Today I started to finalizing my ideas for this short project.
I bought an air drying clay in white colour - I got used to it in the previous term. Furthermore, I recon, that the overall effect will be presented well.
Reintroducing my intends from the previous post, I was planning to crave a bust. Therefore, I needed something for stabilisation and filling - to keep a posture.
I found a cork and I started to overlapping it with a small pieces of clay.
Time to time, I was looking at the sketches to implement more expression through the posture.
Moreover, I deduct a more space on the face for the mouth. Considering shading and how it going to work from different perspectives.
I found a trouble with building an forehead and the back. Therefore I took a break to find another solution in the meantime.
Regarding the rules, I prevent clay from drying by splitting a bit of water and covering with a plastic bag.
After a break I took an occasion of the elastic surface to bended a little bit the face. I cut out the neck (You can't see that on the picture), because the construction was too heavy on the front.
I also started to modelling the arm. To make this process easier, I was adding much more water.
The part with the face features was the most enjoyable. In contrary to the clay bust from the first term, I have learned how to archive expected results.
Therefore, by applying a variation of craving tools I reached a desired effect.
For a word of reflection, summarizing the final result.
Considering the negative sides of this outcome, I would change the hand. Because from the beginning, it has too much water. I felt confident with my discover, apparently that much, as I cannot build the most important part. I cannot let it drying, because arm was sticking to the body.
Therefore I craved this watery shape in order to create fingers. Which are not create that much impression as on my sketches.
On the positive side, I am only glad of the eyes and body shape. I would not do that without working with appropriate doze of water and patience.
This post demonstrates a good level of commitment to this task - keep this up. I understand what you are having to do in terms of juggling your college work with your other commitments, but when we do the project plan in Week 3, we can work together to create a timescale that suits you and your workload.
ReplyDeleteThe process shots were good too. Are you going to add finish/decoration to this piece? This follows on well from your second post on Munch/Kokoschka.