Child body sculpting exercise

Child body sculpting exercise

Here is a body sculpting exercise of a child, accompanied by step-by-step photos and an instructional video. For the exercise and understanding of the anatomy, use a chart of body proportions in children.

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.

Child body sculpting exercise

Start with simple geometric shapes that you identify in the structure of the child's body in the position you have chosen.

Child body sculpting exercise
Child body sculpting exercise

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.

Child body sculpting exercise
Child body sculpting exercise

To mark the child's head, use the following diagrams:

At the same time do not dwell on head sculpting and precision parts of the face, as the purpose of the exercise is to sculpt the body of the child.

Of course do not forget to work on the back of the sculpture as well, while maintaining the integrity of the composition.

Towards the end they moved on to smoothing the clay and precision of prominent and significant details.

When finishing the work on a child's body sculpting, look at the sculpture from all directions, check the proportions and correct if necessary.

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:

Male torso sculpture exercise

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