Chiseled doric columns, ornate arches, vaulted ceilings, staircases, and tiny sculptures within a sculpture—all of this fits into miniature architectural spaces that resemble ancient and medieval ruins and sacred architecture carved into raw marble and stone. These historical sculptures are brought to life by an internationally acclaimed British sculptor, Matthew Simmonds (previously here on Bored Panda), who currently lives and works in Denmark.
Yes, that is the correct title of this post! Earlier this year I went to a workshop where one of the ideas was to sculpt with toilet paper. ...
I'm an illustrator and I recently took up clay sculpting, as a hobby. My daily job is really SEO consulting but I began my career working as an illustrator. It doesn't pay much so I soon went back to consulting but I always really loved drawing and painting.
Other questions I received this week concerned the sculpting medium we use for our projects. There are many on the market. We use Abracadabra Sculpt. It is a two part epoxy putty (much the same consistency as plasticene I used as a kid). www.abracadabrasigns.com/smooth_and_sculpt/home It is mixed in equal quantities and then sculpted. Once it cures it is rock hard and durable! The sculpt is sold in kits in various sizes from two pounds to a hundred pounds (two five gallon buckets). The more you buy the less expensive it is per pound. We use a fair amount of it in our shop, so we buy it in one or two thousand pound lots (ten - twenty 100 lb kits) at a time. Is it expensive... I don't think so. A few dollars of sculpt will do many times that in sign work, making it a worthwhile expense! I put a thin coat over the mesh, and then allow it to cure. The next day the sculpting layer is done. For the tree bark I pressed on a layer of sculpt, then using crumpled heavy duty tinfoil I pressed in the bark texture. Lastly I used a sharpened stick to draw in the lines. A hint here would to to wet the tools or sculpt with water to prevent your tools from sticking. The last question we fielded this week concerned our paints. We use100 percent acrylic paints in our shop - all hand brushed. We tend to put the colors on nice and bright, then tone them down with glazes. We mix our own glazes using a clear base (without tint). We mix this clear base with the acrylic paints we have on hand at a ratio of 50% clear to 50% paint and then add a teen bit of water to make it flow. We slop this on and then wipe it down with a soft shop rage to remove the glaze from the higher areas, leaving it in the crevices and dips. We like to work from dark to light adding as many layers of transparent glaze as we need - generally two - five coats of color. The brighter the base coats the more vibrant the piece will be when it is done. Below is a picture of the horse sign with the base coats on. It's just too much as it is now. In a day or two it will look great as the other colors are layered on. Stay tuned... -dan
Michaelangelo is an incredible artist that children study at school or as part of a homeschool curriculum. We spent all our art lessons in the month of March this year...
I may have gone overboard on the photos for this post, but this is one of my favourite art lessons so far. I was inspired by this ph...
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We have been spending a lot of time this quarter drawing, printing and sculpting architectural structures. We started with...
Some people also call relief art Wall Sculpture Art when it is a high depth relief work. Relief art is of low depth, medium depth, and high depth.
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Learn about famous art and create your own sculpture with this fun lesson about Giacometti.
Les gorges de la Monne sont situées vers Olloix. Immersion totale et dépaysement à travers cette belle végétation qui borde le cours d'eau.
Меня потрясают две великие работы- Бернини Похищение Прозерпины и Пиета Микеланджело. Самое поразительное, что авторы в момент создания этих шедевров были молоды -23 и 24 года! Но эти вуали меня сразили наповал... ,хотя я не очень люблю тему надгробий.…
