Lt. Col. William Washington

[garyjd]

Guy, Thanks. I'm looking forward to doing a full figure.~Gary

 

[garyjd]

Here I've started adding more of the depth to the piece as well as building up the face a bit.

 

[garyjd]

An angled view. It's hard to get decent pictures with the putty being white.

 

[Roy]

Looking good so far Gary...looking forward to seeing the face take shape..and maybe that little chubby looking chin too..

All the best...Roy.

 

[garyjd]

Roy, Thanks. I hope to fill it out later in the week.~Gary

 

[Roy]

It's the little details (the chubby face and the heavy eye-lids) that makes it all so enjoyable...for us to watch, as well as for you to sculpt.. and I find it especially interesting as it's a flat..
it's a pleasure to watch your progress Gary.

All the best...Roy.

 

[rej]

Great piece Gary,

Watching in admiration and awe of your talent

Keep it rolling,

Ray

 

[garyjd]

Roy, thanks for the very kind words, they are most appreciated as always. I always wanted to try a scratchbuilt flat, but it was never more than a thought. Your flats are what pushed me were the deciding factor for me to ry it out. thanks.~Gary

 

[garyjd]

Ray, thank you.~Gary

 

[garyjd]

I've managed to get quite a bit done on the face over the past day or so. The eyes still need to be worked in yet. There is a little work to finish on the nose, then I'll move onto the ears and hair.

 

[garyjd]

The overall "flat".

 

[Roy]

Gary that's excellent...you just gotta love the way the face is turning out...and the chubby chin....that's a great result.

All the best...Roy.

 

[Dan Morton]

Great sculpting, Gary! You really captured him!

All the best,
Dan

 

[garyjd]

Roy, thanks. Washington's face was one reason I picked him. Before he was at this stage the face had too many lines, verses the smooth baby face he has in the portrait.~Gary

 

[garyjd]

Dan, Thanks. I thought that duplicating the Peale portrait was going to be a piece of cake. Quite the opposite turned out to be true. A face with a lot more lines would have been easier. One day i'm going to do him in the round. It will be neat to compare the two.~Gary

 

[garyjd]

I'm very close to being done with this bust. There a little more clean up to do on some of the details and I have to finish the epaulet. The picture was purposely taken a little dark as the white putty makes it a little difficult to view.

 

[garyjd]

Close up of the face. The likeness to the painting is so so. I did want to retain the cherub or boyish look of Washington's face.

 

[garyjd]

I have a little more "relief" work to do yet on the uniform portion.

 

[Sambaman]

Gary,
this looks fantastic! Nice job. I think you captured the painting VERY well! Are you going to paint him up? Keep us posted as it comes to completion!

Jay H.
OKC

 

[garyjd]

Jay, Thanks. As for painting them i'm not sure. I'm going to do a few more of the Peale portraits and then decide what to do with them.~Gary