Re: Paleolife Art Restoration, Scales

["Cliff Green" <dinonaut@emerytelcom.net>]

Dear List,

    It seems that paleoart ( or whatever list members are calling it this
week), like the rest of art, is very subjective. There are two
paleosculptors out there that I greatly admire, Stephen Czerkas and Mike
Trcic. They both have very contrasting styles, and they are both absolutely
amazing artists.
    Steve does extremely tight pieces with every scale, scute and knobby
showing, while Mike has looser psuedo reptilian detailing. They both work
wonderfully.
    I have found that the larger a piece, the more super detailing works. On
the smaller pieces that I have done, trying to add little scales just
disrupted the flow of the composition. After all, detailing is just the
frosting. Stamping a bunch of little circles on a sculpture isn't going to
make a difference, if your anatomy and balance are out of whack.
    The best advice that I can give is to find your own style. Copying
someone else's artistic methods, only puts you in the backseat. Back when
Picasso was turning the art world on its head, there were hundreds of other
artists embracing Cubism. Most people just remember Picasso.

Cliff Green