Doing Foundry Runs for the next two days

Down The Ridge Line - Pre-pairing the clay for Bids on Casting it

"Wolf Robe"

Edition of 40

14 inches tall by 13 inches wide

Pre-Cast Price (Email the artist mtlemon@gmail.com)

This clay is of the famous Southern Cheyenne warrior, "Wolf Robe". He was a holder of the Benjamin Harrison Peace Medal. During the late 1870s he was forced to leave the open plains and relocate his tribe on the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation in Indian Territory. He was awarded the Benjamin Harrison Peace Medal in 1890 for his assistance in the Cherokee Commission.”
He was born in about 1838, and died in 1910.

New Armature System for Truform Armatures and Art Supplies from Sculpture Depot

Here is a list of items I use for you.

My armatures, if I buy them, come from http://www.truformarmatures.com

For horse anatomy figures and muscles of the face resin castings http://westernartrodeoassociation.com/shop/product-category/casts/

You can buy my kind of clay, J-Mac, from

Sculpture Depot

at http://www.sculpturedepot.net/

I use the medium grade clay

You can also buy tools and sculpting stands there.
(I put a list of great tools you should buy at the end of this description)

I get my anatomical figures from http://anatomicalfigures.com/

The Resin Horse by Jeff Wolf http://www.etsy.com/listing/108174672/horse-body-resin-study-cast-for

I get my armatures from http://www.truformarmatures.com

How to use your Horse armature from Truform.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-exRJ6kRuA

How to make a hot box for your clay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ggVQ6mxLI

Video on the clay I use http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1VPSs3osu8

Link to the video where I talk about Jeff Wolf's Horse Anatomy Resin that you can purchase http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57xE2BOjHwo

This video I talk about my tools. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZHRvSwrXk

Tools I would suggest from Sculpture Depot are:

I would suggest you pick from these tools.. You don't have to pick them all, Just those that you think will help you
This modeling set looks interesting.. made of Water Buffalo Horn  http://www.sculpturedepot.net/clay-wax-tools/special-tools.asp

Steel Tools I'd suggest are http://www.sculpturedepot.net/clay-wax-tools/steel-tools.htm
PCT-5
303, and 22x
53x, and 55x
74, 70, 163, 161, and 75
23x and 407

For wire ended tools
http://www.sculpturedepot.net/clay-wax-tools/loop-end-hm.htm my pick would be 221, 401A, 402A, 403A, 404A, and 405A


For those who make masks, here's a great set up.. http://www.sculpturedepot.net/clay-wax-tools/mask.asp

You can find sculpting stand, books, armatures, and all kinds of wonderfully helpful stuff for the sculptor here at reasonable prices.. They ship internationally as well.

If I use music in this video, it's Composer and musician is Kevin MacLeod - CC-license
The music is free.. You can donate.. which I'd say would be fair, but it's royalty free.
Linked here http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/

My Gallery Online http://bronzesbydavidlemon.blogspot.com/
My Daily Video Diary on Sculpting - http://adayinthelifeofalemon.blogspot.com

Wolf Robe - Coloring the First Bronze

 

 

 

Down The Ridge Line - Minor Detailing Today

Down The Ridge Line - Creating and Attaching Feathers

Down The Ridge Line - Scaling Feathers

Down The Ridge Line - The Design Begins to Come Together

How I Make My Tutorial Videos

Down The Ridge Line - Six Pack, Legs, and Belt

Down The Ridge Line - Wolf Appears - Kinda

"Mara3D" Anatomy App For Apple Platforms

Down The Ridge Line - Opening the Mouth

Down The Ridge Line - Still working on the Head

Down The Ridge Line - Re-Doing Position and Head

Down The Ridge Line - Re-Positioning the Rider

Down The Ridge Line - Idea Pops Into My Head

Down The Ridge Line - Complete Change

Having lived with the clay over the weekend, this morning I decided that it would be best to completely change direction on this clay. The wolf skin, no matter how I presented it, just dominated. So I'll come up with a new story tomorrow.

Down The Ridge Line - Adding Fur Texture

Down The Ridge Line - Redoing the Wolf Skin

Cleaning Tools Today

 

My 1991 One Man Show in Jakarta, and a Weekend on a Private Island in the Java Sea