The Art of Sculpting by Philippe Faraut - 3 Volume Set
Philippe Faraut is a figurative artist specializing in life-size portrait sculptures and monumental stone sculptures. His media of choice are water-based clay and marble. He received his degree in woodcarving and the construction of French fine furniture from Germain Sommeillier in Annecy, France, his boyhood home. An avid traveler, Philippe’s destinations have allowed him the opportunity to study the cultures of many countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, thus influencing his work in portraiture sculpting. After establishing residence in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia, he developed an interest in modeling the head in clay. Soon thereafter, he relocated his studio to New York state and began teaching sculpting classes.
After years of teaching hundreds of students in scores of workshops, Philippe committed his demonstrations to a video format resulting in these three outstanding and comprehensive DVDs. With a clear style honed after years of hands-on instruction, Philippe’s clear demonstrations and informative narration guide you through every step of creating the human head. No matter the age, gender, ethnicity, expression or mood, Philippe provides the techniques to help you expressively sculpt in your own studio.
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Volume One: The Art of Sculpting: Children Sculpting figures is one of the oldest art forms in existence. In this first volume of his instructional videos, Philippe Farault shares his step-by-step method of construction, as well as a guide to catch and correct common mistakes, while demonstrating in wet clay, his favorite medium. Filmed on location in Honeoye, New York at his studio, this 89 minute DVD offers instruction easily followed by a beginner and complete enough to keep the interest of the most experienced sculptor.
Volume Two: The Art of Sculpting: Expressions and Facial Construction In this volume which covers individual features of different expressions, Philippe demonstrates rapid exercises in water-based clay that are useful for developing sculpting skills, including how to recognize volumes specific to different ages, genders, and ethnic groups. This 110 minute sculpting DVD also includes a comprehensive demonstration on hollowing and firing techniques.
Throughout his career, Philippe Faraut has extensively studied ethnic differences, the mechanics of expression and the aging process. In this third installment of his instructional series, Philippe Faraut focuses on modeling the heads of men. His demonstrations include basic structure comparisons of different ethnicities, techniques for modifying expressions to convey emotions to the viewer, the mechanics of the aging process and facial weight distribution for heavy-set men. In addition, he completes one bust of a man including hair and clothing. This 111-minute production was created for the advanced artist.
Philippe is a figurative artist specializing in life-size portrait sculptures and monumental stone sculptures. His media of choice are water-based clay and marble. He received his degree in woodcarving and the construction of French fine furniture from Germain Sommeillier in Annecy, France, his boyhood home.
Over the past twenty-five years, he has worked in wood, stone, bronze, wax, porcelain, and clay. Having traveled extensively his main interest has always been the differences in the human form throughout the countries he has visited. From his extensive research of the human face he developed a technique of modeling the portrait that he shares with his sculpting students during his numerous sculpting classes and seminars taught throughout the U.S. and through his DVDs.
For more than fifteen years Philippe has traveled throughout the United States and Canada, teaching sculptors and aspiring sculptors how to render portraits in clay at private studios and institutions such as the Longview Museum of Fine Art in Texas. Together with his wife Charisse, the couple have made Philippe’s techniques available to students in the form of a three-part video series, in addition to step-by-step instructional sculpting books.
