How to Sculpt a Bust with Modeling Clay

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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.

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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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    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.

    Views: 409
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  • 3.
    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.

    Views: 407
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  • 4.
    How to Add Details to Clay Bust

    How to refine your clay bust sculpture by adding finer details to everything you've sculpted; 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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  • 5.
    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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  • 6.
    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.

    Views: 395
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  • 7.
    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.

    Views: 352
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  • 8.
    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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  • 9.
    How to Sculpt Lips for Clay Bust

    Adding the lips to your clay bust sculpture and making the separation line for the lip center; 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.

    Views: 478
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  • 10.
    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.

    Views: 316
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  • 11.
    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.

    Views: 592
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  • 12.
    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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  • 13.
    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.

    Views: 518
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  • 14.
    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.

    Views: 386
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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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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!

About the Expert

Contact: davidclemenart.com

Expert: David Clemen has a BFA in Fashion Design from Virginia Commonwealth University, a One Year Graphic Design degree from the Art Institute of Atlanta. He is qualified in many different art forms such as illustration, painting, murals, fashion illustration, characters, fashion design, graphic art and more.

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