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    The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Creating Beautiful Sculptures
    The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Creating Beautiful Sculptures
    The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Creating Beautiful Sculptures
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    The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Creating Beautiful Sculptures

    By Suzy Stewart

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    If you’re interested in creating sculptures but you just don’t know where to start...

    If you are some-what artistic and you’d like to get into sculpting...

    Or, if you just want to try a new, fun, exciting hobby you can be proud of...

    Then, this book was written just for you!

    Creating your first sculpture... or getting better at sculpting... is not complicated because:

    - You don’t need to spend a lot of money - you only need your hands and a few tools depending on what kind of sculpting you get into.
    - It’s art -- so you don’t have to compete with anyone else -- sculpting is a relaxing activity because you’re just creating for the sake of creating, there’s no competition.
    - You can go at your own pace and enjoy the process more...
    - And you don't need to be an expert artist to be “successful”.
    There’s just a few tips and tricks that professional artists know that will make your sculpting easier and more fun and this guide reveals them all.
    Here’s just some of what's inside:
    - The 4 techniques and methods to “professional” level sculpting
    - How some simple sculptures can instantly change the look and feel of almost any room... yard... or garden for the better!
    - A simple “laundry list” of tools the beginner must have before getting started with sculpting (don’t waste money on stuff you don’t need!)
    - 10 sure-fire ways to make model sculpting easy and fun
    - Six little known secrets to working with sand sculptures effectively and with less hassle
    - Interested in sculpting with wire? Here are six things you must know before you start
    - Want to make a career of sculpting? Find the best advice on how to go into business with your sculpting skills
    - Five easy and effective ways to finance your sculpting business (and only one of them is a traditional “business finance” method -- the rest you probably haven’t even thought of!)
    - A step-by-step, simple way to sell your sculptures online (this is a little-known method to greatly expand your “customer base” and sell more of your sculptures to more people!)
    - The five “must know” tips for starting a sculpture business and actually making a living from your art
    - Plus much, MUCH MORE!

    This just scratches the surface of what's in this book. It gives you everything you need to know to get started sculpting today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBT Elite
    Release dateJan 22, 2011
    ISBN9781452486994
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    The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Creating Beautiful Sculptures - Suzy Stewart

    The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Creating Beautiful Sculptures

    Suzy Stewart

    Published by BT Elite Publishers LLC., at Smashwords

    Copyright 2011 Suzy Stewart

    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    The Art of Sculpture

    A Brief History of Sculpture

    Sculpting Techniques and Methods

    Sculpting Materials Every Sculptor Needs

    Using Sculpture to Decorate Your Home

    Learning to Sculpt

    Ten Sculpting Tools Every Beginning Sculptor Needs to Have

    Ten Model Sculpting Tips

    Making Ice Sculptures

    Making Metal Sculpture

    Making Sand Sculptures

    Making Stone Sculptures

    Making Wire Sculptures

    Making Photo Sculptures

    Making Realistic Animal and Human Sculptures

    Professional Sculpting Organizations and Groups

    Should you Start Selling Your Sculptures?

    Five Tips for Starting a Business to Sell Your Sculptures

    Five Ways to Finance Your Sculpture Business

    Selling Your Sculptures Locally

    Selling Your Sculptures Online

    The Five Last Important Things You Need to Know About Starting A Sculpture Business

    Conclusion

    INTRODUCTION

    Three-dimensional works of art are known as sculptures. They are made using hard materials such as stone—marble, granite, among others—wood, or metals. Sculptors can also use clay or plastic and other soft materials that can harden or that can be hardened after being shaped and given form. Other materials such as wire can also be used to create sculptures. Unusual objects, found objects and other uncommon materials can also be used creatively and using traditional sculpting techniques in order to create modern sculptures.

    In case you didn't know, sculpture is among the earliest forms of art known to man. In fact, sculptures can be traced even way back to the earliest civilizations. This form or medium continues to be popular even after many centuries, and it is used in many ways, whether for instruction, decoration, and even for practical applications. Sculptures are even used to remember people who have died.

    Sculptures from different civilizations all over the world can be seen today in various museums, in gardens, parks and as part of the landscape surrounding many buildings. People have done this for many, many years, and perhaps that's why many of us don't even notice the sculptures that are present in our vicinity. If we look closely, however, we can see a lot of sculptures around us.

    Sculptures used as decorating homes or gardens are gaining more popularity since this is an excellent and relatively easy way to add some life, function and comfort and also as an expression of the personality of the homeowner.

    We consider sculpture as one of the fine arts. As such, sculptors take many years to learn various ancient sculpture techniques and using these to express themselves using stone, wood, plaster, metal or any other material. There is a long, intricate process that one has to undergo to create sculptures, and these three-dimensional works take a lot of steps to be completed. While there are a lot of courses dedicated to teaching sculpture, many of the more notable sculptors were self-taught.

    THE ART OF SCULPTURE

    Technically, all three-dimensional works of art qualify as sculptures. They are made from different materials featuring a great many subjects. In essence, sculptures are of five primary types:

    Relief– Sculpture attached to a background is called a relief. A good example of this are sculptures attached to a building's walls or to a part of the ceiling. Also known as a bas-relief, you will typically find these in Greek temples or Roman cathedrals.

    Kinetic sculpture– A kinetic sculpture is one that shows motion or some other kind of physical movement. Modern sculptures that have moving parts that need power sources to move are good examples of this type. The movement might lead to other effects such as the creation of sounds or lights in or around the sculpture. Without movement, there is no other noticeable effect.

    Some good examples are found in Baltimore, MD each year, at the Almost Famous Annual East Coast National Championship Kinetic Sculpture Race. In this race, sculptures powered by humans race through Baltimore's streets.

    Fountain– These are sculptures that contain water, whether running or standing.

    Statue– This is the oldest type of sculpture, as even in olden times, statues have been used to show Biblical lessons and act as examples on how people should live.

    Bust– these are depictions of people, primarily showing the upper torso area upward. These gained popularity as tributes in funerals in the Ancient world and also in Europe during the medieval times. They may be not as popular now, but they are still commonly used as tributes for esteemed persons. If you want good examples, you can just go to Washington D.C. and

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