Learn Sculpting - Lesson 3, Part 1: Sculpt a Baby Elephant

[@johnbspringer]

I did it! I watched all three video the other day and bought some Super-Sculpey oven bake clay today and made the baby Elephant in about one hour. It was my first sculpture since I was 12. I am now 50. I work 1600 Miles away from my wife and children and need to keep myself busy when not working. I was so happy I made this elephant that I took pictures and sent it too my family. Being a married man away from home I am sure you can see the importance of a wholesome hobby. Thank you much for showing me how to do this.

[@amandapalomba0525]

Finally someone who teaches me something!!!!! Tons of other people goof off and tend to talk about anything and everything but the sculputre/model

[@aklapper1]

I agrree

[@LearnSculpture]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. I appreciate hearing your comments because it helps me know what information people need to get started. I'll be releasing more videos soon.

[@trickytraci1299]

I am self taught, but you have made me see an easier way. Using segments instead of sculpting from one solid mass, which I was doing. Your way is much faster and efficient. How wonderful, and kind of you to make these videos for the world, bravo to you!!!

[@dmjdinoz7714]

A natural born teacher, I might say! Thank you so much! I loved this tutorial.

[@artoflayers3404]

great job💯

[@LearnSculpture]

Thanks for your nice comments. I'll have a workbook available soon, to help you check the proportions of your sculpture using images of the different views.

[@romymexicana]

i LOVE THE WAY YOU TEACH !!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, i AM STARTING TO WORK WITH CLAY AND IT WAS AN ELEPHANT EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO !. COULDNT BE MORE HAPPY TO FIND YOU !

[@pinkeshriwastav7150]

सुन्दर ओरअच्छा हाथी आपने बनाया👌

[@LearnSculpture]

Thanks for your nice comment. Please visit my Learn Sculpture website to see more about clay and tools. It is a lot easier to do if you have the right tools, but your hands will always be your best tool.

[@cowgirl9768]

This will be sooo helpful! Im trying to sculpt an elephant out of fondant for a cake I'm making.

[@HyHwua]

Sculpting is like mathematics!

[@comparisationmemory2125]

Great lesson for all.

[@comparisationmemory2125]

😀

[@dragonflygrandma]

Thank you, I just recently finished my elephant. Not near as nice but your lessons helped a lot. Thank you so much!

[@LearnSculpture]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@wandererstein3724]

Great stuff. This was my favorite thing to do when I was a kid. But there was no class that promoted clay molding in my area, so I quit after ten years doing this.

[@LearnSculpture]

It's Clayette by Chavant. You can find more about this on my website. For the demo, I'm using the soft Clayette.

[@venkateshpartha8790]

What clay is used where it available please.

[@LearnSculpture]

For the video, I'm using Le Beau Touche HM by Chavant. For my larger projects, I prefer to use very hard styling clays.

[@kidstalent9806]

Be lated Happy Guru Poornima Sir🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@shanc3263]

Thank you for the video! I appreciate your explanation of how to use the different tools. I am trying to begin learning to sculpt and this has been very helpful.

[@Manson0Skold0Ratliff]

Aw it's so cute. Definitely sculpting this for my ceramics class

[@jennymay4896]

wonderfully helpful video, thank you

[@LearnSculpture]

Thanks, I appreciate your feedback. It's nice to know the lessons are helpful. I'm working on a new one now...

[@darshana8365]

Beautiful work great

[@LalinDissanayaka]

WOW you're brilliant! I can't say I just started because I don't even have the tools, I really don't know what to buy to begin with.

[@rubykiss555]

It is so hard to find quality information on sculpting. Your video is easily the best I have come across so far. Thank you so much!

[@LearnSculpture]

For the video, the clay is Le Beau Touche HM by Chavant.

[@sculpturesbyC.D.]

Thanks for your video, lovely.

[@LearnSculpture]

Thanks for watching!

[@AnneStanDesigns]

great lesson...really enjoying it!

[@jackowheelie2955]

Thank you for your presentations. They are clearly delivered, well organized and very informative. I plan to make the tools shown out of thin copper wire bound on to a thin dowel. Inspiring creativity!

[@santosh1303]

You are a teacher!

[@barbbrouss]

Great video! I appreciated you showing your process in selecting the image to use - thanks

[@TheLadymoira]

hi. ,your artwork is very nice. ,i download it and watch over and over again until i can mold one. ,thanks for your video

[@ruchibharati3068]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you very much.

[@mfatih570]

What is the dough-like material you use?

[@vietclaycartoon7471]

That's so interesting. thanks for sharing

[@aklapper1]

Amanda i so agree

[@kennedy-james-designer]

what type of clay are you using ?

[@Sfhindia]

Best Tutorials ! Thank u very much !

[@MASSIVEMAN-wb1zx]

Great tutorial! Keep up the good work!

[@ambyannie2085]

Amazing

[@banglarshilpigharaviitpal1410]

Woow nice beautiful art #Bsnglarshilpighar

[@ongxanh2460]

This is fantastic tutorial, thanks for sharing:)

[@AnimalsGirlful]

so amazing and realistic :) I learned a lot from this

[@theshrumshop]

Good lesson. Thank you.

[@ErHaNcAdAyS]

Thank you sir 👍👍👍

[@grapejuice4642]

I desire to sculpt a baby elephant now.

[@WendyfaeArt]

awesome!

[@mariastephen5744]

Can you please send me the link to all the lessons from the beginning,if you don't mind.Thank you

[@LearnSculpture]

Hi, they are all here. Just scroll down to see: learnsculpture.org/learn-sculpture-guides/

[@kateflanigan7831]

that sounds really cool!

[@dsah8266]

Nice 👌👌👌

[@PJCCC100]

I wonder if you can help me on an issue. Can we make a figure 'core' from air dry clay and then, after that 'basic form' is dry, make, on top of it, the finish layer with the fine details with Fimo or other oven bake clay? Would the air dry clay core stand fit over the baking process?

[@hctthermitcrabtranscriptio1319]

Hi there. Adding length of metal wires (e.g. for legs and trunk) would be allowed by this technique? And would it actually create a stronger structure? Or maybe it would be not useful or even worse? Thank you,

[@flaquita1957]

Thank you for this video. Can you tell me where to get the metal tool that you are using for smoothing the clay.

[@nitipddr3]

Which clay is used for making this?

[@meganmascarenhas3498]

Very good lesson, but could you add where you can get all three tools? 😊

[@Houstain]

Great video! I'm thinking about getting some Sculpty Firm to try this:)

[@iadanza]

I m speaking from Brazil...Can u pls tell me what is the name of this material u r usin to sculpt it???

[@snehaphalle7716]

Nice elephant I like 👍

[@prashant8320]

Beautiful

[@janeclermon83]

How do you make your scpultures stand

[@shanna1950-2812]

awesome - please keep adding tutorials...

[@aklapper1]

Yessss

[@imthekangyo]

Should you not "score and slip" the parts before fusing them?

[@shelinhagoncalves9578]

when people do sculpturing do they use more brown clay or gray clay because I think the red clay is only to use in the Roundtable they call a potter's wheel where you can make vases with the red clay and everything

[@hexd.in.the_clxuds1052]

Hi! This helps alot! I am doing an imitation of Antoni Gaudi's style for my final project. I am doing a sculpture of a baby elephant and a parrot on its ear that will be covered in colorful broken glass mosaic. But i have a quick question; should I use a wire frame for the elephant to make it stronger?

[@helensong9391]

can you use polymer clay too? and do you have to bake this kind of clay?

[@isaacixtupe8983]

What type of clay his he using?

[@edgarrubas4450]

Is that a regular Clay that we can bought on a school supply shop?

[@ripenasanghvi]

Which clay is used in it?

[@RayneKilljoy]

Amazing!!!!! :D

[@DREXTV2020]

Is that white air drying clay or which type is that?

[@donatellokrueger863]

What happened to your website good sir?

[@JitendraWagh73179]

fantastic job sir. cannot stop watching. love it . please add more videos. also kindly tell us what clay are you using. and how do i get it in india

[@parekhmy]

Which clay you are using?

[@LearnSculpture]

Hi, sorry for the long delay. Find out more about the clay at LearnSculpture.org

[@zs4326]

Class.

[@matt82403]

I can't seem to find the clay anywhere. I'm from the U.K

[@jenniferstambaugh325]

I always have trouble making stuff for my dolls out of normal molding clay please help

[@Regan7788]

Hello great video, just wondering I'm working with pottery clay I've been doing pottery on the wheel for a year now but havn't touched sculpting just yet...what would be the best method to hollow out the elephant would it be to start the back in a double pinch pot? or is there a better way? :)

[@free_spirit1]

all right time for some stupid questions. What type of clay is this?

[@lavanyaarora2620]

Nice

[@rajkumartamang9590]

whic clay is that

[@LithiumCabronate222]

Hello whatisasculpture!! I am very inspired and thank you very much for your tutorial but im still rubbish.... Do you have any tips on what shapes i should start with for sculpting a walnut? Its really bumpy and rounded so i dont know how to make one............ help is much appreciated Thanks Very Much!! Genina

[@Gobledygok]

Hello! I'm from Russia and I am searching for a person, who makes models out of clay. I need to make one mini-model (8,5 cm). But it seems that there are only a few of such people here, in Russia, and in Europe... I tried to use Google, but couldn't find anybody. Well, I've found you =) Don't exactly know, how you could help me.. do you make mini-models individually? Or may be you know such people somewhere nearer here, in Europe... ? plz help!

[@mahamakhlaq2319]

Can u make this with raw clay

[@mousumimajumdervlog5941]

awesome pls go ahead....

[@LearnSculpture]

Thanks!

[@janclaussardanapale4627]

je suis sculpteur amateur aprés plusieurs années de cours par un professionnel , le problème : comment faire tenir un animal sur ses pattes est résolu dans cette démonstration,mais je me demande ce que devient le support en métal à la cuisson résiste-t-il aux 920 ° de cuisson d l'argile ? une réponse me ferai un immense plaisir

[@avinishsrinivasan6186]

I am not able to buy Instruction guide through Paypal. Can you please help me out with someother way ?

[@pradeeparolkar6427]

Awesome! I am from INDIA. What type of clay are you using ?

[@alainboudreau7222]

like it... thanks

[@XAAPH]

Hi! is that clay polymer clay? O.o'? please answer!

[@deviganesh9586]

super super super

[@Eman_Puedama]

I thought clay sculptures had to be hollow with air holes or else they'd break in the kiln.

[@LearnSculpture]

Sorry for the delay answering. No, this is oil based clay, intended for making a mold on later, then casting in a more permanent material (like bronze).

[@พิสิษฐ์เรืองวิจิตรไพศาล]

ปั้นช้างจากดินเหนียวหรือดินน้ำมัน

[@blindmify]

Can I get some clay that smells better? Like floral or winter mint?

[@7777khadija]

thank you i did make baby elephant. thank you so much, how can i chow you the photo of it?

[@SR-sc7cu]

Sir I wish to learn from your video ,can you name the tools

[@pankajkumar.hanumanelectri417]

Great

[@أمآية-ر1ط]

super

[@colourofmylife4996]

M from pakistan i love sclupture art but i dnt hv money to learn this

[@blakecouturier5967]

Anyone know where u can get a clay making kit in Canada? I want to make my auntie something made of clay, if anyone knows where I can get a clay kit plz let me know