Still Working

I have the layer of "skin" on my forensic sculpture and am at a standstill. I realize now why I should have purchased some new plasticine for this project rather than make do with the Sculpy I had on hand. The Sculpy is much too soft for this type of work. I'm still having a problem not using my hands on the clay, it's so instinctive to smooth a place with my thumbs, but that's not an option here. One reason is, by pushing the clay you also move the markers. The pegs are glued on but easily pushed over. I used a generic skull form and the measurements for a caucasion male -- and what I got was a generic male look :) The lower jaw is too short to accomodate these measurements and while I can add clay, it would lose the reality. It's hard not to let my fingers shape it the way I think it should be rather than how it actually was.