After trying to get the ear placement correct on my latest cat piece, I resorted to a suggestion given to me on Wetcanvas.com. I made a(very!)crude sculpture of a cat's head out of a kneaded eraser and bent it down in the desired position. I then bent the ears in the direction I wanted. I realized I was in the ballpark with recent corrections but wasn't quite all the way to home base. Please forgive my lack of sculpting skills. *LOL* I've done sillier things to help create my fantasy work. Oh well, it's all in the name of art...right?
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Great idea to work out positioning with clay or a kneaded eraser. Even if it does look a little macabre to see the cat's head on a stick...
I have a little cat manikin that I bought, more for fun than use. It wasn't expensive and could be useful for you when you can't bribe your cats to pose.
where did you get your cat mannequin? i sure could use one. I'm still fooling around with my cat head. it's beginning to look too realistic which i don't want. maybe when i paint it the realism will be lost.
I believe I found it on Ebay Billie. It only cost about $10 or $12 dollars.
But you can shop around and find them cheaper. Here are some at Blicks
http://www.dickblick.com/products/cat-and-dog-manikins/
I am sure that you could be a sculptor - working so tiny is no real test! Would love to see what you did with life size cat head. Great way to test your positioning. Never seen a cat mannequin either.
Anita, kneaded erasers aren't the best medium for sculpting, IMO. Maybe if I had some better sculpting tools I could've created something more esthetically pleasing but it got the job done nonetheless. I wonder what I'd be able to accomplish if I had a huge lump of sculpting clay, tho. lol
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