How to sculpt the face 3 Methods
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- čas přidán 28. 10. 2020
- A video for any aspiring sculptor to help learn different methods to help them on their journey of learning to sculpt and enjoy the Process!
An overview of 3 different ways of sculpting the head.
Sculpting in the round.
Building the Profile
Planes of the head.
Also links in the video to the process I talk about
Sculpting in the round:
• Jordu Schell Sculpture...
Building the profile
• Tom Cruise: How to scu...
Planes of the head
• Sculpting Timelapse - ...
All Sculpts made using, Monster clay and water clay.
Enjoy the video, and let me know what you think.
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I found myself being more naturally talented at sculpting rather than drawing. I need to refine my skills a hell of a lot more though. I hope I can do it.
And I wish everyone else who is sculpting to never give up and to keep going! ❤️☺️
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Last technique is how I ATTEMPT sculpting and I ALWAYS end up with a head twice the size I planned because I cover mistakes with more layers😂🤦🏻♀️ Also I can see why females and babies are the hardest to capture due to all the smooth plains! The most subtle mistakes make HUGE differences. I want to try the first technique! I gotta stop overthinking and capture the essence of a face BEFORE fiddling with the details. THANK YOU! Another useful video with easy to follow instructions. No fluff or bullshit.
I totally know the feeling of the sculpt getting larger and larger. Just did that recently when making Frankensteins monster.
A technique I saw to help overcome this. Is you can take measurements from a model or even a photo. You put nails at the largest parts. So you put a nose with a nail in the centre of it to be the furthest part out if measured correctly.
OR I sculpt in the round but make sure I put the nose and eyes in early. As I know the head is generally 5 eyes wide that helps define the size of the head early. And with the nose I have to remember to make it a little larger than I would like to be the right scale
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You’re a good sculptor. I’m just learning. I like planes and profile and Riley there’s so much to it!
Thank you, appreciate the compliment.
Yeah there can be a bit to it, but the profile method helped a lot for me to learn
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Great video, mate. Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks very much for the tips.you are Amazing.
Thanks for sharing the knowledge
Thanks!!!
That’s amazing have started to use the last method and I feel a lot more comfortable with my art pieces thank u
Awesome!!! Glad it could help. If you have any questions or need help just ask.
Your videos are really helpfull and deserve much more likes
Appreciate it! Got any questions about sculpting just ask away
Thank you very much.
This help me so much thanks
Happy it helped!
Thanks mate, this was great for beginners- we all learn differently- I have been using method one with little joy so I’m going to try method three until I’m a bit further along. I didn’t know method 3 was method so thanks heaps!
No problem. Happy that I can help. And if you have any questions ask away.
Also most importantly have fun sculpting its easy to get frustrated!
Cheers
Thanks Matt.You do great work!This is a great overview for sculpters like me.I've been on/off sculpting since the late 90's early 2000's garage kit days & mostly do 1/6th scale figures.I've sold quite a few,but want to be even better with small scale portraits.I just never found a comfortable method for being accurate with the face of the person,other than drawing proportions.I usually do a two paper front & side profile of the subject,then glue them together.Filling in as I go along.Sometimes I'm accurate,sometimes off. ~ This was short & simple,yet great & informative.I'd like to see you do one explaining scale more definitively.Another one of my hangups! :) Thanks again Matt.Good job!
That's a good method with the paper outline. Scale figures I applaud anyone who can do them, I don't necessarily work in a scale becusse if I do I find that I always add 10 percent to the figure and throw the scale out. Hence why I applaud someone who can work within scale limits, much more precise than I could be.
I kind of throw the clay down to a size I think I can work and if it's a little bigger, then I just handle the size difference.
Might have to ask you for pointers on scale models!
Thank you! 😉
I hope it helped!!!
wow great video ..........very helpful
Thanks!
Nice Nietzsche's sculpture, very recognisable, so well done
this a. great video,
I never new that’s how I’ve been doing it that is sculpting rounds. But will try the other two. Thx.
Glad it could help!
Nice video mate!
Cheers mate
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You should do a 1 hour sculpt 30 min sculpt and 5 min sculpt
In fact that's coming in the future. I brought a clock just for that!
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the amount of work put into this is unreal, you've made 3 sculptures for a single video, that is not something you see everyday on every video.
Thank you. Much appreciated!
Thanx for the inspiration! What kind of material are you working with? I'm still looking for the best solution. The material you were working with on the first head looks pretty good! Thanx for a short feedback.
Howdy. I normally use monster clay. Reusable and goes very firm when it cools. But my favorite clay is just cheap pottery clay. It's freely available, easy to use with no prep work, and you can easily fix mistakes. But it is messy so you might need a little space for it.
There's other types of clay out there, like chavant which is oil based clay like monster clay. But if starting out I highly recommend getting pottery clay (water based clay)
Thanx a lot, Matt!
@@markusmantel7395 anytime. Love answering questions. Have fun with the clay!
Very good video man. Subscribed. Is there info about the lighting setup??
Thank you. Lighting setup. Is just a photography light with diffuser and a spotlight from a big box store directed up at the wall as a background light, then some odd fairy lights against the background.
Overhead flurosecent turned off, with one more little led light from IKEA on the side pointed at the sculpture
@@MattGrayart thanks
Great video Matt Thanks! But what clay to go for, Polymer or Air dry???
Oil based clay
The first method you did it looks like you used a type of initial skull model ? Where do you buy those ?
This is a skull sculpture I made and cast in resin on a stick years ago. It was too serve as the base to work from.
I originally made it so I could build up the muscles etc to build a face but found it was too fiddly to make sculptures that way and not a method I preferred.
But since Halloween is on in some countries there might be some cheap plastic skills available to sculpt on
My best friends baby recently passed away about 2wks ago a 5mons old. I wanna do a sculpture of her face & her baby. Maybe with her face looking up at her baby, in away that it looks like she’s holding her daughter above her and the end result a heart. Both faces in the heart. How’s the best way to achieve that look. Maybe 8/10 size. Also instead of having to use so much clay what can I use to help fill the inside part(?) our do it sorta like a wall sconce type idea??
I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope her and her family are okay.
With the face of a child, they can be quite complex to sculpt , even though they look relatively simple to do.
I would do the arms seperate then the baby's face seperate so you can work on them separately.
If you use a oil based clay it would hold the details a lot more on such a small scale, which is easier than water based clay to use in that instance. From the back of the sculpture you can carve out the clay to make it hollow.
Sincere condolences for your friend and you.
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Whats the oil thing using for like polishing the sculpture?
That is zippo lighter fluid, you can use rubbing alcohol, but in some countries that's hard to get. Lighter fluid seems to be the easiest to obtain for me
How long does it take to get to certain points.? If it doesn't look good in 30 mins I get really discouraged and stop/ procrastinate and start again ...
Good question, sometimes you just have to work through it, All art looks a bit crap at the start for the person making it. But once you do it enough times you can trust the process to know it will eventually work out
hi what type of clay you use?
Monster clay, or water based pottery clay
@@MattGrayart thanks !
What clay are you using?
This is monster clay. But I prefer water based clay juat for efficiency
What type of clay do you use?
Either monster clay (oil based clay) or pottery clay (water based clay)
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Its interesting how young people are way easier to paint, since realistic wrinkles are harder to paint while older ones are easier to sculpt
That's an interesting point!
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Yup that's the one
hi do you have any online courses?
Hi there. Sorry I don't have any online courses
@@MattGrayart Thanks for the reply and for your videos. How did you learn? What path would you recommend to someone that wants to do what you do? Ive painted for about 7 years, portraits and figures, I have some decent knowledge of anatomy but would like to hear your insight into how one approaches this medium as a total beginner. Cheers
@@johnnyblaze373 hey there Johnny.
I started sculpting not too long ago. Probably in 2015. I didnt have prior experience in painting just sketching and building things.
The building things aspect helped a lot with putting pieces together and improvising with materials.
Since you have painted and have a good understanding of anatomy you will be streaks ahead.
The same principles apply in painting as in sculpting. Building up forms in simple shapes and refining them.
I would reccomend water based clay for sculpting for 90 percent of the sculptures. As its easy to work with. It's like painting with your hands as it's kind of fluid. Whereas monster clay and oil based clay require setup, heating and cooling to work with. And when learning that is tedious and counter productive.
If you can get some pottery clay, a mirror and try and do a self portrait or skull that's a great start to work from
@@MattGrayart thanks a lot for the advice mate. I have some pottery clay and will work with that. I'm waiting on some super sculpey in the post. I'll store it for when i get a little bit of experience. Once again thanks heaps for the tips!
@@johnnyblaze373 awesome. Find the clay you love working with. Super sculpey takes work and time. But depends on you work flow and how you do things. I'm impatient hence why I like pottery clay. Good luck!!
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i only know 1 way, its called "just sculpt it" xD
Hahhhahah that works too
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Ho many plasticine do yo use.
Hi there. This monster clay, it's a bit firmer than plasticine when at room temperature, and it comes in 5kg pottles. It's reusable so 5kg is plenty for a long time
@@MattGrayart thanks you.
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I've been sculpting for over thirty years and find a combination of planes and working in the round to be the most effective. Working the profile method is awkward and I would not recommend it to novice sculptors as they will likely lose interest quickly.
The looping music was very distracting and unnecessary. The demo was good thanks
Fair comment
At last a sculpting video where the sculptor actually explains stuff, rather than most of the other dumb sculpting videos where they say nothing and explain nothing, and instead rely on a lame music track for the entire duration. Still, this vid' would be better without the music.
Great feedback. And fair comment. Definitely something to think about and work on next video
This not what i am looking for i was looking for zbrush sculp ha