[Beth Barnard]

Thanks so much, Diane! I appreciate all of your feedback, especially about the eyes. I may keep plugging away at them.

BTW, you have quite an impressive website! It’s new for me to think of myself as an artist, especially compared to someone like yourself with such a wealth of experience.

Thanks again.

With best wishes,

Beth

[Beth Barnard]

Here is the finished self-portrait after watching a video and using calipers. I think I look like an aging country music star who is trying to look young. Maybe it’s the Covid non-haircut or living too long in Nashville.

I had difficulty getting the eyes to look symmetrical and may keep plugging away at it.

[Beth Barnard]

February marked my third year learning to sculpt on a whim at 63. I only wish sculpting had been on my radar earlier in life. So far I’ve been to a lot of Open Studios but have only taken one official in-person lesson. Within the last year, I’ve ordered a workshop video on learning how to make a skull with Andrew Cawrse and have taken a video course on anatomy from Amelia Rowcraft’s masterclass series.

Sculpting a self-portrait at 66 is a rather humbling experience, as we’re all used to seeing stellar sleek models, but instead of getting hung-up on vanity (of which I have plenty), I decided to think of the extra marks of aging as an artistic challenge and included the extra long Covid non-haircut. No mask though and am just glad that I only have to sculpt my head, lol.

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