Learn sculpture

Visualize the sculpture's base placement and drill a centered hole to secure the internal structure. Insert the metal stick and screw it in, ensuring the stick sits inside the base.

Mix the material with the catalyst until uniform, then shape the surface, remove impurities, and work quickly as the fast-acting reaction dries the porous face.

Learn to smooth and create textures on clay surfaces using a range of sculpting tools, rakes, thin paper, thinner, and plastic bags to reproduce skin textures and wrinkles.

Master texture stamps by using silicone rubber to copy faces or plant textures, apply thin layers, cure properly, and transfer onto clay.

Add volume to the head and body, refine proportions from sketches, and shape shoulders, chest, neck, and back with modeling clay to establish general volumes for a fantasy character.

Balance the body's general volumes by adding material, refining anatomy with muscles and bones, using model references to view from many points of view and build with hands first.

Learn to sculpt eyes by shaping the upper and lower lids, choosing open-eye options, adding wrinkles, and refining with tools for a natural, expressive gaze.

Shape the head by sculpting the skull, using cross‑hand tool movement to feel the surface, adjust volume by adding or removing material, and refine wrinkles, brows, and nostrils.

Learn how to sculpt ears in clay by testing symmetry, preparing equal clay amounts, and shaping with curved carving tools to attach and refine the ears to the head.

Refine the sculpture by detailing the body, belly button, scars, and facial features, carving from the inside out and adjusting volume to convey aging and sagging skin.

Shape the arms from wire skeleton and clay, balancing volume to fit the body and create separation, mark elbows, sculpt biceps and triceps, and refine alignment with tools.

Learn to sculpt hands from arms using firmer clay for detailed fingers, build the palm as a trapezoid, and connect fingers to the wrist with thin wires for adjustable pose.

Shape and size each finger to match hand, noting middle finger is biggest, then join fingers to palm, form creases and nails, and shape thumbs with a wire guide.

Join the two hands in a downward, laid back position, using a wire as a guide to support and merge their shapes. Adjust finger angles for a natural belly fit.