Fine Art
Sculpture & 3D Form
Make form you can walk around
12 lessons4 modules9h 40m durationbeginner level
About this course
Sculpture is the art of organising mass and space, and it rewards a few reliable methods far more than raw talent. This course teaches the full beginner workflow across the four classic entry materials — modelling clay over an armature, plaster as both a positive and a carving block, bent and soldered wire as line in space, and found-object assemblage. You finish able to plan, build, cast, and finish a sculpture in the round and to talk about it in the language sculptors actually use.
Curriculum
Module 1: How Sculpture Works — Materials, Mass, and the Two Processes
- Additive and Subtractive — the Two Roads Into FormPreview
- Seeing in Three Dimensions — Mass, Plane, and Silhouette🔒
- Your Studio, Safety, and the Starter Toolkit🔒
Module 2: Additive Sculpture — Armatures and Modelling in Clay and Wire
- Building a Stable Armature🔒
- Modelling the Figure in Clay🔒
- Wire as Line in Space🔒
Module 3: Subtractive Sculpture and Casting — Carving and the Mould
- Carving Plaster and Soft Stone🔒
- Making a Simple Mould🔒
- Casting a Plaster Positive🔒
Module 4: Composition, Finishing, and Presenting Your Work
- The Formal Language of 3D Composition🔒
- Finishing, Patina, and Surface🔒
- Mounting, Photographing, and Documenting🔒
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