Learn how to sculpt a mouth in clay with Beginner's School instructor Kent Kidwell. See the full lesson on our website: www.beginnersschool.com/2015/0...
By "evergreen mistakes" do you mean the same mistakes made over and over? If so, I can relate! But I would have a hard time doing features in isolation--for me the larger context is everything.
I have managed to make some lizard lips. still better than I thought I would do. I will practice more. lol. I really liked the way you made the slice and there was the lower lip. I imagined God doing a similar thing back in the day. Wow. ...okay, my second one looks like a mouth to me. I see the plump lips are super hard, mine are thin, but I am very happy for my second try. awesome.
Your tutorial is awesome. May i ask what type of clay u r using? Is it air dry? If not , can i apply same technique to super air light air dry clay? Thanks!
Can someone tell me the uses for the 3 different firmness types of the bees plastic putty? I would like to buy some to make my own miniature but I don't know if I want firm, double firm, or triple firm.
Hi Julie, thanks for your kind words! Yes, you can absolutely apply the same concept to sculpting lips using polymer clay. It's very similar to the clay we're using in this video. Good luck!
@@BeginnersSchool What kind of clay are you using? I'm using Sargent Plastalina and it definitely does not smooth the way yours does when you run your fingers across it. Also, my clay ends up looks grainy -- there are little sloppy bits that look a bit like the rubbings from an eraser that get stuck in my work. Thoughts? Thanks!
thankyou for a great tutorial. It looks too thick to fire and I want to use waterbased terracotta. Should I sculpt and then at leather hard stage carve extra clay from backside? so it looks like a mask. and I want to finish it with a stand of metal, which I assume I do after its fired? and I will need to add some kind of ridge of clay off the top for it to hang from the stand. I just want to check that I'm approaching this correctly. Appreciate your comments!
Mauricio, hola sabes me dijeron que en Mexico hay una plastilina especial para,escultores, so sabes algo de ese material podrias escribirme. Listo gracias amigo.
Thank you so much for the kind instruction, very helpful, what kind of clay do you use? I watch your tools wotk it and it seems working differently than the porcelain stuff i'm working at now.
We use a non-drying, oil-based clay called plastilina. It's easy to work with and is much less messy then ceramic clay! Porcelain is a very difficult clay to sculpt with! It is often too soft to hold, especially if you're making anything medium to large scale as it tends to slump over. If you are set on using ceramic clay for sculpture, you may want to consider switching to a stiffer clay body.
Hi Katherine, Eyes can be tricky! Here's our video tutorial on sculpting eyes: th-cam.com/video/dqQwFVmtyCs/w-d-xo.html And here's a link to the lesson on our website for more information about sculpting eyes: www.beginnersschool.com/2015/08/20/sculpting-the-eyes/ Best of luck!
Hi Miguelina, we are using an oil-based clay. Roma Plastilina or Chavant Clay are both good options. You can read more about the materials on our website here: www.beginnersschool.com/2015/05/04/sculpture-essentials/ or check out our sculpting supplies list on Amazon: a.co/1CKHPid
Good question! The answer is both yes and no. Both will burn out in the kiln due to the high temperatures, but wood dowels can cause your piece to break because the shrinkage rate between wood and clay is different. Basically, if you build a sculpture out of clay around a wood dowel armature, the clay will shrink about 15% (depending on the type of clay you're using) and the wood will not shrink--it will likely expand due to the moisture in the clay. As the clay dries, it will crack around the dowel, causing your piece to explode in the kiln! Cotton string shouldn't be a problem, but don't use synthetic string as it may melt on the kiln shelf or release harmful vapors.
Hola mi amigo, exelente tutorial, soy artista. Y quiero saber como se llama el material que ocupas para modelar y como podria conseguirlo soy de Ecuador gracias.
Hi Erik, This is an oil-based clay. You can learn more about it in our lesson on Sculpture Essentials: www.beginnersschool.com/2015/05/04/sculpture-essentials/ Happy creating!
Hi Anjorin, This is an oil-based clay. You can learn more about it in our lesson on Sculpture Essentials: www.beginnersschool.com/2015/05/04/sculpture-essentials/ Happy creating! The Beginner's School Team
The lips will require extra clay in order to protrude from the face, so any carving done will be on top of that extra clay. You shouldn't have any trouble!
When doing sculptures of people or animals with high details do you want a clay that requires firing/baking? and would this be a good clay to use? >> Standard Ceramic 553 Warm Buff Stoneware Clay. Just did a sculpture of a head and sadly I noticed it was a plastalina modeling clay it cant be baked and it will never harden.
Hi Ron, Yes, that's the one thing with plastilina clay is that it never hardens. In order to have your plastilina sculpture live forever, you need to make a mold of it and cast it in another material. We have instructional videos on simple one-part mold making and more complex two-part mold making if that's an avenue you'd like to pursue. Ceramic clay is good IF you have access to a kiln. The stoneware clay you mentioned above fires to a cone 6, which is around 2200* F. If you don't have your own kiln, you may be able to enroll in a class at a local community college or art studio that will allow you to use theirs. Ceramic clay is a different beast altogether and has to be treated in a very different way than plastilina. If you do decide to go with ceramic clay, that one looks pretty good. For small details, you want something with a fine grog (basically like sand--too much or too coarse will really frustrate you when trying to do detail work). If you don't have access to a kiln and don't want to try mold making, you could always use an oven-baked modeling clay such as Fimo or Sculpey. These clays act like plastilina in that they don't need to be kept damp throughout the process and are malleable until the time you bake them. I believe they should be baked in an oven that you don't use for cooking (get an old toaster oven off Craigslist and dedicate it just to your sculpture). You can buy these online or in most craft stores like Michael's. Hope this helps! Good luck with your sculpting!
@@RonC250 If you are using the clay just to block up the walls of your mold, it doesn't matter what kind it is. Check out our videos on mold-making: One-Part Molds: th-cam.com/video/FH2DMvCvg0I/w-d-xo.html and here, Two-Part Molds: th-cam.com/video/TUcDQC53WY4/w-d-xo.html Let us know if you have more questions and also let us know how your mold turns out!
I am new to sculpturing so this question may be far simpler (or apparent) than I think it is. For a single element, nose, mouth, eyes, how does one determine whether to add clay or remove clay to achieve the end result?
Hi Paul, That's a great question and one not easily answered! Ultimately it's your decision as the artist to decide how much or how little to use. Let's think about a nose for example: if you are sculpting a rather large, stately, man's nose, you will use more clay than if you are sculpting the nose of a child. Consider your reference images and scale--the larger you make the individual element, the more clay you will need proportionally. Sorry that's not a very definitive answer, but I hope it helps! Welcome to the world of sculpting--enjoy! :)
Beginner's School Hi Kent, thank you very much for taking the time to respond to both of my questions, I'm sure you stay quite busy and it was very kind of you to do so. I am pleased to report I have completed my first ever mouth! At least my wife says it looks like a mouth. And I'm off to my first nose! Thanks again Kent!
Beginner's School Thank you I just bought some that says sulfur and gluten free but it doesn’t say oil based. The brand is Sargent Art white at Wall Mart. Mineral (Earth) Based. This work? Thanks again Mike
@@mikejustice1196 Does it look like this? www.amazon.com/dp/B00FR7TR1O/?ref=idea_lv_dp_ov_d&tag=beginnerssc0a-20&linkCode=sl2&ascsubtag=amzn1.ideas.17A9IFA1BRVP4
Wow … one of the best tutorials on lips that I’ve seen! This helps me so much!
Idea I got is to practice eyes , nose & lips individually to rectify my evergreen mistakes , Thank You so much , hopefully it ll help me to improve .
By "evergreen mistakes" do you mean the same mistakes made over and over? If so, I can relate! But I would have a hard time doing features in isolation--for me the larger context is everything.
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Thank you so much now my winter is going to be great fun , with my clay and your tuition ! bravo!!!
That was VERY enlightening....love it.
This was super informative THANK YOU!
what a brilliant resource you have created! thank you taking the time to make it
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Thanks so much for sharing this. I'll have to keep trying, but this was most helpful.
Wowww!!! Amazing artist!! It looks so alive!!
Great instruction. I am mesmerized. Where do you pick up the table you use for your sculpting?
wow! I really love the simplisity amazing job, you did it. Thanks a lot.
thanks for the idea that I can learn those details in pieces. this saves time rather than going on full-head details.
Great video again! I am learning so much from your videos in this series. Thanks!
Great tutorial, thank you!
awesome! so excited and appreciative.
Very realistic, great video thanks
I have been sculpted with salt dough to challenge myself and this method works beautifully
Great job , really helpful , good lesson !!!!
excellent demonstration of making sense of creating lips!!!!!
increible la habilidad para hacer sencillo el arte!! mis felicitaciones maestro!!!!
Great video & lots of help thanks.
Beautiful, great. Thanks for sharing
Mad Skills. Great Video
Oh my god..... its really really soooo awesome and helpful video thank you so much
when you did the bottom lip i already knew it was a lip. great work
gamerplay it was in the title
Of course you did. You were anticipating it
You're a great teacher. Do you have any hand sculpting tutorials?
Great job!
Really enjoyed this. Thanks
You are great teacher Sir.. 👍👍
Brilliant! Thank you!
I have managed to make some lizard lips. still better than I thought I would do. I will practice more. lol. I really liked the way you made the slice and there was the lower lip. I imagined God doing a similar thing back in the day. Wow. ...okay, my second one looks like a mouth to me. I see the plump lips are super hard, mine are thin, but I am very happy for my second try. awesome.
Great teacher!
Your tutorial is awesome. May i ask what type of clay u r using? Is it air dry? If not , can i apply same technique to super air light air dry clay? Thanks!
Amazing, in a learning wood Carver and really want to start carving more human faces so u got a new sub here,
Ty
Thanks for the sub! Good luck with your carving!
great! you're very good! i want to imrpove myself and be as good as you !
Thanks alot it's so helpful,
Thank you for the great video, it was very thorough and helpful
Another awesome video thank you very much :) x
Great, great video, thank you
Can someone tell me the uses for the 3 different firmness types of the bees plastic putty? I would like to buy some to make my own miniature but I don't know if I want firm, double firm, or triple firm.
I learn and try new things in making art work..between learning how you make something extraordinary
Still very helpful, thank you kind sir
Thank you!
That was dope!!!
I love your classes ,do you think i can apply the same concept using polymer clay. ? The lips I always seem to look a bit strange for me.
Hi Julie, thanks for your kind words! Yes, you can absolutely apply the same concept to sculpting lips using polymer clay. It's very similar to the clay we're using in this video. Good luck!
@@BeginnersSchool What kind of clay are you using? I'm using Sargent Plastalina and it definitely does not smooth the way yours does when you run your fingers across it. Also, my clay ends up looks grainy -- there are little sloppy bits that look a bit like the rubbings from an eraser that get stuck in my work. Thoughts? Thanks!
That's the clay coming alive!
Que fácil lo haces , gracias. X El aporte soy novato, saludes desde Colombia
Oh my God.Very nice sir.
genius of sensitivity
Can you tell us what board to use for clay where it can be made and left to dry ready for display..
Wow! Go ahead. I,m with u.
What type of clay do you use? Very good video
eres genial me encanta tu trabajo,yo quiero hacer algo asi, donde consigo el material en mexico df. FELICIDADES SALUDOS DESDE CDMX
En una tienda de arte y la buscas como plastilina profesional o plastilina para esculpir
thankyou for a great tutorial. It looks too thick to fire and I want to use waterbased terracotta. Should I sculpt and then at leather hard stage carve extra clay from backside? so it looks like a mask. and I want to finish it with a stand of metal, which I assume I do after its fired? and I will need to add some kind of ridge of clay off the top for it to hang from the stand. I just want to check that I'm approaching this correctly. Appreciate your comments!
Amazing sir you are genius
Mauricio, hola sabes me dijeron que en Mexico hay una plastilina especial para,escultores, so sabes algo de ese material podrias escribirme. Listo gracias amigo.
exelente trabajo
Beautiful... loved it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much for the kind instruction, very helpful, what kind of clay do you use? I watch your tools wotk it and it seems working differently than the porcelain stuff i'm working at now.
We use a non-drying, oil-based clay called plastilina. It's easy to work with and is much less messy then ceramic clay!
Porcelain is a very difficult clay to sculpt with! It is often too soft to hold, especially if you're making anything medium to large scale as it tends to slump over. If you are set on using ceramic clay for sculpture, you may want to consider switching to a stiffer clay body.
@@BeginnersSchool Thank you so much for a really helpful answer
This has been incredibly helpful, thank you so much.
Very nice. Thank you.
Can you do a tutorial on eyes? I can never seem to get them how I would like
Hi Katherine,
Eyes can be tricky! Here's our video tutorial on sculpting eyes: th-cam.com/video/dqQwFVmtyCs/w-d-xo.html
And here's a link to the lesson on our website for more information about sculpting eyes: www.beginnersschool.com/2015/08/20/sculpting-the-eyes/
Best of luck!
Hello, where I can buy that clay or how I can make it , thank you
Awesome!!!
Muito bom esse aprendizado
thank you so much
thank you!!
thank you sir for this nice video
Hi brother. This clay name please tell me
fire vid bro
what kind or type of clay is this?
Sorry for the ignorance, your videos are amazing, but I don’t know with which material you are working! Thanks
Hi Miguelina, we are using an oil-based clay. Roma Plastilina or Chavant Clay are both good options. You can read more about the materials on our website here: www.beginnersschool.com/2015/05/04/sculpture-essentials/ or check out our sculpting supplies list on Amazon: a.co/1CKHPid
Before you filled out the lower lip to be more 'aesthetically pleasing' they looked almost exactly like mine did when I was younger😂
Wonderful! Wow! Amazing! Go ahead. I,m with you.
What kind of clay are you using, oil based? and what do you use for the finishing touch?
Yes, this is an oil-based clay. You can smooth the clay with paint thinner at the very end. Read about it on our website for more information!
new to sculpting terracotta. Can small wood dowels or string in the clay be put in the kiln?
Good question! The answer is both yes and no. Both will burn out in the kiln due to the high temperatures, but wood dowels can cause your piece to break because the shrinkage rate between wood and clay is different. Basically, if you build a sculpture out of clay around a wood dowel armature, the clay will shrink about 15% (depending on the type of clay you're using) and the wood will not shrink--it will likely expand due to the moisture in the clay. As the clay dries, it will crack around the dowel, causing your piece to explode in the kiln! Cotton string shouldn't be a problem, but don't use synthetic string as it may melt on the kiln shelf or release harmful vapors.
Very nice
May i know what type of clay To make human face?
i'm new to Sculpting, how to detach your sculpture from Platform or Board once you are done ?
Sravanthi sra I usually use a wire tool
Jada is right, a wire tool is the best way to remove the sculpture from the board!
Hola mi amigo, exelente tutorial, soy artista. Y quiero saber como se llama el material que ocupas para modelar y como podria conseguirlo soy de Ecuador gracias.
Mejor escribele en ingles ya que no entiende español y si bueno no sabes ingles usa el traductor de español a ingles 👍
thank you very nice video
when you clean you use some chemichal, do this chemichal destroy the clay or it can be reused ?
Vinicius Gati I thought it was just water?
@@EJ-bn3tc No, water does not work with oil based clay,, use naphta or benzen products,, Zippo lighter fuel is widely used..
nice art
What clay is this?
Hi Erik,
This is an oil-based clay. You can learn more about it in our lesson on Sculpture Essentials: www.beginnersschool.com/2015/05/04/sculpture-essentials/
Happy creating!
Beginner's School can we make sculptures from dirt clay which is so sticky that sticks to hands?
What are the materials that made up clay mixture?
Hi Anjorin,
This is an oil-based clay. You can learn more about it in our lesson on Sculpture Essentials: www.beginnersschool.com/2015/05/04/sculpture-essentials/
Happy creating!
The Beginner's School Team
The heads we're doing have to be hollow, so I can't really carve too deep into the face. How would I go about making lips on a hollow form?
The lips will require extra clay in order to protrude from the face, so any carving done will be on top of that extra clay. You shouldn't have any trouble!
Are you using oil or water clay, and what did you brush onto it?
Oil
Amazing! Thanks for sharing.
прекрасно!
How to make tht clay
When doing sculptures of people or animals with high details do you want a clay that requires firing/baking? and would this be a good clay to use? >> Standard Ceramic 553 Warm Buff Stoneware Clay. Just did a sculpture of a head and sadly I noticed it was a plastalina modeling clay it cant be baked and it will never harden.
Hi Ron,
Yes, that's the one thing with plastilina clay is that it never hardens. In order to have your plastilina sculpture live forever, you need to make a mold of it and cast it in another material. We have instructional videos on simple one-part mold making and more complex two-part mold making if that's an avenue you'd like to pursue.
Ceramic clay is good IF you have access to a kiln. The stoneware clay you mentioned above fires to a cone 6, which is around 2200* F. If you don't have your own kiln, you may be able to enroll in a class at a local community college or art studio that will allow you to use theirs. Ceramic clay is a different beast altogether and has to be treated in a very different way than plastilina. If you do decide to go with ceramic clay, that one looks pretty good. For small details, you want something with a fine grog (basically like sand--too much or too coarse will really frustrate you when trying to do detail work).
If you don't have access to a kiln and don't want to try mold making, you could always use an oven-baked modeling clay such as Fimo or Sculpey. These clays act like plastilina in that they don't need to be kept damp throughout the process and are malleable until the time you bake them. I believe they should be baked in an oven that you don't use for cooking (get an old toaster oven off Craigslist and dedicate it just to your sculpture). You can buy these online or in most craft stores like Michael's.
Hope this helps! Good luck with your sculpting!
@@BeginnersSchool Thank you. Very helpful. I am going to use the plastalina but I will be sealing it in a resin core. What clay do you use ?
@@RonC250 If you are using the clay just to block up the walls of your mold, it doesn't matter what kind it is. Check out our videos on mold-making: One-Part Molds: th-cam.com/video/FH2DMvCvg0I/w-d-xo.html and here, Two-Part Molds: th-cam.com/video/TUcDQC53WY4/w-d-xo.html
Let us know if you have more questions and also let us know how your mold turns out!
Hi. Did you stop doing videos?
Ok . Gracias.
I am new to sculpturing so this question may be far simpler (or apparent) than I think it is. For a single element, nose, mouth, eyes, how does one determine whether to add clay or remove clay to achieve the end result?
Hi Paul,
That's a great question and one not easily answered! Ultimately it's your decision as the artist to decide how much or how little to use. Let's think about a nose for example: if you are sculpting a rather large, stately, man's nose, you will use more clay than if you are sculpting the nose of a child. Consider your reference images and scale--the larger you make the individual element, the more clay you will need proportionally. Sorry that's not a very definitive answer, but I hope it helps! Welcome to the world of sculpting--enjoy! :)
Beginner's School Hi Kent, thank you very much for taking the time to respond to both of my questions, I'm sure you stay quite busy and it was very kind of you to do so. I am pleased to report I have completed my first ever mouth! At least my wife says it looks like a mouth. And I'm off to my first nose! Thanks again Kent!
@@backpages1 That's very exciting news! Keep up the good work and let us know if you have more questions, we're here for you!
@@backpages1 Wonderful! Keep up the great work, Paul!!
Awesome.
Type of molding clay used?😊
Thanks! Oil-based plastilina clay.
Beginner's School Thank you
I just bought some that says sulfur and gluten free but it doesn’t say oil based.
The brand is Sargent Art white at Wall Mart.
Mineral (Earth) Based.
This work?
Thanks again Mike
@@mikejustice1196 Does it look like this? www.amazon.com/dp/B00FR7TR1O/?ref=idea_lv_dp_ov_d&tag=beginnerssc0a-20&linkCode=sl2&ascsubtag=amzn1.ideas.17A9IFA1BRVP4
Beginner's School
Thank you very much.😊
I had accidently made my lips look like fish lips that were flattened when i followed this tutorial, shit i gotta work on this
Have you had luck improving this? Mine keep coming out the same way as well!
Nice 👍
beautyful
Sculpture ❤👍
I assume that you didnt use a reference for this demonstration/tutorial
I want to learnnn
What clay you use
This is an oil based clay called Roma Plastilina.