(May 2002)
This and the previous sculpture are the first ones I kept. This one I worked on both meticulously and rushed. It's probably the first that I really attempted to make a complete composition out of. The problem is I ran out of time.
It was this term that the talk of shutting down the general interest program started. This was one of the reasons I cast the head sculpture and this piece. Unfortunately it also mean they weren't quite there as complete compositions. I really needed one more class then I had.
I'm quite pleased with the pose in this one, and I like how I contoured the base she is laying on. I think her proportions work much better then previous poses too. But I didn't finish the face, or get hair on her, and I did the socks and mittens thing with the feet and hands. This was the result of running out of time.
I had a great plan for hair. After doing the head sculpture I realized how much fun it is to come up with hair styles in clay. It also would have solved the mitten problem, because I was going to make it long and flowing so it would have covered the hands.
The biggest problem is the face. Although this was a female model the face currently looks very male. Now that it's more or less set in stone, it's not easy to change. This is one of the main reasons I don't display this one. It just doesn't look right. I'm hoping I can come up with a way to fix it. One idea is to sand down the face and give it the same sort of appearance as the hands and feet. But this takes away detail, that on it's own is not too bad. It's just not right for the piece.
So the cast version of this piece is now wrapped in a towel and is laying on the floor in the spare bedroom at my parents place. On day I hope to figure out something I can do with it. It needs something to make it displayable but I'm not sure what will make it look right.
This and the previous sculpture are the first ones I kept. This one I worked on both meticulously and rushed. It's probably the first that I really attempted to make a complete composition out of. The problem is I ran out of time.
It was this term that the talk of shutting down the general interest program started. This was one of the reasons I cast the head sculpture and this piece. Unfortunately it also mean they weren't quite there as complete compositions. I really needed one more class then I had.
I'm quite pleased with the pose in this one, and I like how I contoured the base she is laying on. I think her proportions work much better then previous poses too. But I didn't finish the face, or get hair on her, and I did the socks and mittens thing with the feet and hands. This was the result of running out of time.
I had a great plan for hair. After doing the head sculpture I realized how much fun it is to come up with hair styles in clay. It also would have solved the mitten problem, because I was going to make it long and flowing so it would have covered the hands.
The biggest problem is the face. Although this was a female model the face currently looks very male. Now that it's more or less set in stone, it's not easy to change. This is one of the main reasons I don't display this one. It just doesn't look right. I'm hoping I can come up with a way to fix it. One idea is to sand down the face and give it the same sort of appearance as the hands and feet. But this takes away detail, that on it's own is not too bad. It's just not right for the piece.
So the cast version of this piece is now wrapped in a towel and is laying on the floor in the spare bedroom at my parents place. On day I hope to figure out something I can do with it. It needs something to make it displayable but I'm not sure what will make it look right.
1 comment:
I think the body is dead on, but the issue is the scale of the head. It's about 25% larger than it should be visually.
Someone once told me that realistic human forms have bodies that are seven heads tall. Cartoon forms have bodies that are four heads tall. I've used this rule of thumb when drawing human forms during sketches.
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