Fast Faces: Unleash Your Creativity with a Friendly Lump of Clay

by Jonni Good

This new sculpting method is so much fun it’s almost addictive. If you're a kid in middle school or older you'll have a blast making these goofy faces. You can even use your Fast Faces as character models for animated videos or your next graphic novel. For adults, the Fast Face method is a stress-free way to sculpt quirky little faces that you’ll fall in love with. It’s almost like doodling with clay. For artists of all ages and skill The Fast Face method will help you gain confidence in your ability to create unique, one-of-a-kind art; This new way to sculpt will help you see creative inspiration everywhere you look, and to find your own creative voice; And every face you sculpt will be a happy surprise, because it won’t be like anything you’ve ever made before. The author "I’ve been sculpting with many different media for many years, but I learn something with every new Fast Face I make — and every one of them surprises me. Why should kids have all the fun?"

75 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 11, 2018

Reviews

[Charles Remington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast Faces by Jonni Good is subtitled Unleash Your Creativity with a Friendly Lump of Clay and certainly lives up to the latter claim. Jonni Good has come up with a brilliant idea to encourage one to take up a lump of clay and have some great fun making faces. The book is fully illustrated and the author takes you through the process step by step, guiding you to examine a piece of rough modelling clay to see if you can spot a face in the folds and wrinkles in the lump. This is not hard at all - I think most of us realise that if you stare at any random object, clouds, the veins in marble or intricate ceramic patterns for instance, you will very quickly discern a face. Once you have identified the face, the book guides you through the best methods to tease out the details and bring life to your creation. There is clear advice on tools, equipment, and types of clay, though very little is required to get started - a few discarded kitchen utensils will often do the trick. There are also many examples in the book of the author’s own modelling efforts, illustrations which start from a random piece of clay and show stage by stage the development to a finished piece of work. As one would expect there are a number of goofy faces, some happy, some sad, a gorilla, and my personal favourite, a chubby-faced, grinning creation called Hector.

I was so taken with the idea presented in Fast Faces that I determined to give it a go. I ordered some modelling clay online and the same company supplied a pack of basic tools. The whole package was very inexpensive. I had my grandchildren staying with us at the time so it was a good test as, on a rainy afternoon, we all got stuck in to make our fast faces. I am happy to report that the test was a great success - my grandchildren (a girl aged 10 and a boy aged 8) very quickly picked up the idea, and it kept them engrossed for a few hours turning out and photographing a variety of funny faces. Personally, I have very little artistic talent but I also managed to turn out some identifiable work and enjoyed the process very much. Jonni Good has produced a gem of a book which will appeal to all ages and abilities. As she quite rightly points out, we are all creative people, we just need to find the right channel for our talents to shine. My grandchildren and I do not hesitate to recommend this book.

[Jessica Hale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cool book

I have always wanted to do this type of sculpture. I remember my father doing sculptures like this when I was a kid and I never knew what he used or how he did it and now I do. Really interesting and neat!

[Sylvia Reinhardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this time of anxiety, there is nothing better to do than grabbing this book and making fun faces.

Good for children of all ages. It is a fun way to get together and laugh at all the outrageous faces that simply happen.

[Patsy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun read. Jonni explains things clearly and the pictures are great! This has motivated me to play in clay! Thanks, Jonni!