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    Clowning around

    Oct 01, 2021 3 minutes

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    ■ How to develop an idea

    ■ How to plan ahead

    ■ Keep things simple

    Is it just me who thinks buildings can have personalities of their own? As soon as I saw this photo of a building in Vienna (below) taken by my artist friend, Oliver Hoeller (www.oliverhoeller.com), the dome on the roof struck me as looking like a clown’s hat then the two clumps of foliage became the clown’s shoes and, at that point, I knew I had to draw it!

    Turning an ornate building into a clown might sound complex, but all

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