Detailing your maquette

Detailing:

• Look to your texture and juxtaposition of textures.


• Ask yourself, "what can be less detailed and what might I want to further detail?"


• "How can I make this interesting in composition and expression?"

You will see that I used various textures and places in which detail might add interest --- keep this in mind for the future projects. Also, you will see that I have brought in other materials- keep this approach in mind for the next projects.

Scroll down to see the the texture I used for hair and the approach for the garment.

I expect to bake this tomorrow.

Week 3

Scroll down to see the process and build up of my maquette.

First you will see a general build up of simple mass and form, paying attention to a slight gesture or movement of the simple pose.

Next, you will see that I blocked out my major planes, closing in more on the gesture of the simple pose.

Once I am satisfied with the overall form and gesture, I then start blocking out the simplified features, working all up simultaneously.

I begin the refining of the major planes into a more nuanced planer structure that defines an individual.

I then block in the mass for the hair.

THIS is where I would like you to be for class- basic feature structure in place and basic mass for hair/hat in place.

We will work on refining and texture in class.

WATCH YOUR SILHOUETTES!

Building your head armature

All material here I got from Home Depot. The pipe size is 1/2". Make sure all your parts are a consistant size; the base is a 1/2" floor flange. Keep the size relevant to your proposed maquette/head sculpture size.

Material List to get started.

Materials and Supplies:

2B pencils, sketchbook,

Kneaded eraser,

8 lb. Super Sculpey©, *

Armature (to be explained in class),

Bristle flat brush 2, 4, 6 pack,

Armature wire 3/16”x 10ft, *

Armature wire 1/8^” x 20ft, *

Armature wire 1/16” x 32ft, *

Aluminum caliper 8”,

Set of boxwood model tool 6”,

Ribbon wire pottery tool 8”,

Wire end pottery tool #5,

Sculpey diluent/softener 1oz,

2-part epoxy putty,

Tools will be explained in class.

*Buddy-up for the bulk material and share!

Materials are found at Art Supply Warehouse found here