Sculpting Hands

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A video on sculpting hands, delving deep into both the technical and the psychological considerations you must take in order to sculpt a great hand.
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My name is Eirik Arnesen and I'm a sculptor from Norway, living and working in Florence, Italy. I teach sculpture at the Florence Academy of Art and on this channel I'll share with you every step of my process, discussing materials, tools and techniques.
Eventually you'll find tutorials on how I go about sculpting everything from a portrait to a life-size figure.
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Пікірлер: 74

  • @PhilKole-wx6kg
    @PhilKole-wx6kg3 ай бұрын

    Thank you for all the helpful information, Eirik!

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 ай бұрын

    You're welcome 🙂

  • @isculpt4u
    @isculpt4u3 жыл бұрын

    I love sculpting hands. I feel they are extremely expressive. Love your work.

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @chantaltaylor3320
    @chantaltaylor33203 жыл бұрын

    You are so generous with your gift. Thank you! I am new to sculpting and so inspired by you and your work.

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are welcome! Thank you!

  • @justinhsu3762
    @justinhsu37624 жыл бұрын

    Your insight is phenomenal. Thank you.

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the kind words! I hope you enjoy the videos 🙂

  • @johncormican562
    @johncormican5625 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating. And thank you for introducing Jean Baptiste Carpeaux. I just an hour or so looking into him and Michelanelo. And Bernini whose a favourite of mine. You are a great ambassador for figurative Art.

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Carpeaux is a legend! It's sad he didn't live longer and got to make more work in the vain of the Ugolino, my god what a masterpiece!

  • @lailadbell
    @lailadbell4 жыл бұрын

    Lots of great information. Thank you 🙏

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are most welcome!

  • @g4nked
    @g4nked8 ай бұрын

    Great video!! How good is the guy modelling just swiping right the whole time

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Yes he's a very good model.

  • @sandeepthale8477
    @sandeepthale84775 жыл бұрын

    Hi eiric... awesome job seen ever... truely informative and inspirational for me...

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! That is good to hear 🙂

  • @newimagepropreplicas9863
    @newimagepropreplicas98635 жыл бұрын

    Great that you share your knowledge and experience through your videos..you gained a subscriber..thanks from the UK.

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I’m happy to do so! Doing what I can to keep the tradition of figurative sculpture alive.

  • @Caroline_622
    @Caroline_6223 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Eirik I’m learning a lot from you 👍

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Happy to hear that!

  • @ericwellman14
    @ericwellman144 жыл бұрын

    This is wonderful! Thanks

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @pranjalroy756
    @pranjalroy7563 жыл бұрын

    Mind blowing 🤯 work.

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @pun4120
    @pun41203 жыл бұрын

    so inspiring and suppertive to us thanks..

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    So nice of you, thank you!

  • @albertocolonia9377
    @albertocolonia93773 жыл бұрын

    Awesome esculpture .

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @ranadipbhattacharjee5800
    @ranadipbhattacharjee58002 жыл бұрын

    U r an inspiration ❤❤❤❤

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @vfxforge
    @vfxforge5 жыл бұрын

    the right hand of Michelangelo's David is one of the greatest things ever sculpted in my humble opinion.

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hard to disagree with that! Though I’d put the hands Carpaux did on the Ugolino up there as well. Michelangelo’s Moses as well! Michelangelo sculpted a few good hands...

  • @thehyle7966
    @thehyle79663 жыл бұрын

    Thank you !

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @ivankominovski4100
    @ivankominovski41005 жыл бұрын

    You're awesome!

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Haha thank you 🙂

  • @sukantasutradhar9217
    @sukantasutradhar92173 жыл бұрын

    Very nice and good

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks.

  • @anthonysantosart
    @anthonysantosart5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome job. You are great inspiration for us. I would like to know more about the silicone rubber that you use (Yellow). In Brazil we dont have. I see in many videos and photos of this rubber that aplication is make with hands and the consistency is very diferent. Tks a lot. Sorry my english, i still learning.

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    5 жыл бұрын

    It’s called Bluesil RTV 3325 P. Maybe it’s not available in Brazil. See if Resilpom is available, pretty much the same thing. And Smooth On has a couple of silicones that are similar! Thank you for kind words 🙂 You’re English is better than my Portuguese!

  • @anthonysantosart

    @anthonysantosart

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tks Eirik. Insformation is de key, thanks for sharing.

  • @matthewandresen2225
    @matthewandresen22254 жыл бұрын

    hello I was hoping you could do a video on sculpting the head if you haven't already started or planed to. I would like to see your method. I use to sculpt years ago for about four and a half years I achieved the female face twice perfectly in many opinions. I took on the techniques of Stuart Williamson sculpting from the inside out. as things are, life happens and I was forced to stop my craft due to financial issues. I just recently picked it back up. I had a whole studio worth of supplies I had to abandon including Stuarts video witch I studied endlessly I still remember a great deal enough to get started again. not to beat around the bush do not want to fork over 120$ again after all I lost. so I was waiting for you to release something if not ok, but if so I can imagine many would be eternally grateful. thank you your skills are ancient in style and I am a huge fan. if you make any dvds they would definitely sell. once again thank you.

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hello and thank you for your comment! I am planning to make an extensive portrait sculpting video series in the future. It will probably be Patreon Exclusive, meaning you have to be a $5 or more Patreon in order to get access to the video. I will be making a video on sculpting very small heads soon as well using my latest maquette as an example.

  • @BoneBGone
    @BoneBGone3 жыл бұрын

    thanks for this tutorial! :) i have to ask. what music you listen to when you sculpt? ^^ ps helloo from Finland!

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are welcome! Mostly metal, Opeth, Devin Townsend, Tool and many other bands like this.

  • @BoneBGone

    @BoneBGone

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@EirikArnesenArt ah! Well i listen too that kind of music when i do jewerly ^^ im soon graduating to become jewerly and small objects artisan :)

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome! Congrats!

  • @woundedphoenix759
    @woundedphoenix7593 жыл бұрын

    Ty

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are welcome.

  • @k.g9863
    @k.g98633 жыл бұрын

    What clay do you use, and does it dry out to get hard or do you bake it somehow?

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's water based clay, so it does dry out. But I water it so it doesn't and then I make a mold of the sculpture and cast copies. No baking.

  • @christianthomas1474
    @christianthomas14742 жыл бұрын

    what clay do you usually use?

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'll refer you to my FAQ, it has all my materials and links to where to buy them: www.patreon.com/posts/frequently-asked-54343994

  • @melfiorentinoart333
    @melfiorentinoart3332 жыл бұрын

    What kind of clay do you use?

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Water-based clay. Very simple terracotta clay.

  • @YoungPutter
    @YoungPutter3 жыл бұрын

    Dude you sound like that super fast dude from the second avengers movie

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Flash! Thank you!

  • @aidand.7911
    @aidand.79113 жыл бұрын

    How do you sculpt hands for an 18 inch figure

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Use a small tool and work from large to small. Less details might work to your advantage. The impression is more important then how realistically the hand is sculpted.

  • @kennessig2747
    @kennessig27472 жыл бұрын

    hmmmmm....in one of your videos you mention a website for sculpture supplies.. (not patreon)...(not skillshare)

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Here is a link to my FAQ, it's free and has links to everything I use: www.patreon.com/posts/frequently-asked-54343994

  • @jackiemakusu9097
    @jackiemakusu90974 жыл бұрын

    Blender Guru sculpture version ^_^

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha not quite there yet. But thank you for believing!

  • @thomasszymczak4983
    @thomasszymczak49833 жыл бұрын

    I am really crushed in things what You do. Its wonderful. I want to be 20 years old again to have Your knowledge and to share. To make crazy things. Now i am 57 years old, workless, i forget my artist career, lockdown here in germany and i am stunned. In germany nobody cares in animation, its not an option, although not in sculpture. My dream always was to animate, to sculpture something. I do some shorts and figures, but nobody cares here in germany. I was the mailman, productutive on a industrial band, be a host on a red mile, selling dildos. And now, the pandemic stops me, what was my dream as i am 20? Here You find me. I have no money i try to figure out my dream as an artist. I have met a giant man, he change my life, and i want to sculpture him as a statue. No money for clay, water or oilbased. I use toiletpaper and wallpaper kleist. Now i see Your videos and other wonderfull videos for formeling good structures. Its so important to have the right material. If You make a sculpture with oilbased Clay You should have the oven in this size. Otherwise You dont do this sculpture. Ok, i have many questions. First to do a sculpture not to need a ofen. Second a clay to be really detailed and its forever. Looking good. And third, can i use childclay, cheaper than the giant clay performers to do a firstcliemer, a prototype?

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would use oil-based clay, no need for an oven, the clay doesn't dry out so it lasts forever.

  • @clark5507ify
    @clark5507ify3 жыл бұрын

    I found a bug on the nipple and ate

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Seems like the only sensible thing to...

  • @ivankominovski4100
    @ivankominovski41005 жыл бұрын

    Now do feet

  • @EirikArnesenArt

    @EirikArnesenArt

    5 жыл бұрын

    You prefer feet? I like sculpting feet! I’ll do a video on feet 😉

  • @ivankominovski4100

    @ivankominovski4100

    5 жыл бұрын

    Eirik Arnesen Art NYEEEEEEAAAAAAAASSSSSSS