Category: Tutorials
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Tutorial: Sculpting Eyes
One question I hear often from beginning sculptors is, “How do I sculpt eyes?” My first response is usually, “The same way you sculpt hair, noses, hands, feet, and everything else. Observe the form and make that.” After that less-than-helpful response, here are some of my approaches and preferred references. There are a few key…
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Photographing your art work – Part 3: Lighting 3D
Photographing 3D work, such as sculpture, has a unique set of challenges due to the complexity of managing the work (you can’t tape it to the wall), and lighting. For previous posts in this series, see Photographing Art on the Cheap and Lighting 2D. Behind my work, I have a roll of seamless background paper spooled on…
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Photographing your art work – Part 2: Lighting 2D
To see information about photography equipment, check out my previous post, Photographing Art – On the Cheap. The diagram below shows how I set up lights to photograph art. You will need two lights. Mount the art to wall. Tape it or hang it. Angle the lights so that the brightest part is not directly…
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Photographing Art – On the Cheap
Knowing how to photograph art is a necessary skill for artists today. With many online art communities, you need to know how to create digital images in order to share your work. Most competitions now require digital images of your portfolio or your proposal. Learning how to photograph your work can be intimidating because photography…
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Tutorial: Hollowing a clay model for firing
I thought some people would be interested in seeing how I prepare a clay model for firing. Here are two sculptures that I recently completed. Above is a life-size half-torso. It’s 25″ tall, made of clay, which means that it weighed a lot when completed. I didn’t put it on a scale, but it probably…