This brought back memories of a workshop l took years ago with Robert Bateman Jack Hines and Jessica Zemskey. Thanks for bringing back those memories.

Ive watched 100's of clay videos, and never seen them once use a picture as a backdrop, great tutorial, i will try this. Well done sir

You made it so much easier for me to make my armature for my son's cake. Thank you for the excellent tutorial!!!!

@gingerwolff3427

6 жыл бұрын

Wish I could post my armature!!!

Thank you very much ,Sir. for very beautiful video. and very practical technic of armature.

Liked and Subscribed, love your work David, excellent

David, you so rock in the generosity of your knowledge. Thanks. BTW, the book " an Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists by: W. Ellenberger, H. Dittrich, is where David's Dog reference comes from. Which has horses, lions, cows. etc. and is extensively detailed.

@clayguy1

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark Tinoco The horse one.. the head measurement will be off a bit because the artist slightly turned the horses head so it's off.. but other than that, It's a great book of ref.

@marktinoco6119

8 жыл бұрын

+David Lemon Thanks for the tip.

@ShinkleGunDog

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

great video David

Your armature a work of art in itself! Next up my Jack Russel. Thanks David.

@clayguy1

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir... are you a sculptor...? Are you going to do a Jack Russel? Back in the early 90s Alfred Hitchcock's Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell commissioned me to do her two dogs... a West Highland Terrier and a Lhasa Apso.. First Dogs I'd ever sculpted.. The following year she had me do their new pup.. a Golden Retriever for her husband's birthday... She's 89 years old now... Pat is.. not the dogs

@robbieirlam414

6 жыл бұрын

Just starting out David. Much inspired by your videos!

Thank you for the great information

Thank you for the video! Very useful for me

Thanks!! Great video!

@clayguy1

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Diane

Hi David thanks so much for your videos, they are a great help, I've been following the Sam commission making the armature video and I was wondering about the best position to attach a tail

@clayguy1

5 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid you will just have to follow the videos... I did this 3 years ago... Thank you for your comment

Love this video. :) It came up in a search I did on wire armature. I got the inspiration to make this creature from some old but unused dog toys someone gave me. Their dog didn't like any of these toys. ha ha ha. There is a super long one that I want to turn into a creepy creature using the fabric and some clay. The only wire I have handy though are some wire hangers I will take apart. :P Going to give it a try to see if it can work as wire for an armature also. Once I get a good one made I will cut the bottom of this roughly 15" long squeeky toy to remove the stuffing and also cut off the ends of the arms and legs. I will work my armature into that. I will create and bake the clay pieces and then glue them onto the armature where appropriate. - Heidi

@clayguy1

5 жыл бұрын

sound like fun

Cool

Nice

nice.

Thanks! Great video. Oh Can i ask st? The used wire armature is 1/8 or 1/4 ?

@clayguy1

6 жыл бұрын

Can't remember... Probably 1/8th inch wire

@1mpqn282

6 жыл бұрын

thank you very much. I'm just a beginner and your video helped me out alot. Keep doing great work!

What kind of tape are you using?

@clayguy1

6 жыл бұрын

Electrician's Tape...

Where you find dog references?

@clayguy1

8 жыл бұрын

+David Gironella typed "dog anatomy" in a google search, and went to images... Tons of stuff there

@palomacamachobravo4194

7 жыл бұрын

David Lemon

I was fascinated David as I'd like to have a go at making a paper mache Whippet but I then couldn't get as far as finding a skeleton of a whippet 🙄 It did look hard work though, does the wire have to be so thick?

@clayguy1

3 жыл бұрын

Only as thick and strong as the size of the piece dictates.. As far as finding the anatomy of a Whippet.. visit a vet.. they may have that for you.

@Julia-zz3gl

3 жыл бұрын

@@clayguy1 thank you so much, I did wonder if my Vet would have such a xray image I could have too. Your instruction is excellent, thank you 🥰🥰🥰

Hello, now I got the armature ready🙃. But I'm not sure how it goes on....😅. Must I get the Clay directly get on it?

@clayguy1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes ... you start adding clay

@Tanmaran

2 жыл бұрын

@@clayguy1 thank you 😊

😎👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Hello, today I find your great Videos. I'm a little, little artist at the beginning and I'mever searching for Videos to learn. Can you please tell me, wich clay do you use??? Sorry for my bad english.... I hope you understand😊. Greetings from Germany

@clayguy1

2 жыл бұрын

Your English is so much better than my German.. of which I don't know.. The clay I use is a plasticine clay called J-Mac, medium hardness. I get it from sculpturedepot.net You can also get Chavant clay.. at chavant.com They have a list of distributors all over the world. I'd get the medium grade clay.. Thank you Tanja.. You put a smile on my face this morning...

@Tanmaran

2 жыл бұрын

@@clayguy1 you are a verry nice person. Thank's a lot , I wish you the best. And now I'll follow you😉😄

@Tanmaran

2 жыл бұрын

@@clayguy1 oh, I've another question.....do you have a Homepage for your sculptures?

@clayguy1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tanmaran I have a blog with my finished works.. bronzesbydavidlemon.blogspot.com/ Here's a link to reviews of all nine of my Instructional videos that are available.. They stream on Vimeo... adayinthelifeofalemon.blogspot.com/2021/03/david-lemons-dream-catcher-studios.html .

David = Nick Valentine

@xempt93

7 жыл бұрын

also, thank you very much for the video!

@clayguy1

7 жыл бұрын

Remind me?

@xempt93

7 жыл бұрын

haha you and that character have very similar voices. that's all.

At first it look like greyhound.

@clayguy1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah.. I had the same thought.. haha

Now sculpt it with clay make it a doberman or Greyhound

@clayguy1

5 жыл бұрын

Love the idea.. I'm locked in for a while with the projects I'm doing now and in the next few....