Arthur Fleck : Joker

[Steve Brodie]

1/5th bust of Joaquin Phoenix character Arthur Fleck aka Joker from the 2019 movie. Painted in oils , 3 hours work so far, for the split hair colour, half in flesh the other half in his clown makeup

[langy71]

love it Steve, he's very lifelike,

[Steve Brodie]

love it Steve, he's very lifelike,

Cheers, just got to get the look of the painted on face make up after sorting out his eyes.
May actually get some face paints and a very small sponge to dab the white make up on.

[JR]

Very nice indeed Steve .

[Stefee]

I am in awe at the skill and artistic flair that you achieve in these busts and figure modelling in general, makes my art A level look very mundane.

[Steve Brodie]

I am in awe at the skill and artistic flair that you achieve in these busts and figure modelling in general, makes my art A level look very mundane.

That’s very kind of you, the drawn image isn’t mine , free license on Google.

[Steve Brodie]

Very nice indeed Steve .

Thankyou

[Jim R]

I am in awe at the skill and artistic flair that you achieve in these busts and figure modelling in general.

I know exactly what he means Steve. I feel exactly the same. Figure painting at your skill level is a mysterious, dark art to most of us.

[Steve Brodie]

I know exactly what he means Steve. I feel exactly the same. Figure painting at your skill level is a mysterious, dark art to most of us.

Thanks Jim,
Seriously it’s not that hard to achieve, just need some decent oils, brushes a drying box is a must and a belief that what starts out looking basic, will overtime and more painting turn out ok’ish in the end.

[Stefee]

Much too modest Mr. Brodie !!!

[wotan]

Steve

Nice bust, and a nice start to the paint job. Talking about oil paints you might want to look into getting some ALKYD oils. These perform exactly like regular oils but they dry in about 12 hours without a drying box. For me they are the perfect combination of oil paint blending possibilities and translucency, and a drying time almost like acrylics. Windsor and Newton do them as well as some other makers.

John

[Steve Brodie]

Had to give his head a coat of Matt varnish and as last time Ammo ultra turned the colours funny, thought I would use some ‘proper’ oil paint Matt varnish, definitely squeaky bum time though, fingers crossed and waiting for it to dry out completely, then I can start applying the clown face to his left side.

Have applied some surfacer to the left side of his cardigan to turn it onto a suit jacket, as worn in the killing scene of Murray.

Left the lid open on this occasion

[Steve Brodie]

[Steve Brodie]

Suit jacket sculpted, just about - not perfect but happy with the result. Acrylic base coats on and ready for the oil work

[langy71]

Wow Steve, this just gets better and better...nice work indeed buddy