discussion Anusha 1/10th scale bust, Pedro Fernandez Works

[PaulinKendal]

Here's another bust from Pedro Fernandez. I had some difficulty excavating a sliver of supporting material underneath the lower part of the nose ring. The nose ring snapped, and I've glued it back together, rather inexpertly.




Her skin is pretty rough - I've been stuggling to get the right tone, while keeping her really dark - I'm hoping her skintones will contrast with much brighter coloured fabrics.

 

[PaulTRose]

I wouldnt know where to even start with that

Its turning into a cracker

 

[Steven000]

Very interesting subjects you come up with every time Paul great work so far, have fun!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Great skin tones, just really excellent colouration. Very interesting sculpt as well. Just out of interest, what is the dot on her forehead?

 

[JayCee]

You do get some nice busts, Paul. You have certainly mastered the darker skin tones.
John.

 

[flyjoe180]

Lovely paint work Paul, she looks fantastic

 

[flyjoe180]

Lovely paint work Paul, she looks fantastic

 

[PaulinKendal]

Thanks all. I've attacked the skin tones again, trying to get a stronger contrast between light and shade. Very rough at the moment, with a LOT of violet in the shadows.




From straight ahead (if you ignore the roughness) she looks OK. But from thr shadowy side she looks a mess. I'm going to lighten that side a bit, and reduce the violet tones considerably, and see how we go.

I know she looks worse than she did before, but you don't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

 

[PaulinKendal]

Just out of interest, what is the dot on her forehead?

It's called a bindi, Tim. It has lots of meanings and religious significance, but is also worn simply as a custom or fashion (maybe like a crucifix is, in other cultures? Or perhaps beauty spots?)

The dominant notion is that it represents the Third Eye, the seat of wisdom, and the point of concentration - when I'm painting and really focused, it's easy to sense the centre of my attention is radiating from exactly that spot.

Traditionally a bindi would've been applied by finger with pigment. A lot of effort can go into getting the bindi just so. Sometimes a coin with a hole would be used to apply a circle of wax paste in exactly the right position. Remove the coin, colour the wax dot with vermillion paste and it's done. Nowadays they're often stick-on dots.

Men wear bindis and other forehead markings, too. When I was in India last year, on one occasion, at a little wayside Hindu shrine, I had quite a bit of multicoloured paste applied to my forehead, including turmeric paste, which took several days to wash off!

I might add extra markings to this figure, a bit like this:

 

[Steven000]

Very interesting to see you deal with the lighting effect Paul, seen some figures with this effect in a magazine once, very cool but takes a lot of skill to get it right. You're definitly on the right track, have fun

 

[John Race]

Very hard to get the right look, you definitely have it there Paul.
Following with interest.