Andrew Joseph Keith
Utah
Proko sculpting instructor. Sculpting takes drawing to a whole new dimension.
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Roger Dial
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4d
added comment inLife Size Mouth Demo
Okay here is my first attempt at a life size mouth study. It looks like I gave my sculpt a little bit of an overbite (will need orthodontia). This is not a self portrait...I have an old wrinkly mouth with lots of creases and will be a challenge to sculpt, ha! Anyway Andrew would you please give this one a critique. Thank you.
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This is looking great especially from the side view. I might try taking some time to soften the transitions a bit more and round things off. Think of the forms around the mouth and chin as soft pillows that blend into one another a bit more. This should help it feel more lifelike. Keep up the great work!
my assignment. thanks for the instruction.
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wow really nicely done! from the front it looks great! I didn't see the reference but from the side it might extend forward a bit more at the tip of the nose and from below make sure you're looking at the shape of the nostrils (bean shaped) and the nasal septum that separates the nostrils. Keep it up!
Hello Andrew. Here are two nose studies I just finished. The small one is a female nose done with Chavant medium clay. The second is a larger than life study of a male nose. For this one I used a water based clay for the first time. I used it because you suggested using a softer clay for large projects. I used WED EM-217 clay. I think I still like the Chavant medium the most. Please critique my sculpture studies. Thank you.
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Hey looking good! I especially like the gray study. The only thing that stands out is the shape of the nose from below, you might double check to make sure the nostrils and nasal septum are the correct shape from below. Other than that these are great studies and I can see you're getting better!
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Wow really fun and difficult facial expression with the mouth open. It's great to see how hard you're working on these portrait studies. It's hard to say without seeing the reference but from the side view the chin might be a little bit farther back (closer to the neck) so I might double check the side profile if you have a reference of that. Keep it up!
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Nicely done this is looking better! Nothing jumps out to me so just keep practicing! You're doing great.
K Goethal
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Asked for help
2nd gesture study, again from Bridgman - I thought it looked ok/balanced until i took the photos...especially from back/front... I did admittingly spend more time on side view!
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Really fun pose and I can definitely feel the emotion of the pose. I would make sure the limbs (legs and arms) taper correctly, they should be largest as where they attach to the torso and get smaller as they move toward the extremities. the glutes from the side also look to be too high up and there should be more "s" curve to the legs from the side view. Great study and keep up the work! every sculpture will help you get better!
Finally, two "corrected" Bodem block-In heads. The first four pictures correspond to my first try. The rest are my second try, which feels a little more proportionate to me. What do you think?
Regarding these exercises, I have a few more questions I kindly ask for your help to answer,
More precisely, to what "areas" of the head do the planes at the sides and at the front (the ones that taper into the wedge) of the head, correspond to? Is the wedge of the head where all of the facial features will be placed? Would that be the front "plane" or "view" of the finished portrait?
Also, how much of the chest and shoulders should I include or take into consideration while making these kind of exercises? Either for practice or as study for a finished portrait. Would it help me with the proportions of the head above them?
*If my questions aren't clear enough, please let me know.
Thank you!
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2d
Hey looking good! The wedge is indeed where the facial features will be placed and this I also refer to as the front plane of the face once it is built out with more features. I think you're doing the right amount of chest and shoulders for this exercise. The shape of the block in from the side view looks like it might be a bit off so I might take a reference image of the portrait from the side and overlay it onto the sculpture image to see the differences. Keep up the great work!
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Nicely done! Keep going to the next assignments!
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Good job! cheek bones feel a bit low and check the shape of the head from above to make sure it's the right shape. Keep it up it's great to see you doing so many of these.
Octavio Magno
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15d
A second try at the Bridgman block-in.
How could I improve or how could I approach this method in a better way?
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2d
Nicely done! remember that the neck is tilted forward and the head tapers towards the front so the thickest point should be towards the back of the skull. Keep it up!
