#94 Throw on another log: "loose" con't . . .

Quick clay sketches from life can have honesty and vitality, but spontaneity is not possible without planning and structuring.  Knowing the subject intimately and having a good plan and design enable you to make the sculpture intuitive and spontaneous.

More often than not, happy accidents are rare, and without a thorough knowledge of the animal, what the artist may perceive as being "loose" and spontaneous is not understood and is really sloppy modeling.

If it be right, do it boldly,

It it be wrong leave it undone.

                                  - Gilpin

Fox Watch

16"H 16"W 9"D

with detail below

"Loose" is how it looks, not how it's done.

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#11 Remarque: "Fox Watch"

A fox is a lavishly beautiful animal with a triangular shaped head and a look that a cartoonist would give to the devil!


When designing and modeling a longhaired or fur bearing animal, meaningful shapes and surface passages cannot be accomplished without understanding the subject's skeleton and anatomy.  The sculptor must assist the viewer with strong, simplified structure and understood bony waypoints.


This knowledge is also important when sculpting tomorrow's subject - birds.  Where a quadruped is covered with hair or fur, a bird is covered with feathers and the artist must know what's underneath and how the bones articulate.  

Fox Watch
16"H 16"W 9"D

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