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What type of clay should I use?
If you are making a mold and need to use clay for an original model or creating mold walls, your best bet is to use non-sulfur based clay.
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Sculpex
Plastalina
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Til there's a name for the models I want to make.
Meltable would be nice but isn't strictly necessary.
Firm in hot weather but still workable with hands. 2nd biggest one. Sculpy is too hard for big models, cheapo kids modeling clay deforms too much.
Won't chip off armature when repositioned. Biggest one. This is why air dry clay doesn't work.
I think size matters. Bigger models can be softer to a point. Small models and heads probably need hard.
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I cannot claim to speak from my own experience, but from what I've read, Chavant Y2-Clay should work for you. Plastiline Sculpting Clay comes in regular and hard, and should also be good. These clays are all reasonably priced, so you could buy 500g of each to try.
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Plastiline vs Plastilina vs Plasteline vs Plastalina vs Prima Plastalina vs Plasticin - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
Hey all, Would like to know why there are so many names for the same type of product? As I understand it, all oil based clay are […]
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There's no way these are all just clay. I used to do shit like this as a kid, though obvs not nearly as refined. Must think back...
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What's considered a reasonable price for these? I could only find y2 klay for $18 per block on fibreglast. A bit steep for me, especially with shipping. Though it does look awful nice...
Do you have a different source?
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It pays to call around sometimes. I've seen prices that vary hugely between art supply shops and suppliers to the industry. There is a list of distributors at https://www.chavant.com/files/distributors.html.
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Osamu Obi's Rembrandt Medium - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
I mentioned his painting medium before in some post. He has a series of videos showing the progress on a large painting of a nude in front […]
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Question for chemists regarding solvents - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
Which solvents weaken the oil paint film? I haver read that clove oil does, if used too much. But that leads to the second question: what is […]
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Monet’s medium? - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
I’m trying to paint in the style of Monét for the first time. I’ve been doing poor Van Gogh copies and it was my understanding that he […]
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Painting photorealistic straight lines - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
I've struggled to paint perfect, uniform straight edges and lines in oils, but I know it can be done because I've seen examples in galleries and museums. […]
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Unwanted brush strokes - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
Friends, I recently (as in a month ago) started experimenting in oils. I have been painting both with Golden’s Open Acrylics and Watercolors for several years now […]
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Oil on hardboard, 5x7 inches. I've since blended the edges a bit. This was actually some 2 days ago and it's still wet. Considering how little time I've had to paint lately, I can't decide if that's good or not. Yeah I can mush it around some more, but I've already put one fingerprint in it lol.
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Try using tiny low resolution pics to simulate standing far away from the subject.
Still have to stand far-ish from the canvas too though. The walking is a big part of it. I've noticed, when I bother to do it, that "painting from across the room" does help with tunnel vision.
Still have to stand far-ish from the canvas too though. The walking is a big part of it. I've noticed, when I bother to do it, that "painting from across the room" does help with tunnel vision.
