Monday, April 19, 2010

Continued refinement and a woodpecker


I use a rake tool to had interest and folds to the woman's dress

This is the man's face. He looks a little too serious, I think I will lighten his expression.

I fill in the areas where the little girls hand and the womans arm meet.

I am using a wood tool to make the little girls fingernails

I've been working on shoes - I'm even doing them in my sleep. The leg is still on the lumpy side. Oil clay is difficult to get a smooth surface. I need to go over the surface several times with a rake tool to get the form right.

This strange looking thing is a wild grape leaf just emerging.

This is a Trillium backlit by the sun

This is a Red Bellied Woodpecker on the feeder at the house. He doesn't look very comfortable, but then those are free sunflower seeds!

2 comments:

rj said...

loving the new details in the clay!!

the amount of wildlife around you is unreal.

Anonymous said...

Your sculpture is coming around nicely! I wouldn't worry about the woodpecker. I think they like to hang in this position. I watched a Red-bellied woodpecker picking off hackberry fruits from the underside of the tree for about 45 minutes.