Painting the Face

Hi! Sure, Gary. Here, I'll post some progress shots of the painting. Last night I started working on the "basecoat" of the face. I call it a basecoat because most of it will be covered by his make up, but some areas of flesh will show through. Here, the eyes have been blocked in and the face basecoated and 4 consecutive highlight stages done.

Primed and Ready....

Here are a few pics of the completed sculpt of the Joker bust. I apologize for the pics being a bit off, but the black primer is still a touch wet in places. I'm pretty happy with the sculpt and I think the likeness is pretty good, though it's a bit hard to see right now. Once I get some paint on him, I'll post some more. I like the loose style of this piece. I think it fits the mood and I plan to paint him in a simlar style. The running make up will be fun to do. I've got some ideas on that. I think I'll paint the face in normal flesh colors with acrylics, then use oils over the top of that for the make up. We'll see how it goes.

Matt

Artist Preservation Group Bust Raffle Results....

The winner of the APG bust raffle drawn at the Gettysburg Show was Randy Myers. He has elected to have me sculpt a portrait bust of Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana. I'm looking forward to this project especially since Randy has elected to paint the sculpt himself so it's more of a collaborative thing. Looking forward to starting the sculpt soon.

Coming Along Now...

More progress on this piece since returning from a great time in Gettysburg, PA to support the Artist Preservation Group's first fundraiser/show.

Still tweaking things on the face and building up the hair. I'm starting to think about painting the make up and getting the effect of the skin showing through. Should be fun and could be a great way to use the non-mixing qualities of acrylics and oils to effect. Hmmmm......

Update

More progress on one of my current sculpts. Starting to really refine the features now. As I tentatively start adding hair, more symmetry issues become apparent that will need to be addressed. I'm pleased by the straight jacket so far. More soon. I may even finish sculpting this one before I leave for Gettysburg. We'll see....

Matt

NCO Ardennes 1944

Here are a few pics of the finished bust. It was a fun project and one I certainly had alot of interest in doing. I'll have this piece in my Gettysburg display August 7-9. Thanks!

Matt

More Progress...

Here is one of my current projects with some more done. This piece is shaping up now. It has a looseness of form that I really like and I think suits the mood of the piece.