Sculpture Equipment

Series Summary

Since the dawn of time man has created images of people for both artistic purposes and to tell the story of the life they have lived. These human representations come in many forms, from cave drawings and painted portraits to sculptures and photographs. Sculpture is one of the most interesting forms of art because of the 3-D quality that lends itself to life like representations. Another aspect of sculpture that particularly appeals to artists is the variety of mediums that can be used for sculpture. Whether it is simple clay, plaster, marble or bronze, the artistic tools available to a sculptor are endless.

In this free video series, our expert artist will teach you how to sculpt a human head or bust. You will get step by step instructions for this complicated sculpture from cutting the clay to making an armature. You will also learn how to make the human head shape and then add a nose, eyes, mouth, ears and hair. Finally, get tips on covering your human head sculpture with sculpture enamel and paint. If sculpture interests you and you want to learn how to make a human head or bust sculpture, let our expert show you everything you need to know for this fun art project.

Video Transcript

"Hi. This is Jorge Benllach and now I'm going to show you the materials that we have around in order to make the next project that is going to be a teenager face. We have here, we are going to work with water base clay. That's what we have here. There is the red one and the gray one. We are going to work with the gray one. We have here other two kind of clays that always I show because they are very interesting, but for other kind of work. This is a a Sculpey that is self hardened if you put it in your own oven, you'll need a kiln to fire it. And, this is the oil based plasticine that never dries. It's fantastic to make very keen pieces, a lot of detail. All the model makers, they use that. But the problem is that you have to make a mold and then you have to use like a resin or some kind of hard material in order to make the piece. And, the piece that you make with plasticine get destroyed. Today we are not going to use no one of those. Then we are going to use wet clay. The tools we are going to use for that project is this base, rotating base that's very good, then a rolling pin, this fantastic wire that it cuts so nice and clean, probably this piece of cloth for texture, these two pieces of wood in order to cut the slabs in the same size, and then some other kind of regular sculpting tools that you can find in any art shop. Next I'm going to show you how to make a little armature to build up the head."