Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Working on a smaller scale…

With portraits and the figure, I prefer to work life-size.  By doing so, I can take direct measurements, both visually and by callipers.  I find more difficult and less spontaneous to work smaller or larger than life.  However, working on a smaller scale has the advantage of less labour and hence less hours of modelling. 

Today’s picture is of a half-size figure that I made of Denise when she was taking a full time college course.  We had to squeeze in modelling sessions in the few moments she had spare.  Against all odds, the figure worked well.



3 comments:

  1. Lovely work! Do you use clay? It looks like plastacene...

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  2. Beautiful! I love the way she is wearing her hair and the details in the muscles on the neck!

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  3. I admire your work.

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