How to Sculpt a Bust with Modeling Clay
Sculpting can be fun! In this free online art video series about sculpture, learn how to make a clay bust, including hair, eyes, nose, shoulders, and mouth from expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
Series Summary
Sculpture is a fundamental fine art. Alongside music and painting, sculpture stands as a quintessential medium of expression employed by humans for thousands of years. The Grecian bronze begins as a simple shaping of clay. Clay has become a favored medium of sculpture, and many new artists across America try their hand in clay sculpture each day. The feeling of the wet clay in your hands, the precision of gliding a tool over the soft surface, the messy-yet-detailed results. Sculpting in clay is truly a fundamental, primal art.In this free video series about art and sculpting, expert artist and sculptor David A. Clemen gives you the tips to starting sculpting today. Follow David through his sculpting a clay bust, a sculpture of the human head and shoulders made famous by Roman artists. David gives you tips for finding supplies, drawing a design, and using the clay. You will learn to sculpt eyes, ears, a nose, and shoulders. David even gives you advice on how to turn coils of clay into hair and lips. It is all here, folks. You will be sculpting right away!
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Drawing a Design for Clay Sculpture
How to draw a rough basic design to go by when creating your clay bust; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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Supplies for Sculpting Clay
Supplies you'll need to begin sculpting including a block of clay, clay needle, potter's rib and more; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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How to Sculpt Shoulders from Clay
Creating the features such as muscle shape in the shoulder structure of your clay bust; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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How to Sculpt a Bust Using Hands
Creating the initial profile for a sculpture using your hands to lay out the general shape; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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Putting Pieces of Clay Together
Using hands and thumbs to attach your pieces of clay together to form your bust; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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How to Add & Sculpt Nose for Clay Bust
Shaping the nose and building it our from the bust including adding nostrils; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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How to Use Coils to Build & Sculpt Hair with Clay
Using a ribbon tool to crate strands of hair and placing them on the head of your clay bust; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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How to Shape Eyes for Clay Sculpture
Using your needle to create the final shape for your eyes in your clay bust sculpture; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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How to Prepare Clay for Sculpting
Breaking apart your clay for parts of your bust sculpture so you can start sculpting; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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How to Add & Sculpt Eyes for Clay Bust
Techniques for adding the eyeballs to your bust including rolling balls of clay and adding water; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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How to Sculpt Eyebrows for Clay Bust
How to use a pinching technique to create the eyebrows for your clay bust sculpture; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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How to Sculpt Ears for Clay Bust
Chow to create realistic-looking ears for your clay bust sculpture and attaching them to the head; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
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Proportion when Sculpting a Bust
Lining up where basic features of your sculpture will go so your bust is in proportion; learn tips, tricks and techniques to sculpt a clay bust in this free online art video about sculpting taught by expert sculptor David A. Clemen.
