Sculpt a Realistic Skull | Part 1

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Andrew Joseph Keith

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Sculpt a Realistic Skull | Part 1

Lesson by

Andrew Joseph Keith

in Portrait Sculpting

16K

Mark as Completed

Assignments 11

Downloads 1

Build a wire armature with a stand, fill the armature with newspaper to provide a block in and help you save clay and finish by sculpting your block in and adding high points and indicators.

@mvrek

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2mo

I got my hands on some "used" waterbased clay. One was sliky smooth, the other one quite sandy. Both of them were mixed in the box, so I just didnt care and grabbed both clays and put them together. That is where the differences in the texture came from. Although I still see lots of mistakes, I am for once quite happy with the results.

SilverbackCT

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10mo

3D Skull Model: https://skfb.ly/oQsUp

SilverbackCT

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11mo

Full sized skull rough in.

Andrew Joseph Keith

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10mo

Looking good! it feels like the front plane of the face might be a little flat when looking at it from the side view. Also I think the cranial mass in the back of the skull is too small compared to the facial mass. overall a great study! keep up the good work!

Stephen Rapp

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2yr

Any corrections at this point?

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2yr

You might double check the side view silhouette. it looks like it might need for the chin to be brought down a bit and the forehead might need to be a little higher as well. remember the eyes are about in the center of the head when looking at someone straight on. Keep going! good job!

Roy Nottage

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2yr

I've prematurely got quite far through my 'realistic skull' - I wasn't totally sure if the Anatomy of the Skull lessons were the sum of lessons for that (and I wanted to keep with the pace of the lessons). Awesome that there's more - @Andrew Joseph Keith roughly how many weeks do you think will cover sculpting the 'realistic skull'? I should've used a metal rod as per your suggestion in the video. I tightly wound loads of stiff paper around a big nail. I thought it'd be fine, but it's become quite precarious under the weight of the clay... and on a wood block that is definitely too small...

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2yr

The demos will be broken into three videos. Then we'll move onto the anatomy of the head. if the metal rod doesn't give enough support sometimes nailing or gluing a wood dowel or 2 by 2 wood board onto the baseboard works as well for portraiture. depending on the type of clay and size of the work it sometimes needs additional support.