modelling
- n a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
- n the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- v plan or create according to a model or models
- v form in clay, wax, etc
- v assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- v display (clothes) as a mannequin
- v create a representation or model of
- v construct a model of
- An old hand at modelling, he once got a trip to Europe for making a miniature airplane.
- Disgusted with modelling, Nicole, abetted by an ex-chorus girl (Helen Broderick) and a parsimonious headwaiter (Mischa Auer), next risks the headwaiter's savings on a frantic .
- The distorted drawing and crude modelling is the result of artistic conviction, rather than inability to draw or chisel.