Most of my daytime was spent taking things out of my studio that I don't absolutely have to have right in front of me and taking them down to the basement (now that I have room after the giveaway/clear out). I set up two of the 6 ft. white tables and stacked bins on them. I sorted out more things in the studio and by the end of the day I felt like I had accomplished a lot.
Ha -- I think I have finally made pretty darn good use of this storage rack thing. That second shelf has 10 small, sorted out bins on it...AND...I can see into them. Yay.
This linoblock taunts me every time I sit at the computer. I want to carve, but I have to do it in short bursts. I am not so sure anymore that this is totally salvageable, but I am going to keep working on it.
I really like these characters that came out of the automatic drawings in my sketchbook.
I have been wanting to try to make a large-sized one out of plaster cloth, but for now I will be content with...
...this guy filling in as a trial piece.
You can see how this broken up horse statue started out by looking
here and here.
So, this guy mocks me on the "save it for later" shelf daily. Tonight -- inspired by the guys on the linocut block -- I thought I'd give it another go.
The problem I was having previously (I think) was the tilt/turn of the horse's head/neck.
Coming off of the recent lesson(s) with the Scott's Xtreme Rags I decided to try to free form this guy tonight. I just let the rags and tape tell me how to do it.
I was kinda liking the look of this when the nostrils appeared...
...but then (apparently) the guides returned and took over. I was half-feeling like that first nose tonight was looking too horse-like and that I was being kind of cheaty pants-y.I like this one much better...plus, I am not sure how it will turn out in the end.
And look how much his head is turning -- I was having so much trouble with that before!
I didn't stop to take photos because my hands were reeeeeally plaster-y and because I was working pretty wet so that I could hold the neck in place while it firmed up. (I know that doesn't seem to make sense, but it makes sense to me and if I look back at this I will know what I meant.)
Oooh -- I love that turning head!
In each of these photos I can see a different kind of face.
He is going to need ears. I don't know yet if he is shaggy or smooth or furry or just skin. Will he have horns? Tusks?
another view
Awww...look at his little mouth in this picture...so cute.
Yep, yep, yep...I like this guy now!
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