How to Make a Bobble Head Dog

MATERIALS
1. Paper and charcoal pencils: https://amzn.to/33lnwCj
2. Aluminum armature wire: https://amzn.to/3fs9PE0
3. Lead wheel weights: https://amzn.to/3GwlPQS
4. Two-part epoxy sculpting compound: https://amzn.to/3nnsmWz
5. Liquid acrylic paint: https://amzn.to/3I88HBK
6. Paint brush set: https://amzn.to/2YeNO0P
7. Googly eyes: https://amzn.to/3fsbE3O
8. EVA craft foam: https://amzn.to/3Fsxi2v
9 Hot glue gun: https://amzn.to/3nptitq

James Gurney shows how he sculpted a bobble head dog. There are basically two types of bobble head designs:
1) Head on a loose, bouncy spring, which works for upright human characters.
2) Head on a counterweight, which works best for animals.
With type 2, the trick is to make the head light enough to balance against the lead weight, so I used craft foam for the head. You also have to sculpt the hollow body with enough space for the counterweight to swing freely up and down and side to side.

CAMERAS and AUDIO
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VIDEO TUTORIALS:
“How to Make a Sketch Easel” (DVD and download options): https://jamesgurney.com/products/how-to-make-a-sketch-easel
“Gouache in the Wild” : https://jamesgurney.com/products/gouache-in-the-wild
“GRADIENTS: Color, Form, Illusion.” https://jamesgurney.com/products/gradients-color-form-illusion

BOOKS BY JAMES GURNEY:
Color and Light: A Guide for Realist Painters: https://jamesgurney.com/products/color-and-light-a-guide-for-the-realist-painter-signed-by-james-gurney
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist: https://jamesgurney.com/products/imaginative-realism-how-to-paint-what-doesnt-exist
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time: https://jamesgurney.com/products/dinotopia-a-land-apart-from-time-signed

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Facebook group “Color in Practice”: https://www.facebook.com/groups/160510955315435/

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