By the way, I love your sculpt! I meant to leave this yesterday but my tablet died and I had to get my hubby to fix the plug for me before I charged it. Beautiful sculpture!
Hi Tzaddiel, we are glad you liked it. We have attached the second part of the lesson here where we painted him. (in case you've not seen it :) ua-cam.com/video/zs6T30EBqSo/v-deo.html
Lovely work! Looks more like a Percheron than a shire to me, except for the roman nose but that can be found in some specimens. The feathering is said to have evolved as a protection from mud and water because the foundation animals for most of the draught breeds came from marshy climates.
I want to do this but I can't find the supplies, it would be easier for me cause I have a horse, "I could sit in his pasture and look at him while I do it!"
Hi..wonderful and inspiring video tutorial sir.thanks for sharing this.i have downloaded your video.i have never ever involved in any form art work like drawing and sculpture etc in my life and decided to make a horse same exactly what you did in your video.it will be for my a new friend who inspired me to join in horse riding.i will be very great full to you if I could get some tips and advises for my adventure.thanks and regards..my name is Rao and I’m from India.
Hi Giri, we're glad you enjoyed it! That's a lovely gift idea. Are there any particular tips/questions you would like advice on that we didn't cover in the tutorial? We'd be happy to provide a couple of pointers.
Beautiful work. Im going to try this although sculpting is new to me. Which clay do I need to buy and where can I buy it please? The town where I live only sell air dry clay and then tiny little blocks of sculpty which are really expensive. Im off to find the video of the paint job now. Thank you.
Hi Paula, we're glad our tutorial inspired you to create your own sculpture. For this lesson we used Mont Marte Make n Bake Polymer Clay. You can buy it at Art Shed Online (www.artshedonline.com.au), or you can check if you have a Mont Marte stockist in your area by searching your suburb or postcode here: www.montmarte.net/stockists/. We'd recommend calling the store before you visit to make sure they stock the product/s you are looking for. We hope this helps!
Hi Galip, thank you for your comment. To bake this model, you will need to put it in the oven at a temperature of 130 degrees for 30 minutes. Once it is baked, turn off the oven and open the oven door but don't remove the model until it has cooled down completely. Once the model is cool, you can remove it from the oven and start painting it. We have a second tutorial that takes you through the painting steps if you're interested. You can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/zs6T30EBqSo/v-deo.html. Good luck!
I only use your products because it is all I can afford but you have everything. Thank you for being affordable and fun. Ruth Letford #bluethumbartistruthletford
Your sculpt was amazingly accurate over all. I love the way you built the various major muscles onto your sculpt. There was one detail that brought down the overall quality of your sculpt (you were absolutely correct when you said that people notice when any detail seems wrong!): the tail. A Shire with a plaited tail does not have a plait with equal width strands from top to bottom, it is completely impossible to braid it that way since the hair at the top of the dock on either side is very, very short. To have three equal width strands as in your sculpt, the horse would have to have serious hair extensions! Not that people wouldn't stoop to that but even in the show ring, there are yet some limits.
Hi GrainneDhu, thank you for your information. That’s an interesting observation you’ve made and we appreciate you pointing it out! We did some research and found out that what you're saying is true. You've got a good eye.
I'm just a fan(atic) of draft horses. There is a very famous draft horse auction relatively close to me each fall and I attended it for over 40 years. I've always wanted Percheron team to drive and I'm sure that will be my number one priority after winning the lottery. Plus, I did show hunter/jumpers as a teen and put in my time standing behind horses braiding tails with an animal having a way better hair day than I was.
Hi GrainneDhu, it's great to hear about your passion. Draft horses are beautiful creatures and we can see why you'd be drawn to them. It sounds like you've had a very interesting past with them and we're grateful that you shared your knowledge with us!
Hi there, thanks for reaching out! It's such an awesome project 🙌 If you let us know your email address, we can send you the PDF lesson plan for you to get started! 😊
From the side view of the horse, it is easy to follow the red line for the armature, but after that how to bend the same armature for front or back view, to get the exact shape and position?
Polymer clay bakes at low temperatures for a relatively short period of time, usually 15 minutes per quarter inch of thickness. The metal inside isn't affected and doesn't affect the sculpture at those low temps and short baking times.
I agree with you. The part between the withers and the back is too small (uh...or it's the neck that is too thick maybe), so it give an impression of a weird neck. But it's still a great work :) (sry for my english, i'm french :/)
Draft horses were bred for very large muscle on the neck and front upper shoulder areas. This was so they could pull very heavy loads without straining muscles or even snapping tendons or ligaments. If you look at pictures of draft horses that are used for actual manual labor compared to the "parade pony" draft horses, the draft horses used for heavy work have the same muscle structure.
actually, looking at pictures, I do see where you are coming from, but the muscle structure of this sculpt is far, far overdone. The way it has been made here, makes it so the horse can hardly even move its neck down to grace! Sure they have extremely thick necks, but this is by far unrealistic
Hi Mont, me again.... I loved the music you used and I did Shazam, but nothing came up. Could you please let me know what music was playing in your video? Many Thanks! Sky
Hi there - thanks for reaching out! To bake this model, you will need to put it in the oven at a temperature of 130 degrees for 30 minutes. Once it is baked, turn off the oven and open the oven door but don't remove the model until it has cooled down completely. Once the model is cool, you can remove it from the oven and start painting it. We have a second tutorial that takes you through the painting steps if you're interested. You can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/zs6T30EBqSo/v-deo.html. Good luck!
Hi there, thanks for your question. We don't know the characteristics of that particular clay, so we'd recommend checking with the manufacturer. Good luck!
Hi Akshay, for this sculpture we've used Beige Mont Marte Make n Bake Polymer Clay 400gm Block. If you're interested, you can download the full material list here: www.montmarte.net/mont-marte-tv/view/shire-draught-horse. We hope this helps!
You'll be able to find the template and materials list here 😊 www.montmarte.com/blogs/projects-how-to/create-shire-draught-horse-sculpture-with-polymer-clay-part-1
It should pose no problems because the core is already baked/cured. So you are only baking the 'outer shell'. You bake the second stage (shown here), for an hour at 125 degrees C (257 F). Turn the oven off and open the door. Let the piece cool gradually and don't remove it until it is totally cooled. This slow cooling is the key to avoiding cracks from quick contraction. Thanks for the enquiry.
Actually, that's false. The video maker was completely accurate in saying that Shires are overall the largest breed, although I am sure there are small Shires that are smaller than large Percherons. Sadly, I think the Percheron breeders have changed the breed in the USA by breeding for size. When I started learning about horses in the 1960s, Percherons were at least a hand shorter, compact and very powerful. Since then, the trend has been bigger and bigger, which anatomically actually reduces their power. There is a physical 'sweet spot' for size, over which more size just means that the horse has to use up more muscle and bone in carrying the extra size, beyond the point at which the increase in size increases power. So the old fashioned compact Percherons were actually more powerful than the physically larger Shires.
Hi truth hurts, yeah, The mistake I made was to adjust the skeleton of a standard horse, the height from the back to the plinth and the length from the chest to buttocks is ok, the two flaws are that the neck is not long enough and the back to the belly is too wide, so as a result the horse doesn't look 'tall'. I had many problems with this project and will use it as a lesson. Btw Is there any other flaws that i could improve on do you think? Thank you for the comment too.
+MontMarteArt thank you for your non toxic reply, it's smth that is rare nowadays. The thing that attracts my eyes is the thick neck / big head. I think if it was a bit smaller, the proportions would be much better. Plus, Idk how to call it in English, I'm not a native speaker, but the horses hair on head and tail make it look a bit grotesque. It makes the horse look like a hybrid of some sort from sci-fi or horror games. But when one starts looking at details, yeah, it looks normal, just weird.
Hi, the clay you use, can the same be done with super sculpey clay? That is heating it and then applying more clay to it?? That's pretty neat technique plus the fact that the super svilpy I'm using is soft which is hard at times to work on
Bonjour, Ton cheval est assez bien mais il a un énorme défaut ,,, tu as pris un cheval de monture comme modèle pour faire un cheval de trait..... alors ton cheval ne vaut rien,,,, il n'a pas le poitrail assez développer. Il n'est donc pas réaliste, il n'a que l'apparence d'un cheval . il a l'air d'un cheval greffé ,,,,,,,,lollll
Bonjour marie, votre droit, j'ai réglé le squelette d'un cheval standard mais je n'ai pas fait le cou suffisamment malheureusement. L'autre défaut est que le ventre est à large, donc il ne semble pas assez élevé. C'est mon premier cheval et j'ai eu beaucoup de problèmes. Je l'utiliserai comme une leçon. Pouvez-vous voir d'autres aspects que je pourrais réparer pour les projets futurs? Merci d'avoir commenté.
Bonjour marie, merci pour vos merveilleux commentaires! Je vais le prendre à bord. Je ne l'ai pas encore cuit et le cou et le ventre ont besoin de travailler comme vous le dites. Votre publication a été soumise à des commentaires à réviser et ne me laisse pas publier les commentaires malheureusement? Mais j'apprécie vraiment vos mots sincères. Très gentil respect Joe
Hi Gypsiyvanner, to be honest this footage was taken before it was actually finished. I've attached a clip as to how it finished up. Still not perfect but better cheers ;) ua-cam.com/video/zs6T30EBqSo/v-deo.html
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Some draft breeds do actually have some extreme necks, like Belgian drafts, but I wouldn't say a Shire does tbh
Even a working shire
Beautiful work. Makes me want to get back into sculpting again.
that horse is extra thicc
Ome Ortega It’s a Clydesdale, their meant to be that way.
@@brianwalsh5653 why so rude man ?
Jayanti Chatterjee what? I said it was a Clydesdale?
Oops, I meant Shire.
@@brianwalsh5653 lmao Shire or Clysdale they are still thicc my man
Thanks for your videos. I couldn't stop watching this 😍😍 amazing job - from simple to detailed. Can't believe the Transformation
I thoroughly enjoyed this fantastic video! I'm so glad that I found your channel! You do amazing work. Thanks for sharing this.
That roman nose though! I love a good dished face as much as the next person, but roman noses deserve more hype.
I've learned so much. thank you for providing this educational video! :3 and awesome job!
Hi Crazy Lazy Wolf, I'm glad you could get something from the video.
Insanely beautiful work
By the way, I love your sculpt! I meant to leave this yesterday but my tablet died and I had to get my hubby to fix the plug for me before I charged it. Beautiful sculpture!
Hi Tzaddiel, we are glad you liked it. We have attached the second part of the lesson here where we painted him. (in case you've not seen it :)
ua-cam.com/video/zs6T30EBqSo/v-deo.html
gosh! the neck is SO thick!
I really enjoyed this. Thank you so much. X
You have a huge talent for art and teaching. I needed a tutorial like this.
Wonderfully done and so beautiful! absolutely stunning work! thanks for sharing.
We're glad you like it 😊
Wonderfully done and so beautiful! Thank you for your help!!!
Lovely work! Looks more like a Percheron than a shire to me, except for the roman nose but that can be found in some specimens. The feathering is said to have evolved as a protection from mud and water because the foundation animals for most of the draught breeds came from marshy climates.
Now, that's a horse!
This helped me so much! Thanks
So amazing
beautiful job
Thank you! 🙌
LOVEEEEE the horse 😍😍😍👍
you are an artist man !!!!
Unfotunately i love sculupting but i dont have documents to learn it
I want to do this but I can't find the supplies, it would be easier for me cause I have a horse, "I could sit in his pasture and look at him while I do it!"
Yeah you could. You would certainly have alot of reference to draw from :)
Wow!! That is so cool!!
Brilliant work, Monte! Even following these steps closely, I think mine would look like a wad of poo.
Hi war duke, cheers and lol you never know!
Hi..wonderful and inspiring video tutorial sir.thanks for sharing this.i have downloaded your video.i have never ever involved in any form art work like drawing and sculpture etc in my life and decided to make a horse same exactly what you did in your video.it will be for my a new friend who inspired me to join in horse riding.i will be very great full to you if I could get some tips and advises for my adventure.thanks and regards..my name is Rao and I’m from India.
Hi Giri, we're glad you enjoyed it! That's a lovely gift idea. Are there any particular tips/questions you would like advice on that we didn't cover in the tutorial? We'd be happy to provide a couple of pointers.
Bravo! Brevíssimo!!!!!!
Beautiful work. Im going to try this although sculpting is new to me. Which clay do I need to buy and where can I buy it please? The town where I live only sell air dry clay and then tiny little blocks of sculpty which are really expensive. Im off to find the video of the paint job now. Thank you.
Hi Paula, we're glad our tutorial inspired you to create your own sculpture. For this lesson we used Mont Marte Make n Bake Polymer Clay. You can buy it at Art Shed Online (www.artshedonline.com.au), or you can check if you have a Mont Marte stockist in your area by searching your suburb or postcode here: www.montmarte.net/stockists/. We'd recommend calling the store before you visit to make sure they stock the product/s you are looking for. We hope this helps!
Ficou perfeito, que trabalho bonito!
absolutely stunning work! thanks for sharing.
Hello, amazing work. Would you please tell us at what temperature are you baking the model? And for how long? Just for this model ?
Hi Galip, thank you for your comment. To bake this model, you will need to put it in the oven at a temperature of 130 degrees for 30 minutes. Once it is baked, turn off the oven and open the oven door but don't remove the model until it has cooled down completely.
Once the model is cool, you can remove it from the oven and start painting it. We have a second tutorial that takes you through the painting steps if you're interested. You can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/zs6T30EBqSo/v-deo.html. Good luck!
Beautiful
impressive
It's like a real horse
that was a very captivating video ~
Wonderful!! I tried to sculpt for the first time yesterday but the wires were way too thin. What are the ones that you are using?
Hi there, for this project we used booker rods, a wire coat hanger and fencing tie wire. We hope this helps!
Esse cavalo fico tão forte que teve hora que fico parecendo uma vaca kkkk
Mas parabéns o trabalho fico incrível
I only use your products because it is all I can afford but you have everything. Thank you for being affordable and fun. Ruth Letford #bluethumbartistruthletford
cool
Your sculpt was amazingly accurate over all. I love the way you built the various major muscles onto your sculpt.
There was one detail that brought down the overall quality of your sculpt (you were absolutely correct when you said that people notice when any detail seems wrong!): the tail. A Shire with a plaited tail does not have a plait with equal width strands from top to bottom, it is completely impossible to braid it that way since the hair at the top of the dock on either side is very, very short. To have three equal width strands as in your sculpt, the horse would have to have serious hair extensions! Not that people wouldn't stoop to that but even in the show ring, there are yet some limits.
Hi GrainneDhu, thank you for your information. That’s an interesting observation you’ve made and we appreciate you pointing it out! We did some research and found out that what you're saying is true. You've got a good eye.
I'm just a fan(atic) of draft horses. There is a very famous draft horse auction relatively close to me each fall and I attended it for over 40 years. I've always wanted Percheron team to drive and I'm sure that will be my number one priority after winning the lottery.
Plus, I did show hunter/jumpers as a teen and put in my time standing behind horses braiding tails with an animal having a way better hair day than I was.
Hi GrainneDhu, it's great to hear about your passion. Draft horses are beautiful creatures and we can see why you'd be drawn to them. It sounds like you've had a very interesting past with them and we're grateful that you shared your knowledge with us!
Ohh wow!! Perfect!. I need PDF please!!!!
Hi there, thanks for reaching out! It's such an awesome project 🙌 If you let us know your email address, we can send you the PDF lesson plan for you to get started! 😊
Un cavalo alquanto tozzo !
From the side view of the horse, it is easy to follow the red line for the armature, but after that how to bend the same armature for front or back view, to get the exact shape and position?
Hi there, great question! You can find a front and back view of the armature in the lesson PDF: bit.ly/polymer-clay-horse
So one thing i cant seem to get my head around is that you bake the clay with the metal bits inside?
Polymer clay bakes at low temperatures for a relatively short period of time, usually 15 minutes per quarter inch of thickness. The metal inside isn't affected and doesn't affect the sculpture at those low temps and short baking times.
I'm sorry but the neck is disproportionate
If you look at the horses on google its really not. They are are massive muscle horses used to move heavy wagons. It is actually pretty accurate.
I agree with you. The part between the withers and the back is too small (uh...or it's the neck that is too thick maybe), so it give an impression of a weird neck. But it's still a great work :)
(sry for my english, i'm french :/)
Draft horses were bred for very large muscle on the neck and front upper shoulder areas. This was so they could pull very heavy loads without straining muscles or even snapping tendons or ligaments. If you look at pictures of draft horses that are used for actual manual labor compared to the "parade pony" draft horses, the draft horses used for heavy work have the same muscle structure.
actually, looking at pictures, I do see where you are coming from, but the muscle structure of this sculpt is far, far overdone. The way it has been made here, makes it so the horse can hardly even move its neck down to grace! Sure they have extremely thick necks, but this is by far unrealistic
Agreed. If you look at it too, you'll notice that if the neck is too thick, then the body is too short and not "thicc" enough.
Btw, great vid and model!!!!!!
Glad you could get somthing from it WKB24 :)
MontMarteArt 😊😊😊
Hi Mont, me again.... I loved the music you used and I did Shazam, but nothing came up. Could you please let me know what music was playing in your video? Many Thanks! Sky
Hi Janet, we're glad you enjoyed the music! The song we have used is called Melodic Guitar by Blue Horse.
Hello! How long and hot did you bake your horse model for?
Hi there - thanks for reaching out! To bake this model, you will need to put it in the oven at a temperature of 130 degrees for 30 minutes. Once it is baked, turn off the oven and open the oven door but don't remove the model until it has cooled down completely.
Once the model is cool, you can remove it from the oven and start painting it. We have a second tutorial that takes you through the painting steps if you're interested. You can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/zs6T30EBqSo/v-deo.html. Good luck!
The way he says "aluminum foil " at 4:34
That's how it's said in Australia lol. You Americans with your aloominoom.
To prevent the aluminium foil from expanding and cracking the clay, wrap the clay in masking tape.
Great tip thanks!
it looks very nice only neck it too big
Hi Zoja, I ended up fixing it! I'm working on a lesson where I paint the horse with Oil Paint. Ill be uploading it soon. Thanks for commenting. Joe
MontMarteArt nice! l cant wait to see him.
I'm not gonna say it but we're all thinking it.
damn boi DAMN BOI He THIC!!!! Boi
Love your accent, where are you from?
WhiteMoon Shadow im pretty sure theyre australian!
Lol Australia
fantastic
Thanks for commenting Debra I'm glad you liked it.
Will sculpey firm work?
Hi there, thanks for your question. We don't know the characteristics of that particular clay, so we'd recommend checking with the manufacturer. Good luck!
MontMarteArt thank you❤️And nice work!!!
nice and great . i cant download the pdf files
Hi Nima, thanks for reaching out! If you DM us your email address we can send you through the PDF guide 😊
Sorry what is the name of the clay?
Which type of clay you used?
Hi Akshay, for this sculpture we've used Beige Mont Marte Make n Bake Polymer Clay 400gm Block. If you're interested, you can download the full material list here: www.montmarte.net/mont-marte-tv/view/shire-draught-horse. We hope this helps!
Can’t find template
PDF link is broken. Could you please add a new link it?
You'll be able to find the template and materials list here 😊 www.montmarte.com/blogs/projects-how-to/create-shire-draught-horse-sculpture-with-polymer-clay-part-1
@@MontMarteArt thank you!
How do you successfully bake that?
It should pose no problems because the core is already baked/cured. So you are only baking the 'outer shell'. You bake the second stage (shown here), for an hour at 125 degrees C (257 F). Turn the oven off and open the door. Let the piece cool gradually and don't remove it until it is totally cooled. This slow cooling is the key to avoiding cracks from quick contraction. Thanks for the enquiry.
nice video return
Ps, the largest horse in the world is the Percheron.
Thanks for the information
Actually, that's false. The video maker was completely accurate in saying that Shires are overall the largest breed, although I am sure there are small Shires that are smaller than large Percherons.
Sadly, I think the Percheron breeders have changed the breed in the USA by breeding for size. When I started learning about horses in the 1960s, Percherons were at least a hand shorter, compact and very powerful. Since then, the trend has been bigger and bigger, which anatomically actually reduces their power. There is a physical 'sweet spot' for size, over which more size just means that the horse has to use up more muscle and bone in carrying the extra size, beyond the point at which the increase in size increases power.
So the old fashioned compact Percherons were actually more powerful than the physically larger Shires.
Well that I didn't know. Thank you for telling me.
Tzaddiel look up Belgians
if you pause at 11:46-7 it looks like an old grandma with a hood over her head
can you please do a spinosaurus
not to be rude but the neck and up is WAY to big for the bodyit is very bothering if y0u don't see it then i'm just seeing things because its 4am
Alligator horse
Can you sculpt a horse for me
Well if the shire is extremely overweight.....
Alguém daqui é brasileiro
Not rly good proportions
Hi truth hurts, yeah, The mistake I made was to adjust the skeleton of a standard horse, the height from the back to the plinth and the length from the chest to buttocks is ok, the two flaws are that the neck is not long enough and the back to the belly is too wide, so as a result the horse doesn't look 'tall'. I had many problems with this project and will use it as a lesson. Btw Is there any other flaws that i could improve on do you think? Thank you for the comment too.
+MontMarteArt thank you for your non toxic reply, it's smth that is rare nowadays. The thing that attracts my eyes is the thick neck / big head. I think if it was a bit smaller, the proportions would be much better. Plus, Idk how to call it in English, I'm not a native speaker, but the horses hair on head and tail make it look a bit grotesque. It makes the horse look like a hybrid of some sort from sci-fi or horror games. But when one starts looking at details, yeah, it looks normal, just weird.
Hi Truth hurts, yeah I get what your saying regarding the hair too, i'll take it on board. Thanks again.
Hi, the clay you use, can the same be done with super sculpey clay? That is heating it and then applying more clay to it?? That's pretty neat technique plus the fact that the super svilpy I'm using is soft which is hard at times to work on
This reminds me of fortnite
Man I love fortnite
Bonjour, Ton cheval est assez bien mais il a un énorme défaut ,,, tu as pris un cheval de monture comme modèle pour faire un cheval de trait..... alors ton cheval ne vaut rien,,,, il n'a pas le poitrail assez développer. Il n'est donc pas réaliste, il n'a que l'apparence d'un cheval . il a l'air d'un cheval greffé ,,,,,,,,lollll
Bonjour marie, votre droit, j'ai réglé le squelette d'un cheval standard mais je n'ai pas fait le cou suffisamment malheureusement. L'autre défaut est que le ventre est à large, donc il ne semble pas assez élevé. C'est mon premier cheval et j'ai eu beaucoup de problèmes. Je l'utiliserai comme une leçon. Pouvez-vous voir d'autres aspects que je pourrais réparer pour les projets futurs? Merci d'avoir commenté.
Bonjour marie, merci pour vos merveilleux commentaires! Je vais le prendre à bord. Je ne l'ai pas encore cuit et le cou et le ventre ont besoin de travailler comme vous le dites. Votre publication a été soumise à des commentaires à réviser et ne me laisse pas publier les commentaires malheureusement? Mais j'apprécie vraiment vos mots sincères. Très gentil respect Joe
Did you ever see a real horse?😂 This looks so freaky and unrealistc😐
Hi Gypsiyvanner, to be honest this footage was taken before it was actually finished. I've attached a clip as to how it finished up. Still not perfect but better cheers ;)
ua-cam.com/video/zs6T30EBqSo/v-deo.html
Oml the neck is sooooooo off, no offense but like.... oof
Nothing is anatomically correct. It looks terrible