- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.; First Edition edition (28 Feb 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0823030946
- ISBN-13: 978-0823030941
- Product Dimensions: 28.7 x 21.8 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 653,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Describes the materials, tools, and work space needed for sculpting and demonstrates the step-by-step techniques for creating lifelike portrait busts.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must-have for aspiring sculptor portraitists.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Modelling a Likeness in Clay (Practical Craft Books) (Hardcover)
Mrs Grubbs has lots of talent, being a pedagogue is not the least of them. As she shares her technique with the reader, every step is thoroughly illustrated and commented. Numerous examples of specific situations are shown in detail along with the sculptor's comments. The first sections establishes the general principles governing the achievement of a likeness, going step by step through the measurements and accurate mass and volume placement, with practical demonstration. Further sections detail the progress of the work, and the end sections are practical examples of different portrait renditions of models which vary in age, sex, ethnic features, all being taken from actual work carried out by the artist. As Mrs Grubbs favors kiln-firing of her clay portraits, readers interested in this technique will also find very valuable information, and will learn how to properly prepare a portrait for this purpose.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 49 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must-have for aspiring sculptor portraitists.,
By Franck - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Modelling a Likeness in Clay (Practical Craft Books) (Hardcover)
Mrs Grubbs has lots of talent, being a pedagogue is not the least of them. As she shares her technique with the reader, every step is thoroughly illustrated and commented. Numerous examples of specific situations are shown in detail along with the sculptor's comments. The first sections establishes the general principles governing the achievement of a likeness, going step by step through the measurements and accurate mass and volume placement, with practical demonstration. Further sections detail the progress of the work, and the end sections are practical examples of different portrait renditions of models which vary in age, sex, ethnic features, all being taken from actual work carried out by the artist. As Mrs Grubbs favors kiln-firing of her clay portraits, readers interested in this technique will also find very valuable information, and will learn how to properly prepare a portrait for this purpose. 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
good likeness,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Modelling a Likeness in Clay (Practical Craft Books) (Hardcover)
The author gives a step by step approach for modeling a likeness in clay. Very helpful and good at using calapers to get the correct demensions to start with. I would recommend Bruno Lucchesi's books also as he is a modern day master.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disjointed,
By "edclayington" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Modelling a Likeness in Clay (Practical Craft Books) (Hardcover)
A valiant effort, but I found this book hard to follow...many of the essential steps seem to be missing...perhaps the book is geered towards only the advanced. I was dissapointed by the characterish results of the approach and was hoping for more of an attempt at "fine" art.
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