In sculpting fairies or any figure, you do need to do a little homework. This is definitely something I am not fond of doing. I googled - "Google Images" then "womens faces". A great site for ideas.
This reminds me of a wonderful shop and lady that I met years ago. Long before I got into polymer clay. Unfortunately, I do not remember her name, but she does live in Tulsa and was so kind as to give me a tour of her studio.
Her studio was the entire double-car garage. This lady made beautiful, collectable
Santa Clauses. Each one was numbered and only made for that Christmas year. Her Santas were large, about the size of a toddler.
What I remember most, was pictured on every spare inch of wall were pictures of faces. These were from magazines, cards, newspapers, etc. All depicted men with various wrinkles, smiles, eyes, and noses. She told me that friends, relatives, her husband and herself saved these. Each time she designed a new Santa, she walked around that garage and looked at each picture until she found the one that gave her the inspiration and idea she needed.
At night, she "relaxed" in front of the TV with her husband and kneaded and formed her Santa heads and faces. At the time, I did not know one clay from another, and had no idea in the future I would be attempting to sculp with clay.
So do your homework and start your collection of faces. Be sure and not just collect what you are wanting to do today - you never know what might be in your future.
One other thing, this lady had standing orders from collectors for the next Christmas Santa. Plan on this being you in the near future.
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| OOPs - How did he get in here? |
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| Profile and nose |
Laugh, eyes
Pose, expression, eyes, nose, lips
expression, lips, nose, eyes, pose
Don't forget to study the hair. It can be as important to your figure as the facial features.
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Have a Happy Day,
Barb
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