Air Dry Sculpting, part 5. Now even Monkey(er) then b4

[@SoCraftastic]

It's looking amazing, Tom! :)

[@TheBroodingTom]

SoCraftastic Awesome! Thanks Sarah, that means a lot! ..you just made my day, a little starstruck here!! =D

[@leowmarcel3702]

nice work :), ive used air drying clay long before doing polymer clay and has to say that air dryin clay has been heavily over shadowed by polymer. that fine detail work isnt possible on smaller air drying clay figurines is false you just have to do a lil other approach. that approach is by doing as much form and detail as possible when wet, then you let it dry and continue by sanding it and using carving tools of metall and where it is needed to add more clay do it cause it will attach nicely on dry clay. you finish by adding sculpey claze on the surface to make the details show even better. end result is a sculpture of much sheaper material and with detail that isnt far from a polymer sculpture. felt like sharing my exp of this form of clay good day :)

[@ArcanePath360]

Thanks for this

[@luigi5890]

OK, how do you keep your air dry clay from cracking ? ???????

[@jorgeblanco2968]

Brilliant tutorial, I also must say, you are an extremely present due, thank you

[@flyphoenix22]

I can't wait for the details!

[@maymurphyadams7037]

This is great, you have a nice soothing voice and make this fun

[@mikenino3172]

All that clay for a monkey should of made a hot women or something.

[@tobyaaa7269]

That’s a chimp and do you know what a chimp is? A chimp is an ape

[@get2rog]

It's an ape not a monkey. Easy learn: monkey's have tails apes do not.

[@rosebuhr]

It’s amazing! Why don’t you know what to do with it when it’s done?

[@edwardjohnodes2182]

Brilliant!! Thank you 😊

[@tansisca4857]

What kind of clay you use?

[@mikenino3172]

That guy has some big lips lol.

[@therustedblonde]

Great tutorial!!! I'm in eager anticipation to see the next video! :D

[@colleenmolloy5244]

Thank you very much

[@bonniegilmer]

What kind of air drying clay did you use? How well does it set up, does it get hard without cracking? I've been using Apoxie Sculpt. Love how it shapes beautifully but rather expensive. I would love to try sculpting with something not quite so costly. I like Polymer clay but I love large sculptures and they won't fit in oven. Thank you for your sharing your talent.

[@tomellsworth2726]

I was watching the first video you made with your new camera and you were showing your first sculpt of the lizard looking thing . My question is did you ever go to school for art or sculpting or anything because all along that was what i thought . if you didnt than everything you do is self taught witch is even more impressive .for your first piece that came out amazing . anything i attempt to sculpt looks like it was made by a first grader.

[@sowipy]

monke

[@ryantrieu9873]

Love the monkey 👍

[@chasingamurderer]

Ummm

[@juxladyone]

Awesome 👏🏾!!!!

[@rachelmccormick4214]

Thanks tom , great demonstrations and very clear instructions , brilliant work , looking forward to part 5

[@ShyShyTheGem]

Random idea: you should make a half monkey tail behind the monkey to make it seem like he haves a tail...idk what kind of monkey your making so....

[@aubreyesslinger7781]

Totally Fun!!!

[@whirlwind5000]

I can't wait to see how you are going to add hair/fur onto this monkey. Right now it looks like the skin (if that is the right word to use here lol) looks great even thought the wrinkles and such haven't been defined yet. I don't know if it's possible with air dry clay, but even if you tried using a material like faux fur to create the hair, I think it'd be a crazy cool effect. But. However you end up creating the final result, I'm sure it's going to look great. I can't wait to see the progression come to it's completion! :D

[@ChubbyMuffinzz]

Its surprising how big of a difference little details make. Nice job Tom

[@jfresh2054]

Just think if you used polymer clay on this. The pop of color would be so cool.I hope this clay won't crack.

[@1881art]

I'm making my first foray into air dry clay after using polymer clay for many years. Thank you for this video!

[@csalexanderstudios]

Very fun and motivational to watch. Thank you for making these videos.

[@rickferguson8588]

Thanks for the great videos Tom. Awesome work, I cant wait to see the finished piece.

[@MrNncon]

cool im looking to start doing this actually.. any tool lists or tips. when starting including cheap rates and clay types

[@donnaateah6363]

It's really good , you really evolved through this one

[@golphmesican]

That is amazing! I wish I was that good!😄👍🏼👍🏼

[@rosebud5543]

Beautiful Sculpture Tom! 👍🥀

[@r.e.hartanto6184]

Wow, nice video! Thanks! :)

[@wiltandblush8874]

great video and with epic detail with that 4k camera ;)

[@timgardner4072]

What did you mean when you said you were going to take out the foil? I don't understand why you would take it out. Please explain

[@TheBroodingTom]

This clay is water-based, it has a LOT of water in it. So when the water dries out the total mass becomes much less. (this is called shrinkage) When a water-based material shrinks around something rigid it will form huge gaping cracks all over it. Removing the core before this begins allows the final drying of the clay itself to do the shrinking with very little to no adverse effects.

[@MsLeebee2]

thanks for sharing

[@sandradavis847]

Amazing talent

[@MrNncon]

very well done

[@inmotion2190]

i love it!

[@MrAmuthanjto]

nice

[@savanahculbertson4440]

nice