How to Start Sculpting on a Budget

[@Proko3D]

Hey everyone! I’ll be judging the Proko challenge on June 30th. You can submit your assignments to be judged here - proko.com/523

[@CharlesTryon]

Where can we see the results of the judging? I somehow missed that.

[@kingpen1179]

Just gonna watch, hoping this will spark a new drive for sculpture

[@melcco]

Sculpting looks really cool. I always wanted to dive into another medium other than digital drawing or pencil/pen. I've done painting time to time, but it never really struck to me. When I remembered sculpting, I felt excited. I'm personally a huge fan of anatomy studies and basically anything body related. I'm going to try sculpting out

[@ironyelegy]

Sounds like me. Painting is cool but it doesn't grab me for some reason. Sculpting totally just gets it

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Glad to hear it! Sculpting is where it's at!

[@samankucher5117]

2:00 He has a point.

[@ethanorange3705]

I love the paperclip. You get this with painting too: first time painters spending excessive amounts on things like 'professional' wooden palettes and artist smocks from the victorian era.

[@mikekazz5353]

Glad this was made and I love his work that he posts on Instagram.

[@chimichangaman888]

We need more of Andrew!

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Why thank you! With this course you’ll get more! 😆

[@soumensaha8548]

Thank you sir, for getting idia about regular house hold items for making suculpture tools ❤

[@SammiJoReviews]

I’m super late to join this challenge; however, I would like to give it a shot. I’ve never attempted to sculpt myself. I did help a young woman a couple decades ago. She was working on a full dragon sculpture. I helped with the dragon scales & its face. I took a couple throwing classes mainly to have access to the glazes & kiln. I had my wheel. It was in a corner of my kitchen. Now it is in a tiny lawnmower shed that we’ve managed to squeak out enough room for my wheel, a table, a couple of shelves, & space for a hot plate & microwave. I brought pots I’d made at home to class. We did a couple pit fires in the classes, but I was out at the time when the overnight firing took place. I had a lupus flare attack that left me bedridden for almost a month. I had several pieces in the pit firing though. The professor fired them for me. Unknown to me, he sent photos of several pieces of my work to a panel of judges looking for local Native American art. My great-grandfather was Cherokee (his late first wife was Choctaw). He taught me to throw pottery on a kick wheel that he modified for my short legs. Much of what I made back then were pieces that matched the style & glazing I was taught as a child. Later, the pieces I made as an adult was my way of bringing my family’s culture & past forward. My professor gave me the letter requesting permission to display my work in a gallery that was showcasing local Native American art. I quite literally broke down in tears. My one hope was that my great-grandfather & my grams were proud of me. It was my art, but it was the legacy they began. My daughters are very artistic; however, neither of them have an interest in pottery. I’m the last of five generations. Is it possible to use stoneware? I throw pottery on a ( Shimpo RK Whisper) pottery wheel. Most of the clay I have on hand is stoneware. I have B Mix with grog, WC 393, Little Loafers (Highwater), & some dark mid-cone clay that initially came from Hobby Lobby. I have some Half & Half (Laguna) too. The half & half is still very wet. It needs to be reclaimed & wedged. I have a question I hope you can answer. Does the packing and/or armature wire need to be removed prior to firing in a kiln? Again, I have never dabbled in sculpting.

[@shaypierre83]

I love this video because I’m always quick to overspend on materials on a new hobby I typically end up hating

[@vanessavhay6492]

This video is so great. Super entertaining and informative. I am definitely inspired to learn how to make sculptures! I love the Proko challenge. You have a new fan for sure!

[@dndsl3436]

Cool. I'm interested. Clay seems to be surprisingly difficult to find where I live but there is this foamy, play-doh-like stuff. That could be interesting.

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Yeah whatever is available! I’ve even seen videos on making your own water clay from the earth.

[@river_in_red]

@@AndrewJosephKeith that's literally what I do and how I got into sculpturing and when I finally bought the actual clay I didn't enjoy it as much so I stopped for a long while and now that I'm using what I gather when I go to the country side I feel much lighter and I enjoy the process more but I think I should give regular clay another chance xD

[@gabrielmorato308]

omg you are just like proko but with a black background

[@urbexminimotto]

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[@berthageorge2627]

👍👍👍👍👍👍Just wonderful insturtor.....❤❤❤❤❤

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Awww shucks

[@solo.3283]

Hope these hve latest uploads as well been into sculpting lately

[@hydracastaneda1683]

Amazing video bro I really like your attitude I hope you keep teaching us 🙏🏽

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Thanks!

[@Gryphus82]

I got that plastalina from the beginning of the video/thumbnail from the Dollar TREE... it's 7 oz (200g) for $1!!! well worth it for junk practice clay

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Yeah that’s exactly where I got the clay! Works great and I actually like it better than some more expensive types of clay I’ve tried.

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Yeah I love that clay! works great! I like to take out the dark blue, dark green, dark purple, and black and melt everything else together to make brown for sculpting.

[@CharlesTryon]

Can I use a Popsicle stick for a tool and carve the end to the shape I want? ;-)

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Yes absolutely!

[@raffdraws]

This looks cool, I might get into it using cheaper materials as you've suggested. I have a question for Proko 3D, will there be a digital sculpting course anytime soon? P.S the instructor seems like a chill and fun guy, cheers

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Hey there was just a 3D digital video by another artist. I’ll probably be focusing mostly on traditional sculpting methods for now though.

[@b_lloydranjith_coronel9513]

1:22 look at that strength

[@MundaneMuser]

Stronger than the average artist.

[@exart2880]

Love from Philippines

[@loneangler9063]

Just Subbed, I love Proko, and My Arts become Great cause y'all, I'd like to learn Sculpting and I'd love to Make unique Garden Gnomes. Could yall make a Tutorial on Clay Gnomes???

[@bopeep9271]

Great vid

[@Yo_Snorkey]

where is the reference pictures link?

[@charnich]

the pinned comment has a Proko link- there you'll find a download tab that has a zip of the model images

[@Yo_Snorkey]

@@charnich thanks much!

[@lahirumadushanka1579]

Thanks my sir

[@juliokazuki5185]

2:13 That's why i will make only 2 of those and try to make the 2nd one worst, so the 1st will be my best.

[@partizan3539]

I thought this was gonna be digital and I was confused because Blender is free.

[@yoyolol22]

Zoomers....

[@gredausvemiru6236]

Not a flex

[@gok8028]

Wheres the pictures of models? I couldnt find the link in the below can someone tell me the link? I did write on the internet but couldnt find it as well

[@Proko3D]

You can find the photos under the lesson on Proko - www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-start-sculpting-on-a-budget/downloads

[@troyk8149]

Finally

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Oh yeah!

[@Stritex1]

chavant clay is not avalabile anymore, any suggestion?

[@Mr._Onion]

7:11 Damn...

[@irvintorresart6228]

Help, can't find the link to the photos. Did anyone found it?

[@Proko3D]

Reference photos can be found under the download tab on Proko for this lesson - www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-start-sculpting-on-a-budget/downloads

[@MeenaMarzano-id5uk]

Lol you’re funny , thanks

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

The critique video has already been filmed but I’d love to see your guys work on Proko.com/sculpture so be sure to make your FREE account and join the Proko community of artists and sculptors!

[@philroydias5366]

I'll come back to this video once I buy some clay 😅

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Hope you do! And the other videos too!

[@solo.3283]

What happened 3 yrs later?

[@ethanorange3705]

you are bold. you're meant to encourage people to not quit after one sculpture.

[@_yourlocalartist]

I just bought air dry clay, I already have brushes, waters, cups and acrylic paints 😭

[@rajendrakelkar4909]

Where can I get reference photo

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

in the course there is a place where you can download 10 poses for free. proko.com/sculpture

[@My_Art_Page]

I want to take part but I have never tried my hands on any sculpture work and am from poor background and I can't afford any tool

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Don't use tools! Just your hands. You can even make natural clay from dirt. There's no excuse not to get started.

[@leratosithole5409]

Instead of a wooden board can I sculpt a platform out of clay?

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Yeah people do that all the time.

[@Eltopshottah]

2:55 I’m a tool :(

[@xerxes-ei9gl]

😂😂😂 yes ...some of us would like to save the money

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

I hear ya!

[@digitalartistmurlinath2195]

Great work sir ❤️❤️🔥🎉 #artistmurlinath

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Thanks!

[@cedescedes2224]

Did I just see spirit fingers 👐 😅

[@X3Nia_whatever]

Thanks for the video. I just want a "taste" of this hobbie. 🤔

[@donttalktome7435]

im sorry him just mixing the plastecine was a crime

[@cristalypollo]

chido (cool in Spanish) 👍UwU.)

[@girubakaranb6250]

Thank you peter Parker 😉

[@cream422]

most efficient tool is: hand the guy that was born without it: ...

[@sakerberg4512]

:D

[@beanstaIkjack]

I was interested in sculpture but once I found out much it costs to have sculptures cast in bronze I didn't see the point in going to anymore glasses. Good luck being a sculptor if you're not born rich.

[@CharlesTryon]

There are a lot of materials other than bronze. I actually use natural clay and kiln fire it.

[@beanstaIkjack]

@@CharlesTryon Do you sculpt portraits , statues, abstract art or pottery?

[@CharlesTryon]

@@beanstaIkjack - all of the above! Well, not so much strict portraits, and my abstract work is pretty limited, but I do a lot of figurative work, and a little functional pottery. See tryonsculpturearts.com .

[@beanstaIkjack]

@@CharlesTryon Thank you, nice work!