Romantic Feeling Set of Three Well Used Boxes of Old Grumbacher, NY Pastels, As Found antique schoolgirl map I'd free them and keep

I'd free them and keep them lined up as a happy family

not a smile among them

One sees lots of old handmade wooden doorstops of a similar manner

and with moveable arms and fixed legs attached by nails--but none with these fantastic red spots and such a great pencil-drawn face

its humble beauty and lyricism have struck me anew every time I look at it and made it one of my favorite recent finds

Romantic Feeling Set of Three Well Used Boxes of Old Grumbacher, NY Pastels, As Found antique schoolgirl map I'd free them and keepI've got a real thing for old, well used art supplies I find them very romantic, and if ever there were objects that carried the creative energies of their former users, old paints and drawing materials surely do. Plus, color! These might be a bit of a mess but just looking at them makes me want to make things. And the exterior of the plain cardboard Grumbacher, NYC boxes does it for me too. A feeling their one time owner seemed to share filling two