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Summary: Begin a sculpture with research and design; learn how to sculpt an angel in this free video art lesson on sculpture.
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
"Going to use, a great gray. And now I'm going to start cutting some slabs from that one here. We have one, okay there. And I'm going to use fresh ones. It's very important when you work with clay, work on this kind of surface, like a drop cloth, or something like that because avoid, that the clay stick on the, on the base. Then you have the right size, and the right form and you know, and you have no, no problems later with the clay all over the place and it sticks there and then you try to pull out you break it and so. Anyway we have two slabs here that we're going to pull it apart. This is a, this display is to show you that I'm going to, to, to inspire myself you know, to copy more or less this kind of movement. Maybe with this kind of of modern style, more than the Renaissance piece and we'll see how we can combine these three. Now, for now, we' are going to start making like the structure of the figure. "
eHow Article: Preparing to Sculpt a Clay Angel