Week 2 Positives in clay

Today we had to make a positive mold out of clay. The positive would be of a face in order to make a mask. We had to follow some basic anatomy but overall we were free to make it how we saw fit. This was my first time working with clay and it was a pretty fun experience. Remember to get the curve to the face was probably the most difficult part when initially starting out because I was focused on the individual features, not the face as a whole. Once I got past that it was all trial and error in getting the desired results. The nice thing about clay is that you can fix your mistakes and pretend like you never made any, unlike in drawing where your eraser marks would be all over the paper by the end of class. After making the positive we had to make a negative using plaster. Once again another first for me. Learning how to mix and and how to make the first layer was pretty fun. Waiting for it to thicken was not as much fun, but after putting on the thick layer and waiting for it to dry it was pretty neat seeing the final result. Next week is paper mache.