Paint can lid paintings

I have been painting on gallon paint can lids for a while now. Here are a few more. These are all in oil.

some casein paintings 5x7

Casein on masonite panels.

Halloween 9x12

A Halloween painting. acrylic on panel.

Emerson and Layton 6x8

A science teacher and a social science teacher. both acrylic on panel.

more paint lids

Casein on paint lids...

casein paint lid portraits

I have been experimenting with casein lately. Some of these characters are made up, some are inspired by mugshots found on the world wide web.

Well intentioned people are always giving me old house paint thinking I can use it in my classroom. They are mostly wrong. If it's not white or something close to white that I can use for primer, it is pretty much useless. I can use the lids though. I'm not sure why I started painting on these but I like them.

zombie

One of my students who had perfect attendance this term. This little portrait was her prize.

The Invisible Man 6"x8"

Acrylic on masonite.

Mr. Hyde 6"x8"

Mr. Hyde. Acrylic on masonite.

Bride of Frankenstien

6x8 acrylic on masonite.

The Mummy

Boris Karloff's Mummy 6x8' acrylic on masonite.

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954's Creature from the Black Lagoon. 6x8, acrylic on masonite.

Dracula

Classroom demo of Bela Lugosi's Dracula. 6x8, Cheap school acrylic on house paint primed masonite.

Wolfman

Classroom demo of Lon Cheney's wolfman. 6x8, Cheap school acrylic on house paint primed masonite.

Phantom

Classroom demo of Lon Cheney's phantom of the opera. 6x8, Cheap school acrylic on house paint primed masonite.

Frankenstein's Monster

Classroom demo of Boris Karloff's monster. 6x8, Cheap school acrylic on house paint primed masonite. I am thinking about doing a few classic movie monsters.

riot cops #9 22x30

riot cops #8 20x22

riot cops #7 22x27

riot cops #6 26.5x21.5

This is the biggest one so far. I ran out of actual black and white acrylic paint in my classroom so this is done partially with latex house paint.