Greeks

Well, the head is looking better with some hair and the ears are now not bad. Last week I visited the British Museum. I wanted to get some ideas of how sculptors down the ages had created ears and eyes. The Greek statues have blank eyes like this, apparently because they were originally painted. Anyway, next I'll try to do something with the eyes.

Final Clay

It was really difficult to get the eyes right and I needed Paul's advice.
In the end I went for gouging out a hole to indicate the pupil and made a slight indent for the eyeball. This is the final clay model - it does have a hint of me I think. Next I will need to make the plaster mould.

Clay Head Progress

Progress has been slow, but it does take time to get not only the individual features right (or at least plausible) in themselves but also in relation to each other and as a whole. I get Paul's feedback every now and then and find out: ears are not just stuck on but flow from the cheek, lie behind the jawline and always contain a C and a Y; lips do not end in points, they are rolls of flesh; your eyes are actually quite far back into your head and round to the side.

I created these comparison photo montages using Photoshop - they will help me sort out where the sculpture needs tweaking!

Head progress

Another 2 and a half hours with a little progress – worked on the mouth and face shape. I had been away for couple of weeks so was glad I had wrapped the model tightly in a plastic bag so as to retain moisture. It was still perfectly workable.







I think it's human anyway.












Maybe some ear work next?