Wheaten Terrier dog sculpture's head gets detailed

Today I added some of the detail on the head section.  The goal was to work on the overall hairlines to give it a realistic look.

Not sure how much hair I should place over the eyes.

Front view, the right side of the dogs face has not been detailed. Right now, I am working on the top and left side, once the client approves the left side of the face, I will work on the right side.

Diagonal view

Dog sculpture head detailing for the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

I finally detached the head from the body and adhered it to the tilting table. The tilt table allows me to access hard to reach areas.

The head section is still somewhat rough and will require several more passes in order to add the detail.

Tool used to add the hairline texture for this commission.

On the first pass I added somewhat rough hairlines to see if I was going to be happy with the overall look. Lucky for me it was a very hot day here; therefore, the clay was on the soft side for this procedure.

Just by viewing this image, I can already tell I need more relieve on the beard section.

Once I am happy with the over all look of the fur texture, I will add a few lose hairs over the nose and perhaps eye area (not sure yet)

Dog sculpture fur texture detailing

Here are some images of the texture I will be using for the Wheaten's coat. The texture will be revisited several times until the clay shavings are removed.