Sir Ian

A little break from the Lizard sculpture to do a quick sketch of  Sir Ian Mckellan.Its a chavant clay but I don't know which one! Its pretty soft anyway. I have never tried to do a portrait likeness sculpture before so I wanted to see if I could capture the likeness with just a quick sketch.Used a couple of photo's front view and profile. A bit of measuring but mostly by eye.Pleased with it but the real test is to try a less 'characterful' face and still make it look like the person.