The [Peculiar] Exhibition of [An Unknown Artist] By Vaughn McDougall
Page By Numbers To Begin We Must Draw
Contents.......................................1 Introduction.................................3 “Who is the Artist?“....................5 Colouring In..................................7 Doodling......................................13 Wanted Poster............................17 Two Photos.................................20 Paintings.....................................21 Paint Yourself...........................23
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To Draw We Must Make
Office Mooning............................24 Peep-le that you Meet..............25 Rose-tinted Glasses..................26 No Distance Too Long.................27 Bless You.....................................29 Hi-Five.........................................30 The Location of the Paint..........31 Happy Ransom Day.....................32 Thread the needle......................33 Scratch out your Feelings........34 Mirror’s Edge..............................35 Subletting in a Green House.....36
To Make We Must Do
Doodle Bop...................................37 Opposites Attract......................38 Self Made.....................................39 Rules of the Craft......................40 Dance out your Feelings............41 A Hot Summer Day......................42 A Face, Full..................................43 Draw Rush Hour...........................44 A New Identity.............................45 Finish the Puzzle........................46 Stick in some Memories............47
To Do We Must Imagine
“Have you seen this person?“...48 From the Bottleneck Up.............49 School Nativity............................50 Heartburn.....................................51 Strings of Fate............................52 Who are You.................................53 Wear a Mask.................................54 Pitching Pros...............................55 Imposter Sym-drome.................56 Muddy Portraits..........................57 2
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Can You
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Make / / Draw Do Cut Out Ponder! 4
So tell me...
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who is the artist behind the pencil right now? 6
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Let’s colour inside the lines.
Now let’s try outside the lines.
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We can doodle without a cause.
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How would we doodle with a cause?
It’s about thinking inside and outside the box, y’know?
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Let’s get some energy out. Have a scribble!
Wear this page and tear this page.
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Now stitch this page together!
Give this page a stamp.
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Think of a face and stick it here! 17
You can use the shapes I have lying around or cut out your own!
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WANTED
Artist
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Preferably definitely alive!
Take a picture of yourself. One old, one new.
Shred it. Stick it back together.
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Paint the sounds of your favourite music. Paint the sounds of your least favourite music. The Hills Are [LIVE]
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Pick an object important to you. Make it look how it makes you feel.
.object of desire
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PAINT ! f l e s r you
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START
Put your picture in a ph Make a clone or twelve. otocopier.
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Office Mooning 24
Draw all the eyes you meet.
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.rose tinted glasses
Wear a new accessory as you go about your day as though nothing has changed. When someone mentions them, take them off.
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Connect the pinkies. Their fate rests in your hands. no distance too long. 27
REPRISE: Connect your pinkies. Make a promise. Keep it. 28
Take a napkin, Write a secret in its centre, Use and dispose as intended.
bless you. 29
Show me a high-five!
You’re doing a great job! 30
Draw a memory. Draw something you miss. Draw something you are missing. Draw something you have forgotten.
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.the location of the paint
Write a letter only Write a secret with on square paper. magazine clippings. Fold it into a crane. Imagine your worries flying away. REPRISE: Send ___ a card like this.
Crane your neck
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Happy Ransomday
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Thread
The Needle. 33
Scratch Out Your Feelings.
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Draw yourself from a mirror.
Which is a more accurate you?
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Mirror’s Edge
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Day 1) Pick up a mirror, draw its inhabitant Day 2) Pick up a mirror, draw its inhabitant Day 3) Pick up a mirror, draw its inhabitant Who are all these tenants?
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Subletting in a green house 36
.Doodle Bop
Doodle on your hands. Doodle on someone else’s hands. Doodle until there’s no space left! 37
Opposites Attract.
Do the opposite of something I’ve told you to do. 38
Draw a picture of yourself Rip it to shreds Stitch yourself back together.
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.self made
Paint where you should. Paint where you shouldn’t. rules of the craft.
Paint a dream you once had. Paint a dream you don’t have anymore. 40
Dance
out your
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Feel
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Walk around as though you’re wearing Ice skates on a hot summer day.
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Draw all over your face. Draw until you look like someone else. .a face, full
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Hour
Draw Rush In Rush
Hour. 44
Codename: Star Sign: License to:
Strengths:
Create a new identity. Codename: Star Sign: License to:
Strengths: 45
Finish Puzzle
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Stick in some memories.
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. e r u t c i p d l o n a d n Fi them into Cut ces. pie hem to t e g n a r Rear ike you now. look l
Ask: me, “Excuysoeu seen have person?” this 48
draw ytouurre fu , self put it inlea, bott t carry id, aroun n open whyeou reach ytuoruer. fu 49
.from the bottleneck up
Peek through your curtains like a child before the school nativity. 50
Draw a heart. Fill it with love. Break it. Piece it back together.
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Imagine a string wrapped around your finger. Imagine its end wrapped around a friend’s finger. Go about your days attached together. Feel the string tense the further you go. When the string is too tight, cut it. How far did your string stretch before it must snap?
.String Theory
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I am stuck under the canvas staples, Wedged in the masking tape creases, Cozy in the crinkled paper folds. Who are you?
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Step outside. Wear the mask of someone else.
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Look in a mirror, A window, A glass, Throw out your nicest compliments, Help your new friend catch them. .pitching pros
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Imposter Sym-drome
Take your mirror outside, hold it up, notice the faces around you. curl your hair back, adjust your glasses, cough, just as your mirror self does too.
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Gaze into the nearest puddle. Reflect. Reprise: Write a birthday card with magazine clippings. Gaze into the nearest puddle. Do not sign it. Take a picture___ in its reflection.
Happy Ransom Day
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Reprise: Gaze into the nearest puddle. Write a birthday card with Jump in the portal.
magazine ___ clippings. DoMuddy notPortraits sign it. ___ Happy Ransom Day
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Become the artist. My name is:
And my art is:
Go on, you’ve earned it.