Painted Lady

Heidi Maiers · 11-05-2006, 10:25 PM

Thank you Llaria.
I've seen the lips both ways, but since I will probably keep this copy, I painted them full since I like that look better. Once I get the base made, I'll take some better photos. The contrast is way off on these ones - the patterning on the light face shows too much and the patterning on the dark hair and kimono shows too little. Hard to get a good photo on a piece that has both black and white areas.

If you want to see something really interesting, check out this video.

http://www.escultores.com/escultura.php?g2_itemId=494

It's a video made in 1954 of a sculptor sculpting an over life size bust of Abraham Lincon in about 20 minutes. Pretty remarkable.

Claudemir Bonfim · 11-06-2006, 06:06 AM

I loved it, and I'd love to have both the traditional and the painted ones in my home and office.

Ngaire Winwood · 11-07-2006, 06:26 AM

Heidi

You amaze me each and every time I see your work. Well done, she is beautiful.

Julie Deane · 11-09-2006, 12:04 PM

Heidi, it may have been done without a model, but one gets the sense that this is a very real human being. Beautiful work!

Alexandra Tyng · 11-09-2006, 08:26 PM

Heidi,

I love it when an artist takes a chance and tries something different just because she/he wants to. This has been fascinating to watch in progress (you have such an impressive understanding of anatomy in 3-D) and now we get to see the result--or both results, colored and uncolored. They are both wonderful in their own ways. Thanks for trying this and sharing it with us, Heidi!

Heidi Maiers · 11-10-2006, 03:52 PM

Thank you for your kind comments Claudemir, Ngaire, Julie, and Alexandra. I try to do something experimental with every piece I make - still, it is always better to work from a model otherwise I start sculpting what I think I know rather than what is real.

Here is something I just started that is much darker and true to life than the last fun piece. It is a self portrait. I like to do one every 5 or 10 years because it's great practice and good for progress comparisons to earlier years. I will probably leave this one fairly rough, but it still has a ways to go.

Heidi Maiers · 11-10-2006, 04:15 PM

Just for fun, although I hate showing these old things, here is proof positive that I was born with no talent at all and that everything I have learned so far has come from years of practice, practice, practice, and observation.
Hopefully, in 5 years I will look back at this latest one and think it hideous as these first two examples. I think the dates on these are 1980, 2000, and 2006.