[Ashbys]

Susan,

Thanks! I can't streach her but I will pay more attention on the next one.

I did do some of the modifactions. I did cut back the nose as much as possible and re-carved the jaw and cheeks. Any more will elongate the neck to much.

Anyway , she is complete except for her burden. I never forgot Rembrants man ... I never knew him.

But I know now and will be very aware of the next one .

Thanks again

Garry

Oh here are the painted pics.

[Irish]

WOW!!! What a difference!!! The face proportions are far better and so much more feminine. Very,very nice!

Love the painting on her!

As for Rembrandt's Man ... my apologizes, it's Da Vinci's. The human body has a proportion of eight heads high and three heads wide for the average male figure. When your model is thinner than average the shoulder blades will still be at three but the bones will protrude. When your model is heavy the shoulder blades are still there at three and it's the body fat that extends beyond the three mark. If your model is extremely heavy the shoulder blade point will still be at three but you have to angle the arms from that point away from the body to compensate for the fat in the torso and the arms.

Being thin or fat does not change your bone structure ...

With height there is a mark for the main joints of the shoulders (1 1/3 heads), the waist about 3 1/2 heads and the rest goes to the hips and legs. Did you know that your lower leg, below the knee is exactly as long as from your elbow to your finger tips. Cross your legs, put your elbow at the knee and your fingers will touch the arch of the sole of your foot ... And if you measure the distance between the tip of your nose to the tip of a finger when you stretch your arm out parallel to your shoulders you have about one yard of material measured.

Susan

[Lynn O. Doughty]

Nice job Garry. I don't know what's she's gonna be carrying but she sure doesn't look happy about it.

[Ashbys]

Thanks Susan,

But I changed the paintjob .

I changed the shamen as well , so heres the pics.


Garry

[Ashbys]

Thanks Lynn ,

For the time period , I thought the face would be more correct. Her life was very difficult. She is get ready to trade with a white man because she has been told too. She is giving up her hard work because her mate has told her too.

To a man she doesn't know or trust, someone who is very different from the protection of her inter circle . Someone who she knows can as eaisly buy her if her husband is willing.

Hard times, she has heard the stories of the whites yet never meet them , she does not know if they are friends or someone who will eat her.

She is entering the unknown , I doubt she would be smiling .

Glad you like her .

Garry

[Lynn O. Doughty]

From the expression in the guy's face they both had a bad night at the Casino!

[Irishman]

They turned our really nice, and I like the paint job.
Patrick

[tnartist05]

The Native American woman has really taken shape nicely. Plus you did a great job on the Shamen,Im sure he can make some powerfull medicine.

Its going to be a good group! Nice work again Ash. Forrest

[A Willburger]

Nicely done!! I like the movement in the carving.

Andy