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Christmas Day - Log 2 - Doing Feet on the Man, looking at Wonky Early Work and THE FEAR |
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Fearless Leader: Second Log and Top of the Hour Break Fearless Leader: Roll call would be nice before break though meplus5kids joined the room Fearless Leader: NoraJean, San Francisco Rossija: Mary, Ohio mommaclara2001: Clara, Glenville,WV Fearless Leader: and I'll get James some food. brb meplus5kids: Jean in New Orleans meplus5kids: Yahoo's kicking me out again dragonladyw2001: Beth, Tampa Jackie: Jackie MD pasadena_cal: Cal in CA connie_flying: Connie - in Reno NV Fearless Leader: back and James has grub Fearless Leader: but my coffee cup is empty, brb frogger70301: sorry... went play a little while! frogger70301: Mitch, Thibodaux, LA meplus5kids: NJ got some nice chicory coffee for ya dragonladyw2001: oooo, that *is* good stuff. I have a hard time finding chicory here. meplus5kids: Like the stuff the spoon stands up in dragonladyw2001: Yep. Too thick to drink, too thin to plow. meplus5kids: lol Fearless Leader: back, chicory, I did get to taste that when in New Orleands back in the 70's dragonladyw2001: That's also the description for perfect gravy, too. meplus5kids: When you aren't use to it, it keeps you going for HOURS Fearless Leader: I thought... this is a historical occasion, Fearless Leader: I love to taste things that folks have been tasting for years in a certain region. I had Catfish in Little Rock. KatherineF's son told me "Watch out for them wiskers." Fearless Leader: and KatherineF said, "Now stop fooling with NoraJean." dragonladyw2001: You should visit Tampa, home of the world's best Cuban sandwiches. Fearless Leader: I ate Italian Ice in New Jersey. Oven Baked Bagles in Montreal. Didn't get to eat no aligator, yet. But I will if I get a chance. dragonladyw2001: Gator tail is good. Fearless Leader: Ya when I go on Tour I graze from place to place, I was born in the year of the Cow... LOL meplus5kids: Alligator is great. Especially blackened. Unfortanately, I can't eat spicy foods due to an ulcer meplus5kids: lol dragonladyw2001: Me, too. I thought that was ox. Fearless Leader: Japanes people eat the weirdest things so I can eat anything. If you can eat raw fish and go yum, nothing will make you go Ick. meplus5kids: so true dragonladyw2001: Some raw fish is yummy. meplus5kids: Oysters are the best dragonladyw2001: Especially like the smoked eel. Fearless Leader: Oh I say Cow because I feel more akin to a Cow, birthing babies and nursing for a long time with each. dragonladyw2001: Ah, I see. Fearless Leader: Ok, I'm going to wrap the body of the man here for his body isn't going to get a lot of fine detail. It will be covered. We will concentrate on his Old face, his hands and feet mostly. The rest of his body will be covered with long robes. dragonladyw2001: I guess smoked eel isn't really raw fish, technically speaking. Fearless Leader: Unagi, yum... smoked eel is gooood Fearless Leader: let me show you a trick for feet while I'm thinking of it. Bend the area for the foot. The foot should be as long as his forearm. Your foot should be as long as your forearm too, if you can get it up there to check. LOL I can't. meplus5kids: I can do old face, it's young face I have problems with dragonladyw2001: Sorry NJ, I just checked. My foot is 2 inches shorter than my forearm. <g> Fearless Leader: now pinch where the ankle will be. Fearless Leader: Wow, well there goes that theory, Beth. LOL Fearless Leader: but pinch the ankle anyway. ;-) dragonladyw2001: I'm made funny, though. So maybe it's just me. :) connie_flying: <--- measured foot to forearm and my foot is about an inch and a half shorter. dragonladyw2001: Oh, good! I feel much better now. connie_flying: lol Fearless Leader: now for the back of the foot, pinch the ankle and PUSH the foot towards the ankle to get that back part of the foot that most folks miss. dragonladyw2001: The achilles tendon? Fearless Leader: the back of the heel, in the old Cinderella story her step sister cut this off to fit in the glass slipper dragonladyw2001: ow meplus5kids: ouch Fearless Leader: her other step sister cut off her toes Fearless Leader: the old version is more bloody than the Disney version dragonladyw2001: Old versions of fairy tales are so gruesome. meplus5kids: I think I'll stick to the disney version Rossija: The Grimm tales really are grim.... dragonladyw2001: Indeed. Fearless Leader: now feet have a "C" shape to them, two feet prints in the sand will look like parenthesis ( ) Fearless Leader: he has too much foil at his toe area, I'll cut some off pasadena_cal: Major surgery for an ingrown toenail!!! meplus5kids: lol connie_flying: lol dragonladyw2001: No kidding! dragonladyw2001: I like the shape of the foot though. Fearless Leader: So next we make an indentation for under the toes and build up the front part of the bottom of the foot. mommaclara2001: I am going to have to go, friends. Maybe I will catch you later. Fearless Leader: cam froze? dragonladyw2001: Bye, happy holidays. pasadena_cal: Bye Clara meplus5kids: bye Fearless Leader: See you Momma, Merry christmas Rossija: Bye, Clara! connie_flying: bye Clara mommaclara2001: Merry Xmas to all of you. mommaclara2001: Bye mommaclara2001 left the room meplus5kids: NJ, does Karen carry the tools you are working with? I've been using pencil erasers. Fearless Leader: yes I got most of my clayshapers from Karen. The large black tip and the softer big blue tip I got at the art supply store, they are called Color Shapers and painters use them. meplus5kids: Thanks. esther_reeves joined the room Fearless Leader: Merry Christmas Esther meplus5kids: Hi Esther connie_flying: Hi Esther esther_reeves: merry christmas esther_reeves: hi there all Rossija: Merry Christmas, Esther. minimadness423 joined the room Fearless Leader: Merry Christmas KathyL meplus5kids: Hi KathyL Fearless Leader: so now that he has rough draft feet we should do his hands, there's too much foil on his hands, I should have trimmed the foil before so I'll peel back the clay, un fold the foil and trim a bit before sculpting his hands. Fearless Leader: but before I do, are there any questions? frogger70301: none heree dragonladyw2001: No, I'm just amazed that it looks so easy when you do it. rjchase222 left the room Fearless Leader: well my early sculptures didn't have hands or feet because I didn't figure out how to do them yet. Fearless Leader: and the cam looks frozen, must be that freak snow Fearless Leader: LOL Fearless Leader: The Centaur was made years ago and he has no real hands or feet as such Fearless Leader: but I figured I'd cure him anyway Fearless Leader: knowing in time I'll figure it out dragonladyw2001: Well, seeing your earlier stuff makes me feel marginally better. LOL Fearless Leader: oh then let me show you something else meplus5kids: NJ, guess I wasn't paying attention, but for the hands and feet, when you put the "skin" on, do you extend the clay past the foil to make the hands and feet? Fearless Leader: I cut off some foil from the tip of the foot. I should have trimmed the foil first. So I snipped the tips off and added clay beyond the foil dragonladyw2001: How long ago was that one done? meplus5kids: Okay, makes sense Fearless Leader: This is my second Xev effort. The first got chopped up Fearless Leader: this Xev is a mess Fearless Leader: color of the skin is off too yellow Fearless Leader: I just love her dress though meplus5kids: Like the outfit Fearless Leader: funky feet meplus5kids: What is that on her ankle? Fearless Leader: I made effort to change her color with clay over her skin and it didn't work. That's a crack at her ankle meplus5kids: Looks like an ankle bracelet dragonladyw2001: As a sculture, she has character, though. I'm still working up the courage to try my first. Most of my pc experience is in doing other stuff. Fearless Leader: now my first Kai effort is also wonky dragonladyw2001: sculpture. Can't spell. Fearless Leader: his face was worked on over and over, his eyes were all googly Fearless Leader: funky hands Fearless Leader: but I love his outfit Fearless Leader: LOL dragonladyw2001: Like the hair, too. Looks like the pix I've seen of him. Fearless Leader: now dig dragonladyw2001: Why is his neck cracked? meplus5kids: From kissing Fearless Leader: because I was wrestling with resculpting his face so much dragonladyw2001: LOL! That's why it's called "necking". meplus5kids: I like how you get your figures to fit so well together Fearless Leader: now if we change their position the meaning of the scene changes Fearless Leader: face to face it's friendly Fearless Leader: with him behind her it looks sinister Fearless Leader: like he is stalking her and she don't know it meplus5kids: Wow meplus5kids left the room Fearless Leader: if she is to the side and he is looking away it appears that she is entreating him and he is not willing to comply meplus5kids joined the room Fearless Leader: if she is to the side and he is looking away it appears that she is entreating him and he is not willing to comply dragonladyw2001: Is that a sculpting turntable you're using? I like the size of it. Mine's a lot smaller than that. Fearless Leader: for you Jean meplus5kids: Got kicked out again Fearless Leader: she is saying... "It's only a Thanksgiving dinner with my folks...we'll have fun. I promise." Fearless Leader: and he's saying... " I don't know about that." dragonladyw2001: LOL Fearless Leader: I'll get the link for their chronicle of creation Fearless Leader: Biz-Archive/LEXX-Home/KaiOne-Grp1 Fearless Leader: Biz-Archive/LEXX-Home/XevOne-thm Fearless Leader: Now Xev one was chronicled from creation to destruction Fearless Leader: you can see all the difficulties I had in working with her Fearless Leader: and it's important for you to see that it's a process, your development is an evolution. Nothing is perfect the first time out and mine were no exception. Fearless Leader: The captions in this section are funny too. Prince of Fire getting a hand has captions that go with Kai1, Xev1 and it's like an on going story. Keeps me amused that way. dragonladyw2001: Thanks. On some level I know that, but it's just a difficult birthing process. Fearless Leader: Beth, I avoided doing figure sculpting even though James wanted me to for years. I had THE FEAR!!! dragonladyw2001: Yeh, that's kinda where I am. I have the Want and the Fear at the same time. Fearless Leader: Since I shared my work with the list I would have to share my miscalculations. I knew I would fall down a hundred times before getting something right. frogger70301 left the room dragonladyw2001: I do have my subject matter picked out. When I get the gumption. Fearless Leader: But then I thought. Well hey... everyone struggles in the learning process. Why should I only show my "perfect" work. Why shouldn't I show the disasters too. Let my ClayMates know that I'm human just like they are and we are all in a learning process. Fearless Leader: Beth, just jump in honey. That's the only thing that will help. If you struggle know that we all struggle. If you make something that didn't turn out as you wished, then start over and do it again. I have 5 -6 Kai efforts. But pick a topic you love so you don't mind the practice. That's why I picked the LEXX characters. At least while I practice I can see the LEXX videos and look at their faces and be amused while I make effort. Fearless Leader: Top of the Hour Save, time to do biologicals. Brb |
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