The Bulgarian born American artist Tsvetana Yvanova sculpted this life size clay bust of President Barack Obama. While this video is not a technical how to video of her entire process, it does show some of the final details being added. The bust was made with soft density non-sulphur formula Chavant oil clay. It is very smooth, can be plastered and carved, and when completed can stay as long as needed without drying. A final protective seal of Rustoleum oil was spray coated over the entire piece. The sculpture took about 20-25 days, a few hours a day, over the course of 5 weeks to complete.

Adam Reeder sculpts a realistic clay bust of a bearded man.

Watch as sculpter Adam Reeder creates a clay portrait in only 50 minutes.

Here’s nice little clay portrait study with a little California Blue in the background.

Watch an artsy portrait being sculpted in clay from start to finish.

Watch a portrait sculpted in clay from start to finish!

Watch this time-lapse video to see how a man’s portrait  is sculpted from a block of clay.

A time-lapse of the clay bust sculpting process. Watch step by step as the artist builds a portrait from scratch.

A sculpting teacher films a time-lapse video while he demonstrates how to carve a variety of portraits in clay. He continues working the same bust to create a number of genders and ethnicities.

Here’s an amazing video of master sculptor Philippe Faraut demonstrating how to sculpt a man’s head in clay, finally resulting in a spectacular bust of a cowboy. This is only a teaser of his full length teaching video, but a great deal can be learned just by watching this.