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Summary: Using a cloth to add texture to your female bust sculpture to refine the surface and remove marks made by your hands; learn tips, tricks and techniques for creating beautiful sculpture in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor Jorge Benlloch.
Jorge Benlloch is originally from Barcelona, Spain, where he received both a Bachelor's of Arts and a Master's of Arts in art at Steban Ripeaux Academy. He has taught art at the...read more
"JORGE BENLLOCH: Well, we are going to texture this with the same kind of thing that I was using before. It gives like a texture and it's better than nothing. Working with the hands always you give this kind of marks from the fingers, nails, and it helps a little bit. Of course, it's not perfect. You can use water to smooth but I don't. I prefer to do that that it dries off faster. And you know which kind of results you are going to get. With the water, it looks okay. When you put the water and when it dries off, sometimes it's different. Then I prefer to put this kind of texture there. And later when you paint, it looks [INAUDIBLE] at all. MAN: So, maybe you're ready? JORGE BENLLOCH: Yeah. At least, now we just clean up this, and this is going to be beautiful for now. We make-- MAN: Maybe you can [INDISCERNIBLE]. JORGE BENLLOCH: And next, we are going to coat this with a very hard enamel coating in order to give the figure the strength that it will--it's the way that it's going to last long without cracking and that's what it's going to be next."