How Do You Make A Clay Sculpture Of A Male Figure?
Sculpting from clay can be a relaxing hobby or an artistic career pursuit. Creative sculptors can take a block of clay and manipulate and sculpt it into anything, including a full size figure of a man. Creating a male figure from sculpting clay may be difficult for a beginner, but with practice, patience and studying the human anatomy, eventually you will be able to shape clay into a male figure. Construct an armature to use as a guide. Shape bendable iron wire into a rough male figure shape. Wrap the wire with aluminum foil to fill it out. The entire armature will be shaped like a male figure without details. It will be the basis upon which you apply the clay. Break clay off in chunks and press it to your armature. Use your thumbs and fingers to press and shape the clay as you apply it in layers. Build the clay up gradually, keeping it as even as possible, finding the edges and lines of your armature to create a rough male figure with the clay as you did with the wire and foil. Use yo
