Coulrophobic portrait

Not for the coulrophobic (fear of clowns)...I don't know what possessed me to paint a clown, I find them somewhat disturbing. It started as a joke but turned into a digital adventure. No symbolism or greater meaning intended, I just decided to explore photoshop with an imaginative-no ref portrait.

Portrait light effect

without elaborating too much this is a study pushing the effect of the light through it's color. That part worked but as a painting...oh well...that's a different story

Van oil brushy sketch

I've been wanting to start on my brushwork with color so I did this in workshop as a start...

Yours truly...in charcoal

Not the clearest photo of it . But I'm happy with the original...

Finally finished this drawing, started from life, finished at home.