You know you're an artist if your dog has had an opportunity to paint your walls with his tail after wagging over your oil palette.
- —Guest lori
You Must Be an Artist If...
- ...while painting, you go several hours without eating or drinking and not even realize that you're hungry. (I call it the artists' diet!)
- —Guest Cassandra
You Must be an Artist if
- ...you're always thinking about what to paint or new techniques and color and stay focused on your painting.
- —Guest Marie Hamby
You Must Be an Artist if...
- ...you study complete strangers' faces to see how the light casts shadows in a particular setting, and they catch you staring at them.
- —Lokerose
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