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Derek – Finished

This sculpture is officially finished! Last night I took care of some details, giving Derek his full complement of 10 fingers and 10 toes. I added some bulk to his…
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Watercolor – spring class 6

Last night we had the same wonderful model. I arrived a bit late a missed the first 5-minute pose … but I wasn’t having a great night anyway. Sometimes it’s…
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Derek – Day 5

I spent some time on details last night. Derek now has a face and a left hand. I also softened up the detail in his lower abdomen. Derek is looking…
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Watercolor – spring class 5

Our model last night was one of the few models in the SVA circuit with a more average body (as opposed to all the dancers and aspiring fashion models who…
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Derek – Day 4

I found my tension last night. Derek isn’t looking straight ahead. That must’ve been something I just wasn’t looking at closely enough before last night. No, he’s looking back over…
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Watercolor – spring class 3

After missing last week, I was glad to get back. And our model was great. He has no body fat and lots of lines, which is my favorite for line…
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Derek – Day 3

Last night during my work on Derek I moved from “well, it looks human” to “ah, it’s coming together.” I lengthened his legs by adding onto the bottom, made his…
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casting kent 2

This morning Brett and I put our second day into the kent-casting project. We removed the shims, cleaned up the edges between the sculpture and the rubber wall, and then…
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Kent Cast 2

Today i went into tcs in the morning at 9:30 to help Brett with the second step of Kent’s molding and casting process. i didn’t take notes this time, but…
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Derek – Day 2

Made a lot of progress on Derek last night. The pose changed slightly from last week, and I had to bring his right leg forward a big and change the…
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Watercolor – spring class 2

Last night we had the same model, with very good posture and not much variety of poses. I’m posting three of my attempts from last night. The 5 minute is…
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Derek – Day 1

Began my figure sculpture season again last night. Finally! Such a nice medium. Last night I mostly added lots and lots of clay. I started on an old artmature that…