Exercise of a Child's Body Sculpture by Alexander Cherkov, from the book Introduction to the World of Art "Sculpture, painting, drawing and more"
Here is an exercise in sculpting the body of a child with Natural ceramic clay, Accompanied by step-by-step photos and a tutorial video.
Step-by-step body sculpting exercise
For this exercise, an uncomplicated position of a child under one year of age is chosen. His proportions appear In human body proportions.
It is recommended that you have photographs of the child's body from all angles.
Start with simple geometric shapes that you identify in the structure of the child's body in the position you have chosen.
And as always, start working on the details only after completing the composition structure itself, that is, after checking the correctness of the proportions and position.
Towards the end they moved on to smoothing the clay and precision of prominent and significant details.
A child's body proportions differ significantly from an adult's body. The proportions change over the years as the body of the baby and child matures. A good way to understand the changes and get to know the body structure that will provide convincing expression for the child's age is to perform short exercises and sculpt a child's body at different ages and different body postures. Such etudes do not require delving into details. The following is an example:
