Sculpting & painting an OKAPI in MILLIPUT (& finding fun in wildlife art again)

Recconnecting with my childhood pastime of sculpting animals, & this time I'm sculpting an Okapi from Milliput epoxy putty and painting it in acrylics and oil paint. I really love how this Milliput sculpture turned out and I hope you enjoy watching the process and hearing the story of teaching myself to create an original Okapi model!

✨IN THIS VIDEO I SHARE:
○ Making a sculpture from scratch, starting with a wire armature
○ How I work with turqouise Milliput epoxy putty for miniature animals
○ My struggles with animal sculpture & the helpful tips I've learned
○ How I balance realism sculpture & perfectionism
○ Acrylic painting with only a brush & how I paint oils on a miniature model
○ And a little bit about my journey as a life-long artist!

I publish videos once a month sharing my adventures in creating horse and animal art in my free time for my own enjoyment, like sculpture, painting, printmaking and more. If you enjoy watching the adventures of an artist making things by hand, and sometimes learning something new, I’d love to show you what I make next!

🎨🛠️ TOOLS & SUPPLIES used in this video are listed below!!! These are items I have purchased for my own use (or are similar to what I use) & the links are purely for your own convenience.

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✨ SCULPTING TOOLS/SUPPLIES:
○ CA glue (Superglue, Gorilla Glue, Locktite, etc)
○ Baking soda/aka soda of bicarbonate

✨ PAINTING TOOLS & SUPPLIES:
○ Golden Fluid acrylic paints
○ Assorted oil paint brands (see below)

✨ BRANDS OF OIL PAINTS I USE:
○ Gamblin Artist
○ Sennelier
○ Daniel Smith
○ Williamsburg
○ Winsor & Newton Artist
○ Grumbacher Pre-Tested
○ M. Graham
○ Rembrandt

✨ VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 My return to wildlife sculpture
00:15 Starting the wire armature
02:15 Creating the general Okapi form
07:19 Sculpting surface muscles
12:04 Sculpting the head
15:14 Sculpting final details
17:25 Prepping & priming
18:48 Painting (acrylics & oils)
22:37 Results: Am I hooked on wildlife scupting?

MUSIC:
Music from YouTube Audio Library.

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Also known as the forest giraffe, Congolese giraffe, zebra giraffe and scientifically as Okapia johnstoni

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[MonkeyBunny]

This was awesome with the easy to understand steps. Even as a beginner I was able to follow along. Great video.

[benweinberg]

I usually sculpt in a much smaller scale for miniatures, but there are lots of great tips here that transfer to that medium! You captured one of my favorite animals so well but more importantly made the process look fun and approachable

[showmeyourkitties]

Absolutely loving the sculpting videos!

[christinas]

Oh I love okapi! ❤ I was once able to pet one and their fur is by far the softest thing I have ever touched! It's insane... And this sculpture is amazing! Thank you so much for taking us along the journey! 🙏

[emilytebow]

Okapi are my favorite animal, so glad to see it done so well !!🧡🧡🧡

[bryannamoseley]

Would love to do stuff like this eventually and resculpting Breyer horses! Just have to convince my parents to get me some of the materials lol, but this seems like so much fun!

[Keyweebeewee]

I just found your channel today and have been bingeing a few videos and wow, you should be very proud of your artistic abilities! Watching you sculpt and understand muscles groups is really awesome and fascinating to watch! You also have a very nice and easy to listen to voice, you deserve all the recognition and support, i hope your channel takes off even more :)

[mateuszjedut]

You're using white milliput i see. Have you ever used the standard one?

[amicableenmity]

Is the miliput super tacky like apoxie when wet?

[crazywizard-yxze]

1:13 how do you print diagrams to scale?