We were introduced to clay through a brief powerpoint display of various artists (or sculptors), a slideshow that also acted as an introduction to our teacher for the week, Martin.
He then showed us the basics of making a head. In brief, this involved two large, equal-sized circles pushed and smudged together then squeezed in the middle to create the head and neck. A 'T' shape in the centre of the head brought out the nose and hollowed out the eye sockets, and the rest of the face was made out of extra bits of clay smudged in (lips, eyelids, eyebrows, chin etc).
When i first did this piece i was impressed with how well it went, considering i'd never tried making something out of clay properly. However now, since doing my life drawing piece and my final project piece, it think it looks amateur.
As my final project piece ended up being a face, doing this as the first experiment was really helpful.
He then showed us the basics of making a head. In brief, this involved two large, equal-sized circles pushed and smudged together then squeezed in the middle to create the head and neck. A 'T' shape in the centre of the head brought out the nose and hollowed out the eye sockets, and the rest of the face was made out of extra bits of clay smudged in (lips, eyelids, eyebrows, chin etc).
When i first did this piece i was impressed with how well it went, considering i'd never tried making something out of clay properly. However now, since doing my life drawing piece and my final project piece, it think it looks amateur.
As my final project piece ended up being a face, doing this as the first experiment was really helpful.