The other 2 figures were both based on some Rodin sculptures. I looked at some images in a book I have here for reference. This one was inspired from a Schiele drawing. I originally wondered what it would be like if I were to sculpt a Schiele figure, with a particular painting of himself in mind. I looked through my Schiele book and saw a painting that I like of a woman. Then I kept skimming through the book trying to find the self portrait picture, thinking that it probably wasnt in there. Well it was, but when I got to it I wanted to do the woman painting instead. I thought that maybe it was time I tried to sculpt the female figure now before I got stuck in a rut of sculpting male figures. I didnt feel like this one came out as well as the others, maybe its cause I dont have as well rounded a knowledge of the female figure as I do of the male. I guess I dont have that much experience with woman? :p But really I have taken some figure drawing classes with primarily female models, so I spose I do have some knowledge.
This little sculpture was much more of a sketch than the other ones. It didnt take me long to really make the torso. I worked on the face a bit because I knew that I wasnt going to be able to make a good female face as easily as I can make a male face. For some reason I can draw and sculpt a male face very easily. A female face is much harder for me, so I worked on it with the whole idea in my head that it wasnt going to turn out looking like a woman, and it didnt. I sort of knew that it was a lost cause because it was almost like I had given up before I started. I also knew that this was just a sketch and that I didnt have that much time to focus on the face. I thought that I might not be good enough to make the torso and body look enough like a body, and would therefor have to rely on a head and face to kind of ground the sculpture, to make it look more realistic. Well I think it ended up being the other way around. The torsoe seemed to come out pretty well and after looking at the photos of the sculpture, much like with the other 2 figures, I like it more so than when it was around.
I also had something on my mind today more so than with the other figures. I was aware with the first figure that it was somthing more of a reliefe sculpture, which is why I took some photos of it from an angle that showed the face and arm were sort of cut in half and not finished. Yesterdays figure was a bit more robust and complete, but still reliefe like. This figure today was much more like a reliefe. I had a feeling that it would be a lot harder to do this one since it was from a painting as aposed to the photos of sculptures. I had a feeling that it would turn out looking flat and it was beginning to look flat. At one point, the figure only looked realistic from on point of view, and when I turned it the figure just looked lopsided. So I fixed it and really enjoyed making the figure pop out and look like it had weight and mass.
Unfortunately, just like the other sculptures, this one no longer exists.
This isnt a particularly good shot of the figure. I just liked the picture for some reason.
Some of these shots show a bit of the weight and mass of the torsoe that I really like. When I was sculpting I really wanted to do more of the figure. I like the pose of the painting I was sculpting from and a big reason I liked the pose was because of the position of the legs and how it forced the woman to sit, with her stomach sort of elongated and with her diaphram sticking up and out. I didnt have that much time to do legs, but I think I probably should have. Another problem was the clay getting a little dryer. Im putting some water on it before I put it back in the bag but I might have to take some more precautions. Im sure that Im probably not going to be able to use this clay after awhile because the constant use might just ruin it. I dont really know though, dont know that much about clay.
After looking at some of these Im really pleased with this one that I thought was the weakest of the figures Ive done. It might actually be the best one so far. Not that its really saying much, my other 2 werent exactly masterpieces, but I feel like this one might actually be the most realistic looking. Which is funny in a way, because my reference for the other 2 was from Rodin, which is far more realistic than a Schiele painting. Maybe this piece was me filling in the missing pieces with my mind because I didnt have as much information. I dont know. Anyway, Im not sure if I think "realistic looking" is quite something that will define if I like the sculpture or not. If the figure looks and feels like it makes sense, that it is a figure with a working underlying structure of skeletons and musculature, then that will make me happy. I think Im much happier with this figure than I was with the other 2.
I really like the subtle creases and bends and dips in the stomach area. My favorite part on a woman? Get real. Thats probably too hard a thing to pinpoint.
Holy cow, I got abunch of music today and I totally love it. I think I need to post a list of just about all the music I got. Im not totally enamored with every single one of the tracks I got, but I do enjoy most of them, and together, I guess as a play list, I think its just great! Insidently, this is what I was listening to WHILST I was sculpting and typing this post...BETWIXT the walls of my brick house......... FROM WHENCE MY SCULPTING CAREER WAS BORN!!!Ima post it in a new post, cause this one is just too long!
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