First time try. Used some Filo plastilina and a wooden knife.

Hey all, Studying sculpture has been a fascinating experience for me, and I try to take it lightly. Coming from the digital sculpture in Zbrush, working with clay helps me visualize shapes better. Unfortunately, I had difficulty handling the aluminum wire, but I believe it was due to a lack of practice. To determine what would perform best, I tested different manufacturers and thicknesses. In the first exercise, I worked with three different sizes, and I hope to achieve better quality in the future.

Hi Andrew, I'm just starting into sculpture, quite excited to see where it goes! Heres my first armature, made with old thin tie wire I had already (I've ordered some proper stuff) with the pose from a photo I found online. Used 1cm as the cranial unit, so it's quite small, but I like working small :)

Andrew is a great teacher. I'm following both the Figure Sculpting Fundamentals and the Portrait Sculpting premium courses. It helped me a lot with understanding the basic forms of the human figure, gesture and how to sculpt difficult areas. I fell in love with traditional sculpting, so I'm looking forward to finishing both courses and see where it takes me. As a 3D artist learning to become character artist, I absolutely recommend Andrew's courses.

they are all the ones I have done.

Hello this is my very first one. I think it is a bit too rough to provide any typical mistakes..

And also here are two following ones. The male one is the most recent one and hasn’t been finished yet. (Seems like I can’t change the sequence of the pictures on phone) Any advices are more than welcome!

Here is the first bust I attempted when I discovered sculpture. I sent this to you via IG when I was working on it. You were very supportive and helpful. I am still thankful for that. Excited about the new Proko courses! Good luck.

Here is my first ever sculpture, and I think it's very well suited to point out common beginner mistakes :D

My first (man) and second (woman) ones. I originally thought the first one was a disaster. But when comparing them, I found the second one could be even worse… I think I really need to learn anatomy now :)

Any corrections at this point?

The content and format of Andrew's Portrait Sculpting course has been a really great way to break down a complex subject. It's made me feel a lot more confident in approaching the portrait, and shown me new ways to tackle areas that I've previously struggled with. Getting feedback from Andrew himself has been really beneficial - highlighting those areas for improvement that I hadn't noticed. Very happy with the premium course content, and I look forward to progressing with it!

The lessons in figurative sculpting fundementals, both the free lessons and the premium, has been a watershed experience. I can finally sculpt in a way that I have wanted for decades. Learning how to make armature, and the armature stand was crucial. The library of models in posespace likewise. Would also have liked real and not only digital courses :) But it is really useful to get critique online, based on pictures. Thank you for making this possible, Andrew and Proko!!

Hi Andrew. I have sculpted a pretty nice life size arm in oil based clay, and I want to cast it into something that is durable for my outdoor sculpture garden. What material should I use for the mold, and the sculpture. Plaster won't hold up outdoors, right?...should I use some kind of resin? I don't think that concrete casting stuff could get fine detail. I am assuming you can't take a plaster cast of an oil based clay sculpture, have to use polyurethane? or Silicone? I watched zoe dufours course, but that is water based clay and a plaster waste mold.

Hello, the sitting figure is my first and the lying down figure is my second attempt at sculpting a figure.

I appreciate those that help with reviews!