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13th October, 2010.

Well I have given the Carnival clown a week or so to ponder over! And no I didn’t put scissors through it! I decided to paint the two masks back white, with subtle shading which I like immensely. It just lifts out the colour that surrounds the masks. I have also been putting in shades and tones in the ruffles of the clown, still working on the red one. The yellow and red clown hats I have straightened and I think I may have to put a sander on the red clown hat to get rid of the textured paint of the mask and hand that was there which is now gone. I want the clown hats to be straight and smooth which mirrors the ruffles. I have also changed the top left hand corner, making the ruffles appear more like a sunburst and using a palette knife on this area to change the texture slightly. What’s left to do, well now the other two clowns have had there make overs, I will work on the blue and black one. Was thinking of making him darker with the odd highlighted area, and accentuate the mask more like the white ones but dark. What do you think?

Here is a picture of my progress so far.


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4th October, 2010

This painting is really making me feel frustrated! There is something about it that is driving me nuts! I am having problems with the two masks on left and the middle. I love the effect I got with the mask on the right, and can’t seem to reproduce something similar! So far, I have worked on the left hand clown, turned him yellow, and tried putting some tonal shades in. I have left this painting for a few days to let me think about it, otherwise I might take a pair of scissors to it!!


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Well my painting is progressed a lot, it is very vibrant and feel it is very expressive. I like to use colour to express myself, in a way that almost says “look at me” hopefully I have done that with this painting. Got some touching up to do, but mainly very happy with how it is turning out?


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