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Bull’s been revived
The revival of metal sculpture has begun. I spent some time working on the bull (before today, no one was really sure if it was a bull or a cockroach).…
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kent patina
brett did a test “painting” of the kent plaster cast, making it look like aged bronze. neat!
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Jess is finished
This sculpture is finished. She’s got 10 fingers and toes, facial features, the works. This was a wonderful pose to work on. I’m glad the model was willing to hold…
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Jess – Day 5
Last night I worked on a lot of detail for this sculpture. I gave her a right foot, and most of her toes, though the left foot needs to have…
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Kent’s First Pull
This morning Brett and I took Kent’s many molds off, giving the original the change to breathe for the first time in nearly 3 months. The mothermold came off without…
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Jess – Day 3
Last night was the fourth class, but only my 3rd time working on this wonderful sculpture. I’m so happy with this pose and this model, I just can’t get over…
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Watercolor – spring class 10
Last night turned out to be the last class. Surprise! SVA, an institution that has never impressed me, sneakily decided to cut the number of classes to 10 from 12,…
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Jess – Day 2
If possible, I’m going to put only clay where human flesh is. That is, I want to leave Jess as she is now – with no support. At this point,…
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Watercolor – spring class 8
It was our second evening with Derrick, a person whom Dave has apparantly painted a lot. I spent some time looking at the watercolor sketches in Dave’s pad of paper,…
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Jess – Day 1
It was kind of a rough day for me yesterday. I’d gotten up early and been to Boston and back, traveling in a total olf 4 cars and 2 airplanes,…
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Watercolor – spring class 7
Back to watercolors after a week off for spring break. I walk into class and our model is Derrick, from the last sculpture! Funny seeing him in different poses (8…
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Kent’s Mothermold
Yesterday the master and I set about making Kent’s mother mold. That’s a plastipaste mold around the rubber that, when it hardens, is VERY hard. And light. Plaster is another…