Cavalier Bust

[elanlane13]

A couple of pictures of a Cavalier bust I sculpted recently. I wanted to get some expression into the face. He's in Super Sculpy, with detail in Duro and Magic Sculp.
Robert

 

[Guy]

Excellent sculpting and painting Robert. I like his expression.

 

[mil-mart]

Robert, great sculpting, really like the facial expression , laughing cavalier springs to mind not too sure about the sash, IMHO a little too much going on and somehow doesn't quite look natural.

Cheers Ken

 

[1969]

Nice work Robert and i like the laughing facial expression.

Steve

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Robert,
very good sculpting. The facial expression is very good, and the feathers you sculpted would have been a challenge! Congrats on pulling two of the harder types of sculpting (and painting!) off.

I agree with ken; The sash has two things to it. The first is that some of the creasing (drapery; how fabric behaves under gravity and so forth) looks a bit odd. Check out images of togas for an example of how fabric may behave when worn over one shoulder.

The shadows of the sash seem a bit dark in some places where they shouldn't really be. Perhaps tone down the shadows a touch where the fabric rides up on the shoulder, will distract the viewer less.

Still, that is a great face, full of character! (particularly the laugh lines around his eyes, neat touch!)

Thanks for sharing

 

[Ray]

Robert,
Wonderfully expresive, the lace is impressive too.


Ray

 

[tonydawe]

Well done Robert. Fantastic effort.

 

[elanlane13]

Thank you all for your comments.
I looked at lots of reference for the sash. I think it's my painting. Since this photo it has been re-painted again, reducing the shadow and adding some more highlights on the shoulder. I'm still working on it though!

 

[JoseJarque]

Excellent sculpting, very nice, congratulations

 

[megroot]

Robert,
The sculpting is great.

Marc

 

[elanlane13]

Marc, thank you for your comments. I had the master at the Antwerp show, but hadn't had time to paint it.

 

[carl reid]

Hi Rob,

Great face mate, I think the expression is good, not over the top, which can happen when making smiling faces.

Well done

Carl

 

[DEL]

Hello Rob
Absolutely infectious smile, soon as I saw it I was grinning like a .....well like a laughing cavalier.
Great sculpt of a hard to capture expression, very well done.
Regards
Derek

 

[elanlane13]

Carl and Derek
Thank you for your comments. The whole project was to try and capture a smiling face, the period and subject came later.