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.
+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.
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
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
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
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?
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
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 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 .
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.
You made it so much easier for me to make my armature for my son's cake. Thank you for the excellent tutorial!!!!
Wish I could post my armature!!!
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.
+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.
+David Lemon
Thanks for the tip.
Awesome!
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
Thank you very much ,Sir. for very beautiful video. and very practical technic of armature.
Your armature a work of art in itself! Next up my Jack Russel. Thanks David.
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
Just starting out David. Much inspired by your videos!
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
sound like fun
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
I'm afraid you will just have to follow the videos... I did this 3 years ago... Thank you for your comment
Thank you for the video! Very useful for me
Thank you for the great information
Liked and Subscribed, love your work David, excellent
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?
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.
@@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, 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
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...
@@clayguy1 you are a verry nice person. Thank's a lot , I wish you the best. And now I'll follow you😉😄
@@clayguy1 oh, I've another question.....do you have a Homepage for your sculptures?
@@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 .
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?
Yes ... you start adding clay
@@clayguy1 thank you 😊
Where you find dog references?
+David Gironella typed "dog anatomy" in a google search, and went to images... Tons of stuff there
David Lemon
Thanks! Great video. Oh Can i ask st? The used wire armature is 1/8 or 1/4 ?
Can't remember... Probably 1/8th inch wire
thank you very much. I'm just a beginner and your video helped me out alot. Keep doing great work!
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What kind of tape are you using?
Electrician's Tape...
great video David
David = Nick Valentine
also, thank you very much for the video!
Remind me?
haha you and that character have very similar voices. that's all.
Thanks!! Great video!
Thank you Diane
At first it look like greyhound.
Yeah.. I had the same thought.. haha
Now sculpt it with clay make it a doberman or Greyhound
Love the idea.. I'm locked in for a while with the projects I'm doing now and in the next few....
Cool
nice.
Nice