Description
Paint went missing from the studio on the Rue Mouffetard every night for a week. First a tube of cobalt, then a little cadmium yellow, then the good sable brush that Maïtre Duval refused to lend to anyone. His students blamed one another. The cat was questioned. Only the youngest apprentice, who stayed late one evening to finish a still life, saw the truth: two elves, no taller than a teacup, mixing colours on the master’s palette and arguing about the sky.
Our box catches them in the act. The pair perch on a painted palette, surrounded by paint tubes and a paintbrush, looking very pleased with their stolen afternoon. It is a delightful gift for an art student heading off to school, a teacher who keeps a classroom full of crayons and glitter, or a weekend watercolourist whose kitchen table is never quite clear. On a studio shelf beside jars of brushes, it looks as though it wandered in on its own and decided to stay.
Notable features
- Two elves gathered around an artist’s palette
- Painted paint tubes and a paintbrush complete the scene
- Playful, storybook character
- A natural gift for artists, art teachers and students
- Brushwork done by hand, on porcelain from Limoges, France
Give it with a new set of brushes and a note that says the elves are welcome to borrow them.
