Rest of the Clowns, 6x6

Do Clowns creep you out?   The comments that have come through have been that, although people like the paintings, they find the clowns unsettling and a bit scary.  Come to think of it all the comments like that are from women.

James Gurney, author of Dinotopia, had an interesting post yesterday with an image that I find unsettling....maybe this is what people are responding to.  Like the horror movies with clowns, are these the images we have unconsciously grown up with?

Interesting.  I always thought clowns were just fun....oh, well, there was that old Alfred Hitchcock movie....

Anyway.  Here are the other two clowns and we can be done with them.  They were fun to paint. Sweet dreams.....

Cool Red Nose 2, 6x6

These clowns spend their free time....when they aren't clowning around....visiting the kid's wards at hospitals, boosting immune systems with laughter, a la Patch Adams.   I think I could be good at this.  Wonder where I can get an application.....like I need one more project.

This guy had 'glow in the sun' pink hair but he looks better with it toned down a bit.  All of these small paintings were done with a 3/8  inch and 5/8 inch soft bright brush, sometimes held on its side for small places.

Have you ever wanted to be a clown?

Cool Red Nose 1, 6x6

All clowns want to do when they pose is crack jokes.

I've got this portrait class going on and there were these small paint panels hanging around, so what better thing to do but paint some clowns as ideas for class?  These little things are cool to paint.  Instead of walking back across the room thirty times, which happens with a large painting to get a full view, I just had to lean back a little.  Nifty.

There are currently four of these little guys that will be posted over the next few days and maybe more to come (I still have some panels).....but they'll be interspersed with some other pieces.

Doing them made me laugh....wonder where I can get a clown costume?......