Sculpting & Painting an OKAPI in MILLIPUT (+finding fun in wildlife art again)
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- Recconnecting with my childhood pastime of sculpting animals, & this time I'm sculpting an Okapi from Milliput epoxy putty and painting it in acrylics and oil paint. I really love how this Milliput sculpture turned out and I hope you enjoy watching the process and hearing the story of teaching myself to create an original Okapi model!
✨IN THIS VIDEO I SHARE:
○ Making a sculpture from scratch, starting with a wire armature
○ How I work with turqouise Milliput epoxy putty for miniature animals
○ My struggles with animal sculpture & the helpful tips I've learned
○ How I balance realism sculpture & perfectionism
○ Acrylic painting with only a brush & how I paint oils on a miniature model
○ And a little bit about my journey as a life-long artist!
I publish videos once a month sharing my adventures in creating horse and animal art in my free time for my own enjoyment, like sculpture, painting, printmaking and more. If you enjoy watching the adventures of an artist making things by hand, and sometimes learning something new, I’d love to show you what I make next!
🎨🛠️ TOOLS & SUPPLIES used in this video are listed below!!! These are items I have purchased for my own use (or are similar to what I use) & the links are purely for your own convenience.
▶️ YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:
○ My playlist of model HORSE process videos: bit.ly/3CaXcYp
○ My playlist of model ANIMAL process videos: bit.ly/3IrumYO
○ My playlist of OTHER ART media, both horses & animals: bit.ly/3KTO7d7
✨ SCULPTING TOOLS/SUPPLIES:
○ Gloves for sculpting, painting & priming amzn.to/2J3QPxl
○ Milliput in Terracotta, Superfine White, Standard, Black, Silver Grey & Turqouise amzn.to/3Jep7uH
○ Clay shapers amzn.to/2RLiLIK
○ Needle point clay sculpting tool amzn.to/3rXP2iH
○ Galvanized steel wire for armature building in assorted gauges amzn.to/38p3Ccc
○ Steel ball bearings a.co/d/elvxc05
○ Duplicolor Sandable Primer amzn.to/3xVSJ9a
○ Files amzn.to/2YeVuAr OR amzn.to/2H2Gmz1
○ Sandpaper amzn.to/2DRGyjE
○ Sanding sticks amzn.to/3quQRDx
○ 3M Ultra Fine Hand Sanding Pad amzn.to/35qvnzp
○ Hobby knife amzn.to/3MO0lSM
○ Budget flex shaft drill bit.ly/3mos1SK
○ Rotary drill amzn.to/3yUU4hR
○ Sanding drum bit for drill amzn.to/3ainDl7
○ Diamond bit kit for drill amzn.to/39Xa0YG
○ Cutting disk for drill amzn.to/3yXqnPi
○ Goggles for protective eye-wear amzn.to/2ZZEu2w
○ RZ mask for sanding rzmask.com/
○ Painter’s mask for airbrushing & priming a.co/d/gnMHzSs
○ Replaceable cartridges for painter’s mask amzn.to/2vEKf88
○ Temperature & humidity gage amzn.to/2IZWTXN
○ Blue shop towels amzn.to/3to0WSG
○ CA glue (Superglue, Gorilla Glue, Locktite, etc)
○ Baking soda/aka soda of bicarbonate
✨ PAINTING TOOLS & SUPPLIES:
○ Affordable MAKEUP brushes for painting/pastel amzn.to/38zATxC
○ Silver Brush Monza FILBERTS brushes sizes 0, 2, 4, 8 & 12 & ANGULARS sizes 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 bit.ly/3ml2jPm
○ Rapheal Kaerell pointed ROUND 1 brush bit.ly/3BuwvgQ
○ Golden Fluid acrylic paints
○ Sta-wet palette a.co/d/0TUxgly
○ Assorted oil paint brands (see below)
○ Winsor & Newton Liquin Original oil painting medium bit.ly/3hVc7Of
○ Gamblin Galkyd oil painting medium bit.ly/38l2EgC
○ Winsor & Newton Professional Picture Varnish Satin bit.ly/3iybVmY
✨ BRANDS OF OIL PAINTS I USE:
○ Gamblin Artist
○ Sennelier
○ Daniel Smith
○ Williamsburg
○ Winsor & Newton Artist
○ Grumbacher Pre-Tested
○ M. Graham
○ Rembrandt
✨ VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 My return to wildlife sculpture
00:15 Starting the wire armature
02:15 Creating the general Okapi form
07:19 Sculpting surface muscles
12:04 Sculpting the head
15:14 Sculpting final details
17:25 Prepping & priming
18:48 Painting (acrylics & oils)
22:37 Results: Am I hooked on wildlife scupting?
MUSIC:
Music from UA-cam Audio Library.
#clayart #milliput #animalsculpture #artprocess #sculptingwithclay #sculpture #art #artist #wildlifeart
Also known as the forest giraffe, Congolese giraffe, zebra giraffe and scientifically as Okapia johnstoni
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This was awesome with the easy to understand steps. Even as a beginner I was able to follow along. Great video.
I usually sculpt in a much smaller scale for miniatures, but there are lots of great tips here that transfer to that medium! You captured one of my favorite animals so well but more importantly made the process look fun and approachable
It’s surprisingly swappable! I’ve learned a lot from watching miniature sculptors and painters for different game pieces that work pretty well for animal sculptures too. So I’m happy to hear I was able to give back! 😊 And yay for more Okapi lovers!!!
Oh I love okapi! ❤ I was once able to pet one and their fur is by far the softest thing I have ever touched! It's insane... And this sculpture is amazing! Thank you so much for taking us along the journey! 🙏
That sounds like a wonderful experience! And thank you, happy to hear you enjoyed it!
Okapi are my favorite animal, so glad to see it done so well !!🧡🧡🧡
Awwww, I’m happy to hear I did well with it! I’ve really come to love them too
Perfect
Love your vids. So inspiring!
Would love to do stuff like this eventually and resculpting Breyer horses! Just have to convince my parents to get me some of the materials lol, but this seems like so much fun!
I just found your channel today and have been bingeing a few videos and wow, you should be very proud of your artistic abilities! Watching you sculpt and understand muscles groups is really awesome and fascinating to watch! You also have a very nice and easy to listen to voice, you deserve all the recognition and support, i hope your channel takes off even more :)
Awww, so happy to hear you’ve found them enjoyable to watch! 🥹😊 I always enjoy and appreciate hearing from viewers, especially when it’s longer comments like this. Welcome to the channel!
This was very helpful for me ❤
Happy to hear it! 😊
You're using white milliput i see. Have you ever used the standard one?
I have! I like standard as it has a nice all-around consistency. It has some of the softness and tack of Milliput white making it nice for details like fine hair, and has enough body to it that it works a little nicer for muscles and blends a little easier into plastic models. I used standard Milliput to customize a plastic model in this video: ua-cam.com/video/AVFJp4cR1Kc/v-deo.html
Is the miliput super tacky like apoxie when wet?
It really depends on the colors. I found Aves white and Milliput white comparably tacky. Milliput standard and terracotta less so. Aves in natural color even less tacky. I’ve found freshness is also a factor (the older they get, the firmer and less tacky they get).
Absolutely loving the sculpting videos!
Happy to hear it! (I certainly have ideas for more this year and always appreciate people letting me know what they like to see too)
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