Post by Seb on Aug 15, 2005 14:02:10 GMT -8
Hi !
Sometimes Sundays are sooooo boring… but not this time. On Saturday evening I made a block of warm clay, drew a quick sketch, and spent all my Sunday sculpting, shaping, trying new things.
Here’s the result. Working with a mirror is fun, although it gives less freedom of movements.
It’s not so much a car yet, but you’ll agree to say it’s more automotive than the girl’s portrait
As you can see I used very few tools, All done free hand (no template except for the plane of the axis) I really need to make some other, especially for the refinement and negative curves.
So here are some questions for the pros :
1) the surface is quite slick, but it looks rough with areas of different colours. Is it something I will learn to fix when we’ll use the steels on the C2 ? or is it a particularity of the clay itself. I’ve tried the Y2 from Chavant, the look was a bit different.
2) I drew a quick sketch before the exercise, but when I started sculpting I felt so creative that the result is different from the drawing. Not a big deal cause it’s an exercise. The fact is that I’m more comfortable if I do one side + half front + half rear, because being fast is very important when you want to be creative. So my question is : at the beginning of a project, in the “sketch sculpting stage” ( my favourite !!!) , is it possible to do a very quick blocking of the basic surfaces with templates ( only to have the good dimensions ) and then do like I did here, to finally reproduce the result on the other side ? If you have to deal with symmetry I think you lose a lot of creativity. The question is a bout reproducing the site, not about using a mirror.
3) Is it a good thing to do this kind of halves exercises to try new surfaces on a single side+half front + half rear, or is it better to train on whole models with simpler volumes ? ( weird question … )
4) I spent the all day to get this result. Is it slow ?! I wonder how fast a top sculptor can make quick sketches…
Help me guys I want to learn !! ;D
Still a lot of work but I really enjoy to do it. The learning process itself is a real pleasure. Next time I’ll try to sculpt something that could actually have wheels ! perhaps a portrait… or a shoe !
BTW Steve we’ll have to make a topic about taking pictures. Don’t know if it’s because of the clay’s colour, it’s a pain to shoot the model every time. I noticed you always make very good photos with good shadows to enhance the perception of volumes. The great artist who teaches me figurative portrait always make black and white photos because volumes is all that matters in sculpture.
Cya
Seb
Sometimes Sundays are sooooo boring… but not this time. On Saturday evening I made a block of warm clay, drew a quick sketch, and spent all my Sunday sculpting, shaping, trying new things.
Here’s the result. Working with a mirror is fun, although it gives less freedom of movements.
It’s not so much a car yet, but you’ll agree to say it’s more automotive than the girl’s portrait
As you can see I used very few tools, All done free hand (no template except for the plane of the axis) I really need to make some other, especially for the refinement and negative curves.
So here are some questions for the pros :
1) the surface is quite slick, but it looks rough with areas of different colours. Is it something I will learn to fix when we’ll use the steels on the C2 ? or is it a particularity of the clay itself. I’ve tried the Y2 from Chavant, the look was a bit different.
2) I drew a quick sketch before the exercise, but when I started sculpting I felt so creative that the result is different from the drawing. Not a big deal cause it’s an exercise. The fact is that I’m more comfortable if I do one side + half front + half rear, because being fast is very important when you want to be creative. So my question is : at the beginning of a project, in the “sketch sculpting stage” ( my favourite !!!) , is it possible to do a very quick blocking of the basic surfaces with templates ( only to have the good dimensions ) and then do like I did here, to finally reproduce the result on the other side ? If you have to deal with symmetry I think you lose a lot of creativity. The question is a bout reproducing the site, not about using a mirror.
3) Is it a good thing to do this kind of halves exercises to try new surfaces on a single side+half front + half rear, or is it better to train on whole models with simpler volumes ? ( weird question … )
4) I spent the all day to get this result. Is it slow ?! I wonder how fast a top sculptor can make quick sketches…
Help me guys I want to learn !! ;D
Still a lot of work but I really enjoy to do it. The learning process itself is a real pleasure. Next time I’ll try to sculpt something that could actually have wheels ! perhaps a portrait… or a shoe !
BTW Steve we’ll have to make a topic about taking pictures. Don’t know if it’s because of the clay’s colour, it’s a pain to shoot the model every time. I noticed you always make very good photos with good shadows to enhance the perception of volumes. The great artist who teaches me figurative portrait always make black and white photos because volumes is all that matters in sculpture.
Cya
Seb