I really like how you paired the colorful clown with the monochrome dragonflies. I’ve always preferred muted colors myself, so the contrast really works for me. Did your teacher specify a clown because they’re the most colorful figures in the human world?
What can I say, she said that black and white is nice, but that I should work with more colours, and then she gave the example of a crying clown. I'm not a fan of clowns at all, so I mentioned that, but I made it anyway because, after all, you have to try things you don't like sometimes... Not that I've never done that before in my life, haha. I have no idea if she thinks clowns are the most colourful thing in a person's life, but I don't like clowns and there are many other people who feel the same way, and I understand that even the Clinic clowns aren't really as appreciated as people make out. Fortunately, that scary Ronald McDonald clown has also disappeared. I added the Libelle because I was actually trying to do Libelle, so I think I just said, 'Let's put it on top, then I'll do them after all.
Maybe I should make another black and white clown, but I think it's time to just do something else and stop painting with watercolours. Maybe I'll make something short every now and then, just to see if I'm still making progress, but I'm actually more interested in acrylic paint and even more interested in working with soft pastel chalk. I'm still not sure if it's my watercolours or the paper or because I'm just too stupid that some things don't work for me that I see working for others, although I see lots of examples where watercolours are used no differently than acrylics and are just applied very thickly. Perhaps watercolour is much cheaper if you work that way. I haven't yet figured out how to make it shine later, because I've sprayed it with hairspray and also with fixative, but I don't see any difference. I couldn't work with it on canvas either, so that's another setback. Maybe watercolour is most fun when you doodle with it.