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The Value of Sculpting from Life

🗿 Bring anatomy to life with sculptor Ben Hammond’s masterful approach to portraiture. In this 4+ hour session, NFL Hall of Fame sculptor Ben Hammond sculpts from a live model—demonstrating how to shape individual features while preserving the overall likeness and character.

You’ll learn how to:
🧠 Apply anatomy knowledge in real-time, three-dimensional form
🗣️ Communicate with a live model to refine and adapt features
👐 Sculpt expressively while maintaining structural accuracy
🎯 Capture likeness through proportion, planes, and nuance

This is a rare opportunity to observe a world-class sculptor at work—translating years of anatomical study into expressive, dimensional portraiture.
🕒 Runtime: 4+ hours
🔒 Available exclusively to Pro Artists Club members

  • Ben Hammond

    Instructor

  • Advanced

    Difficulty
Meet your instructor

Ben Hammond

Ben was born in 1977. He was raised in the rural town of Pingree, Idaho, where his love for art was nurtured from the time he was a small boy. He studied art at Ricks College graduating with a degree in Illustration.
Ben is also a talented portrait artist and since 2007 has completed over 35 portrait busts for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His works have found permanent homes in collections, both public and private, throughout the United States. He has recently sculpted an 8-foot statue of Martha Hughes Cannon for Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol.

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