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Creating sculptures requires using one of four basic techniques: carving, casting, modeling or assembling. These can be used for any medium, but particular techniques are often used for specific mediums.

Sculpture Techniques - Ceramic Arts Daily

Clay is the most versatile sculpture material around. It’s easy to use, readily available, inexpensive, and perfect for creating works of almost any size or shape. For thousands of years, artists have used clay to stir their imagination and give shape to their ideas.
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/bookstore/sculpture-techniques/
Sculpture Methods and Techniques - Britannica

Although a sculptor may specialize in, say, stone carving or direct metalwork, the art of sculpture is not identifiable with any particular craft or set of crafts. It presses into its service whatever crafts suit its purposes.
https://www.britannica.com/art/sculpture/Methods-and-techniques
Sculpture: Methods and Techniques - Britannica

An artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects.
http://www.britannica.com/art/sculpture/Methods-and-techniques
How To Sculpt: Textures and Forms with Don Lanning - Stan Winston School of Character Arts

Learn monster sculpture techniques and how to block out textures and forms. How to sculpt with special effects character creation master Don Lanning.
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/sculpture-techniques-how-to-sculpt-textures-and-forms
Methods and Techniques of Hand-Building Working With Clay - Lakeside Pottery

Description and pictures of three methods working with clay using Pinchpot, Coil and Slab techniques - great page for art teachers.
http://www.lakesidepottery.com/HTML%20Text/Methods%20of%20Handbuilding.htm
Working with Sculpture - Getty

The four basic techniques for creating sculpture; resource for a K-12 curriculum about sculpture.
http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/sculpture/background2.html
Sculpture Techniques - How to Sculpt Dynamic Characters

Learn how to sculpt dynamic character designs in clay. In-depth sculpture techniques from a top Hollywood character concept designer.
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/sculpture-techniques-how-to-sculpt-dynamic-characters
Beginners Guide to Sculpting in Clay - Artists and Illustrators

Artists and Illustrators is the UK's number 1 magazine for original art. Buy original artwork direct from the artists.
http://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/how-to/sculpture/252/beginners-guide-to-sculpting-in-clay
How to Sculpt: 12 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow

How to Sculpt. Whether you're bringing out your inner Michelangelo or want to make your own miniatures to really step up your DnD sessions, sculpting is a great hobby and very much a learned skill that does not require some kind of...
http://www.wikihow.com/Sculpt
ZBrush Tutorials: Techniques for Sculpting Like the Masters in ZBrush Tutorial - Pluralsight

In this ZBrush tutorial we will cover the human body from head to toe, learning the most important aspects of anatomy.
http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/1357-Techniques-for-Sculpting-Like-the-Masters-in-ZBrush
Sculpture Techniques - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Techniques used in creating sculpture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sculpture_techniques
Sculpting Instruction Books and Instructional Sculpting DVDs by Philippe Faraut

Sculpture Philippe Faraut offers sculpting instruction books, step-by-step tutorials for sculpting the portrait, and instructional sculpting DVD videos including the series The Art of Sculpting with Philippe Faraut.
http://philippefaraut.com/store/books-dvds.html
Sculpture Techniques: Lessons, Tutorials, and Resources for Sculptors

Sculpture Lessons: Resources, Tips, Tutorials, and Techniques for Sculptors.
http://www.artshow.com/resources/sculpture.html

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Sculpture Techniques - Ceramic Arts Daily

Clay is the most versatile sculpture material around. It’s easy to use, readily available, inexpensive, and perfect for creating works of almost any size or shape. For thousands of years, artists have used clay to stir their imagination and give shape to their ideas.
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/bookstore/sculpture-techniques/
Sculpture Methods and Techniques - Britannica

Although a sculptor may specialize in, say, stone carving or direct metalwork, the art of sculpture is not identifiable with any particular craft or set of crafts. It presses into its service whatever crafts suit its purposes.
https://www.britannica.com/art/sculpture/Methods-and-techniques
Sculpture: Methods and Techniques - Britannica

An artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects.
http://www.britannica.com/art/sculpture/Methods-and-techniques
How To Sculpt: Textures and Forms with Don Lanning - Stan Winston School of Character Arts

Learn monster sculpture techniques and how to block out textures and forms. How to sculpt with special effects character creation master Don Lanning.
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/sculpture-techniques-how-to-sculpt-textures-and-forms
Methods and Techniques of Hand-Building Working With Clay - Lakeside Pottery

Description and pictures of three methods working with clay using Pinchpot, Coil and Slab techniques - great page for art teachers.
http://www.lakesidepottery.com/HTML%20Text/Methods%20of%20Handbuilding.htm
Working with Sculpture - Getty

The four basic techniques for creating sculpture; resource for a K-12 curriculum about sculpture.
http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/sculpture/background2.html
Sculpture Techniques - How to Sculpt Dynamic Characters

Learn how to sculpt dynamic character designs in clay. In-depth sculpture techniques from a top Hollywood character concept designer.
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/sculpture-techniques-how-to-sculpt-dynamic-characters
Beginners Guide to Sculpting in Clay - Artists and Illustrators

Artists and Illustrators is the UK's number 1 magazine for original art. Buy original artwork direct from the artists.
http://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/how-to/sculpture/252/beginners-guide-to-sculpting-in-clay
How to Sculpt: 12 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow

How to Sculpt. Whether you're bringing out your inner Michelangelo or want to make your own miniatures to really step up your DnD sessions, sculpting is a great hobby and very much a learned skill that does not require some kind of...
http://www.wikihow.com/Sculpt
ZBrush Tutorials: Techniques for Sculpting Like the Masters in ZBrush Tutorial - Pluralsight

In this ZBrush tutorial we will cover the human body from head to toe, learning the most important aspects of anatomy.
http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/1357-Techniques-for-Sculpting-Like-the-Masters-in-ZBrush
Sculpture Techniques - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Techniques used in creating sculpture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sculpture_techniques
Sculpting Instruction Books and Instructional Sculpting DVDs by Philippe Faraut

Sculpture Philippe Faraut offers sculpting instruction books, step-by-step tutorials for sculpting the portrait, and instructional sculpting DVD videos including the series The Art of Sculpting with Philippe Faraut.
http://philippefaraut.com/store/books-dvds.html
Sculpture Techniques: Lessons, Tutorials, and Resources for Sculptors

Sculpture Lessons: Resources, Tips, Tutorials, and Techniques for Sculptors.
http://www.artshow.com/resources/sculpture.html

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Creating sculptures requires using one of four basic techniques: carving, casting, modeling or assembling. These can be used for any medium, but particular techniques are often used for specific mediums.

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