Luckily, our cities are filled with a variety of truly magnificent monuments, incredible sculptures and creative artistic statues, each having its very own story to tell. And while most of them deserve a place on our list, some of them have a little bit more impressive visual and contextual appeal than other ones. That’s why…
Tag: Work in Progress
Irish Medallion cast in Forton MG
While my current work studio is still a bit fresh in paint and new and we had frigid temps here in Northern Colorado all week so I found that adversely affected the creativity time of all my materials. The best way to work with mold rubbers and Forton is from 60-75 degrees F and the…
Adding hair and dress to small Sacagawea sculpture
After straightening the face a bit I moved onto sculpting in the shapes of the hair and clothing. Though a couple of things that I am still thinking about are moldmaking and casting issues. Since this is oil-based clay, it isn’t permanent and will need to have a mold made and then put in another…
Sitting Bull Statue in MI - Final Touch Up
First day of sculpting in my studio away from home, as I changed the location for a bit more of an inspiration. With the only thing now left, I’ve been adjusting Sitting Bull’s face all day long. I’m taking him as far as I want.. When and if I sell one and need to get…
Tutorial: Casteline Hair Sculpting Tutorial by Andy Bergholtz
Either way, thanks to all the diversity here you will be able to choose a Theme that can be either of a formal color scheme with some light colors in it or a more vivid one, featuring bold textures and hues! Mike Dear
Sculpting is a hard thing to do, especially when you work with a lot of new materials and textures, hence Castilene. So, firsty I warm up the Castilene in a microwave and work it in my hands like clay, applying the warm Castilene. After I achieve the basic form using just my fingers, I’ll then…
Tutorial: Sculpting Afro-textured Hair by Mark Newman
While achieving basically any realistic hair style or a hairdo, a texture, is a tall order for any sculptor, it gets especially tricky when you try to carve the curly African kind of a cut. But luckily I have a certain list of the basic tools I use for this. A few ball end tools…