Ray Manning
Tupelo, MS
Potter who is making a journey into sculpting.
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Ray Manning
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2yr
added comment in2023 Challenge! Test Your Sculpting Skills. Win some Prizes! (CLOSED)
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Ray Manning
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2yr
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The pictures aren’t the best, we are remodeling our kitchen. My usual spot is no longer available until that is finished.
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1yr
This is looking great! ears might be a little large for the average person but the shape of the head and other features is looking good! Keep it up!
Hi Ray. It would be helpful if you took photos that were at eye level instead of the angles you used. Maybe you can send a new set of photos when your kitchen is done! I think some of your proportions are off. I took photos of my attempt and brought them into Photoshop and overlaid them on Andrew's simplified head. In photoshop you can overlay two images and adjust the transparency. This is a good way to see if your proportions are right, and where they are off.
@brandonstudio
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3yr
Well she worked out kinda OK. Here I was worried about the ear but it was the shoulder that blew! So I glued it and added some gold paint.
This is a gorgeous sculpt! As a potter I do know you need to hollow out your piece keeping the same thickness throughout. I suggest an inch then use a needle tool or a fork to punch holes on the inside so air can escape from the back instead the front of the piece.
I did a lot of value shading with my different pencils. I would use a sheet of paper and write the pencil number at the top and shade from darkest to lightest in a rectangle, then do lightest to darkest on the same sheet.
