Before I attempted the long task of sculpting I began to watch videos on tools, techniques and tutorials that would work best for sculpting this face.

Looking at the pictures from Neil Gorton’s website and other images of elderly faces I experimented with some observational drawings of some areas of the face that would hold great amounts of detail.  From this I then bought some ordinary air drying clay and began to experiment with different strokes, lines and indentations.

I watched the following video which gave me impeccable advice on how to create different skin textures.

I then applied clay to the to the entirety of my plaster face

 

Then began to smooth it all together.

I then sculpted on the finer details to create the look I wanted. The bigger nose, heavier brow, hollow looking cheeks, a wrinkled neck and larger chin.

After this I then covered it in another layer of Plaster a Paris to create the negative of the wrinkled face.