Base Class: Bard
The arts in their most literal form is the expression and creation of emotion and thought through the use of the canvas and the spectrum of colors applied to it. Bards that train in this college are experts with the brush and quill and the expression of emotion. Be it the abstract depiction of friendship to cause those that gaze upon it to fall to their charms, or the lively image of a roaring fire to bring it forth in actuality, those trained in the Arts are just as deadly as anything they can imagine.
The most common individuals that practice the Arts tend to be of elven descent, though this has not barred a member of any race the ability to train and put quill and paint to the page.
Lifelike Image
3rd-level College of Arts feature
Starting at 3rd level, you can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to infuse your artwork with life. As an Action, you may rapidly create the image of a creature, provided you have seen it before, on a suitable surface within 5 feet of you, at which point the image rises from the surface growing or shrinking to the proper size of the creature created. The Lifelike Image you create can have a challenge rating no higher than your Bard level, it uses the statistics of whatever you create save for its AC which equals 10 + your Proficiency Bonus, and its number of Hit Points which equals half your maximum hit points, rounded down.
The Lifelike Image shares your initiative but goes at the end of your turn, it loses its multi-attack if it had one. The image will follow your orders to the best of its ability but shares the same limitations as its real counterpart. The creature lasts for 10 minutes and is made of paint or ink depending on the method you used to create it and can be washed away at the DMs discretion when exposed to water or a similar substance. You can only have one Lifelike Image active at a time.
Expertise
3rd-level College of Arts feature
When you join this College at 3rd level you gain expertise with Painter's Supplies and the Forgery Kit regardless of if you previously had proficiencies or not.
Artful Display
3rd-level College of Arts feature
When you join this College at 3rd level you learn the spell Color Spray and can cast it without consuming a spell slot once every long rest. This spell doesn't count against your number of known spells.
Perfect Replication
6th-level College of Arts feature
Starting at 6th level in this subclass you gain the ability to expend a usage of your Bardic Inspiration to create the imagery of a spell you have previously seen cast. The spell must be of a level you can cast but can be from any class list. Casting a spell in this way still consumes a spell slot of the appropriate level and you cannot upcast a spell using this feature. Regardless of the class the spell originates from it counts as a bard spell for you and uses your Spell Save DC, Attack modifier, and Spell Casting Ability modifier. To cast a spell in this way requires you to have a suitable surface to create the image on.
Perfect Naturalism
14th-level College of Arts feature
At 14th level, your art can physically transport you from place to place. Over the course of 10 minutes, you can use your art supplies to create the image of a location on a suitable surface, provided you have been there or have a perfect representation of that place such as another painting, drawing, or magical means of viewing it. Once the image has been created you and up to six willing creatures within 30 feet of you can leap into the image and teleport to that location. Afterward, the image you used to teleport magically vanishes leaving the area where it had been painted or drawn a blank surface. You can use this feature once every long rest.