Applying Clay

I decided to focus on building up the face of the piece before adding clay to any other area of the armature to determine the scale of the piece. The photos below were taken after the first session with my model. The model for the VBH is my father. When I was originally building two armatures in my first studio I was planning to have both my mother and my father sit, but in the new space it felt my logical to let the single piece take over the space. My father was also open to the idea of sitting for me and had the most availability.