How to Add Details to Clay Bust

Part of the Video Series How to Sculpt a Bust with Modeling Clay

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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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How to Add Details to Clay Bust
In wrapping this sculpture of a bust up, there's a couple more things I can do. I can smooth out certain areas, and I can work on the eyes a little bit more on it. I'm not really thrilled with the eyes right, but I can go in and I can keep building and then pressing out until I get the eye shape that I want. I can come in and actually add texture to the hair and make the hair look even more realistic. Just kind of score it and just those simple techniques right there give the hair even more depth. Then I can smooth out anywhere that I scraped out that doesn't look that great. I can just kind of touch that up and then, you have some time if you keep the clay wet you can keep shaping and fooling with it until you get it how you want it. That is how you do a clay bust.

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Expert: David A. Clemen has a BFA in Fashion Design from Virginia Commonwealth University and a one-year Graphic Design degree from the Art Institute of Atlanta. Read More