Turning $50 Materials Into A $1000 Sculpture! 

you definitely should! sculpting is difficult and takes time to learn but I think most people would be surprised how fast they can improve with good instruction and focusing on the right things when developing the sculpture. My grandma always gave the excuse that she couldn't do art because one of her kids swallowed a paint tube when he was little. Her youngest moved out over 50 years ago. She's 95 and still hasn't gotten back into it and deeply regrets it. Creative people have to make time for creativity or else the time just passes and we wish we would have done more.

hi and thank you for the amazing content. based on your experience can you please tell me what is the most light weight sculpture medium? joint compound is very heavy so i am looking for the most light weight alternative while i want to keep that outer matt effect that joint compound or putty give. can you please guide me? much appreciate it. thx@@AndrewJosephKeith

@@smartfreelancer-dp2qd foam clay is a lightweight sculpting material. I haven’t used it much but I’ve seen people do cool things with it.

Hebel is an alternative. It's aerated cement blocks. It's ver soft you can saw it, rasp it, even scrape off layers with a spoon. Another thing to mention is that you can sculpt in say oil based clay then cast it in something else, and you can cast it hollow to make it have a far lighter weight. You can even do it in fibreglass.

Hey thanks Robert! I appreciate that.

Many thanks! Yes very interesting birds for sure.

@@zebrafish995 of course!

Thanks!

@@syrenka6 thanks

No problem! Thanks for the comment!

@@MichaelUdo-vk7dr thanks!

Thanks!

Glad to hear it!

Thanks! Glad to hear it!

Wow gracias a usted!

it's just some black sheets I got from Walmart ($20) and some hardware from the dollar tree to hang them up on some curtain hangers I mounted in my studio space. Then I use some cheap soft boxes that I got for $100 on eBay for the lighting setup.

Thanks! I'll have another polymer clay sculpting video coming out today!

Thanks! You and me both! Haha

It’s just a really strong adhesive that I already had available.

This was a commissioned sculpture. For a unique original sculpture that price isn’t unreasonable. Also in a gallery setting that price is not that high (depending on the gallery)

This clay (polymer clay) can be baked in a normal oven and can be baked with the armature inside. ceramic clays cannot be baked with armatures inside.

Thank you so much x

@@AlexUsername step 3 is taking the longest

It never hardens just gets dusty and less elastic

@@edisonfirmin3319 after how long does it become less elastic

@@Jacob0481 in my experience it takes months

This one was about 12 inches tall or 30cm

@@amitspecially for this I just use the gray clay. Yeah my email list was through a website I’ve since left but if you’d like to be added you can message me on Instagram @andrewjosephkeith15

@@spacechimp5141to you it is just “some old dude” but to the patron it was their father. Just because you don’t value a work of art doesn’t mean others feel the same.