Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay: Tools and Techniques for Sculpting Realistic Figures

With the magical medium of polymer clay and this book, you can follow in her footsteps.Thorough instructions supported by more than 400 step-by-step color photos and 200 detailed drawings cover the entire process of sculpting realistic figures, from selecting clay and gathering essential tools to the basics of modeling the human figure, to incorporating poses, facial expressions, ethnic and gender subtleties, costumes, and painted finishing touches. Katherine Dewey's expressive and elegantly detailed sculptures enchant all who see them. Easy-to-read maps of the figure illustrate the landmarks of the body, while scale diagrams indicate the simple shapes hidden within the human form, as well as how to combine and model those shapes.For anyone who loves fantasy, romance, nature—or sophisticated crafting—this book is a must-have.

"The Perfect Guide for the Beginner" according to Scott. I had this book on my radar because I had recently began to ply my hand at polymer clay in the hopes of being able to produce epic maquettes of fantasy, comic and mythic origins.Unlike many of the similarly priced art books, this one isn't a coffee table display of the author's . A Powerful, Brilliant Book I started at the beginning, made my own tools, some came out well, some not so much. I followed along and made six heads, all different, with varying degrees of success. Then I made six torsos. I have learned so much and I haven't even gotten to arms and legs and clothing yet! T. I have been trying to pick up figure sculpting, I have been trying to pick up figure sculpting, so I decided to give this book a try after reading some of the reviews of it. For me, this book is mostly a success, with the exception of a few issues which kept me from giving this book 5 stars.- It follows conventions that don't

If you have a drive to create beauty and form from a lump of clay, we know you will treasure "Creating Figures" as much as we do. We are very proud to present the work of a highly respected artist, author, and teacher in a way that clearly shows her every move and we are thankful for the high praise both author and publisher have already received. Our world-class author deserved nothing less. produced entirely in the USA . From the Publisher Elvenwork Press published "Creating Life-Like Figures in Polymer Clay" by Katherine Dewey to the very hi