Faces: First Stage Finished

Today was a good, productive day. (Making up for me losing my favourite umbrella yesterday).

I finished off putting latex on my little chap, then covered half of him in mud rock. No wonder he looks so miserable, with all these processes happening to him. I have to next cover the second half, leaving a gap down the middle so that the clay and latex can then be eased out of the mud rock. Then fill it with plaster (which I am now a dab hand at making). ((DAMN, damn, damn. Just realised I left my bracelet in the room.))

I've also now finished all of Annie's five heads.

Funnily enough, the last one out the mould was the most beautiful. Really white and even. So, rather than casting it in porcelain, I think I'll just leave it as plaster.

And, I even did a couple of bits for the dreaded sketchbook - which always makes me feel better. (And for once I didn't mind my drawings. Although, looking now, I have given Annie a very long head.)

The Next Step
So, after giving all of them a wet polish (which feels a bit weird, given it's Annie's face) it's on with the decoration (although I do need a more esoteric term than that). Rendering? No, that's what you do to walls. Finishing? Not very explanatory. Answers on a postcard, please.

Yesterday I looked at lots of other examples of faces - of which the tattoed women of Burma were the most extraordinary. Having done the exercise, I do think that less is more and that I shouldn't highlight individual features as I think this will look a bit naff.

Here's the link to my Pinterest board where they all are:

http://pinterest.com/happyshed/face-mask-art/