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$75
Lessons
24 Lessons so far
Duration
3h 59m so far
Skill Level
Int. & Adv.
Views
67K
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EN, ES
overview
The hands are one of the most difficult parts of the body to recreate. In this course I'll share my knowledge of how to better understand and represent the hands using traditional sculpting methods.
This course will cover everything from building proportionate wire armatures for the hands to adding tendons, veins and wrinkles to a finished hand sculpture and everything in between. The bones and anatomy are essential to understand so there will be lessons addressing what you need to know about the anatomy underneath the surface so that your hand sculpted hands can be taken to the next level. If you're ready to take on the challenge of sculpting hands in clay then this course is for you!
What you will learn
1Wire Armatures For Hands
Learn how to create accurate wire armatures with the correct proportions using aluminum wire.
2Hand Gesture Studies
How to do quick and simple gesture studies to focus on the most important elements of the hand and capture dynamic poses.
3Anatomy of the Hand
You'll learn about the bones that make up the hand and how these bones inform the surface details of the hand. Then will look at the muscles of the hand and how they attach to the bones as well as important tendons and veins to be aware of.
4Steps to Sculpting the Hand
Like other complex areas of the body it helps to break down the complexity into easier to understand steps. This course will teach you how to accurately approach life size hand sculptures from the armature to the finishing details everything in between.
5Differences in Hands
We'll go over how the hands change over a lifetime from infant to elderly as well as how to sculpt hands that are more masculine or more feminine.
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Assignments
A variety of exercises to help you practice what you've learned. After you do the assignments, you can post them in the community for feedback and see what other students are posting.
3D Models
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Assignment Demonstrations
The instructor includes demonstrations that show how to do an assignment or how to use the information taught in the lessons. Most of us are visual learners (we’re artists!), so hearing it explained is not enough. We have to see it many times.
Step by Step Process
Watch step by step video demos from start to finish with educational commentary from the instructor. Most of us are visual learners (we’re artists!), so reading about it or hearing it explained is not enough. We have to see it!
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What others are saying
Joshua Jones
This course has been so helpful getting me started from scratch into really enjoying working with my own hands to make sculptures I’m really happy with. The instructor is really empathetic to the newbie and the material is fun and intelligent. The premium content and the free content both have a high rewatch value.
Strahinja Milutin
Andrew is a great teacher. I'm following both the Figure Sculpting Fundamentals and the Portrait Sculpting premium courses. It helped me a lot with understanding the basic forms of the human figure, gesture and how to sculpt difficult areas. I fell in love with traditional sculpting, so I'm looking forward to finishing both courses and see where it takes me. As a 3D artist learning to become character artist, I absolutely recommend Andrew's courses.
Roy Nottage
The content and format of Andrew's Portrait Sculpting course has been a really great way to break down a complex subject. It's made me feel a lot more confident in approaching the portrait, and shown me new ways to tackle areas that I've previously struggled with. Getting feedback from Andrew himself has been really beneficial - highlighting those areas for improvement that I hadn't noticed. Very happy with the premium course content, and I look forward to progressing with it!
F.A.Q.
In this course I'll be using Chavant medium NSP clay (green/tan) as well as some cheap non-dry modeling clay (brown) but the principles of the course can be done in polymer clay, natural water based clay, epoxy, clay, and many other types of sculpting materials.
This course should be taken with some familiarity with sculpting. If you're new to sculpting I recommend taking my figure sculpting fundamentals course.
The goal is to post a new lesson every other week.
LessonsThis course is in progress. More lessons will be published regularly.
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Course by Michael Hampton
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About instructor
Proko sculpting instructor. Sculpting takes drawing to a whole new dimension.
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