Bill Merklein Sculpting the Human Head part 1

Bill Merklein sculpted nearly 70 of the GI JOE action figures that Hasbro produced in the 1980's. As a master sculptor, he has worked on projects ranging from GI JOE, Star Wars, Visionaries and Mighty Max, to sculpting the VISA dove hologram that has appeared on tens of millions of credit cards. Bill is currently an instructor at the Art League of Long Island http://www.artleagueli.net where he teaches fine art painting and equine sculpture. Bill also has his own line of equine model kits called Merklein's Equines, which can be found at various online model kit outlets. In this series, Bill demonstrates techniques associated with sculpting the human head.