There are similarities between my way of
painting and my way of sculpting.
With watercolour, speed is of the essence and it
is the same when modelling with clay. Both give of their best when given freedom
and then left alone. Overworking only screws things up.
True enough, the time frames are different. A
watercolour can be thrown down in a matter of minutes, whereas sculpting a life-size
figure in clay can take weeks. With both I work from the live model. This is easy
enough when a painting can be done in one sitting, but more difficult when the
modelling goes on from one week to the next.
To get around this I draw on a lifetime’s
experience, rather than a reliance on photographs, and do what I can between modelling sessions. The ear and hair shown below are a case in point.
This detail of the model’s right breast shows
how suggestion can be achieved by putting down and then leaving well alone.
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