Hi Charmaye, yep you’re right, with oil based (non drying) clays you can re-use the clay. -Just pick the clay off the armature and start again or continue working on the piece and transform it into something different :) (May need to warm the clay with something like a hairdryer if it’s particularly thick and hard to remove) With a clay like Chavant nsp/Monster clay…you can in theory have a piece on the shelf and come back to it a year later and keep working on it….(cover from dust though). Polymer clays like Sculpey/Fimo are workable till they are oven baked to ‘set’, so are reusable, but unbaked they will dry out over long periods and start to crack ( like months not weeks). Dry and crumbly clay can be nursed back to health with some conditioning. Sculpey has a product for this ‘clay softener’, in a pinch I’ve had success with baby oil and lots of kneading. Air dry ‘pottery style’ clays (water based) can be reworkable if kept moist, wrapped in plastic between work sessions, however I reckon feels best fresh out the packet. Hope that helps, have fun sculpting!

Thank you Proko.com and all involved in running this competition!! I’m flabbergasted and super happy, I really did enter to try and win a course and I’m super excited to continue learning and improving. This project ‘fought me’ every step of the way, and now I’m glad I didn’t quit. Congratulations to all who took part, let’s do it again sometime! Ps. I finished the sculpture up and made a quick vid too…(3mins ish) https://youtu.be/txltJhII_Us

Hi everyone, here's hoping I squeak in on time. There's loads left to do/change but for last minute rush, I'll call it done. Almost chickened out of posting but where's the fun in that. Here to learn after all. Thanks to all at Proko for running these comps. Demon Prince- 'Silver Tongue' -Super sculpey 9.5 inches tall

My first try was the same George Bridgman. I think the hips are too wide and he's a bit on the short side. I like this exercise.

I chose a drawing from George Bridgemans Complete Guide To Drawing From Life, and made the sculpture in one sitting. It took me 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Hey all this is one of the hand/arm studies I’ve been working on over the last few days, let me know what everyone thinks! I still need practice with the details in the hands but practice does make perfect!

Adding hands to an existing armature and some separate hands. The first one (red wire) was eyeballed (holding out over my hand) then the next I tried hard to follow along, last one the fingers came out short, I must have over twisted them. I must admit I found the measurements confusing so I drew myself a diagram to try and get it right.

TOOL TIME! I wanted to mention some of the tools and tips I use and have made over the years, maybe it's helpful....?.... Make light work of cutting that new block of Chavant clay, with a wire cutter, I was surprised how easy this was over trying blades.

Torso study... Not sure if this was set as an assignment but it's definitely worth a go and boy do I need the practice! So again I seem to be going in circles, I think it must be my knowledge of anatomy lacking. I restarted as I kept hitting the foil as I made it too big, then was running out of clay. This one is still in progress and I paused after a day at it to go hit the books and watch some of Stan's video to help.

More Gesture Studies... These assignment were to capture the gesture of a pose working from a single drawing, approx 1 hour task although I went over for sure.... This was actually the first one I did. I followed along with the tutorial, later realised we're to pick our own reference. I like this pose though. Based on a George Bridgman p29 'Bridgman's complete guide to drawing from life' (isbn 978-1-4549-2653-5) -I just got this book I love his style. From the front I think it's a bit wide at the hips, and overall maybe a bit short and stocky, also I didn't get it to balance well.