The Joker

This painting was based on a poster I saw in a hobby store. It is the joker as portrayed by Heath Ledger in a Batman movie. The hair was particularly challenging.

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Willie Nelson

A couple months ago I saw a pic of Willie in the newspaper. I cut it out and came up with this painting. I purposely left it in black and white, as was the original.

I was particularly happy with the hair. I was able to get good, sharp detail with the use of an exacto knife that allowed me to carefully scratch in each strand of hair.

I like the black and white look of the painting just like my portrait of Einstein which also was in black and white.

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