Ahhh, it's time

It's time to get back to sculpting. I'm pleased to have recently finished painting two horses, and now it's time to focus on my Arab Sculpture.

I find it helpful to take photos of my work and import them into Photshop. Then, before cutting off limbs and resculpting areas on the real sculpture, I can manipulate the areas that are bothering me. In a way, it's like digitally sketching my ideas. I also like to take photos of my references of real horses and lay them over the photos of my sculpture to see what area is really 'off'. The references are often in similar poses, or with areas of the horse that I will be using for reference (like ears, mane and tail). This way I see the bigger picture, and it also helps me work out the kinks so to speak.

Pictured here is an older photo of my sculpture taken at the end of July. I've superimposed the mane and tail of a real photo just for kicks. As you can see I have along way to go on her, but now I have a little inspiration.

Time to get back to the clay....