From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 21:28:10 -0500
Subject: [Puptcrit] Sculpture DVD Review: Philippe Faraut


Howdy all.

Today I received a DVD I ordered from the only canadian supplier which 
carries it.
The DVD is volume one of a series of sculpture DVD from Philippe Faraut.
He is a sculptor I admire for his sharply defined forms which also magically 
contain so much grace and life.
http://philippefaraut.com/

The DVD I got is volume one: Sculpting Children.
I'll cut to the chase for all the busy people: It's a great ressource, and I 
intend to get the other volumes as well. This DVD is a TREASURE for total 
beginners, yet will appeal to the intermediate and 
newly-considered-professionnal sculptors as well.


DETAILED:
For a home-made DVD, it is of high quality, and it's edited in a way to make 
it very fluid and easy to follow. In fact, time flies when watching it. I 
saw it twice already.

Mr. Faraut makes it look easy, and better yet, he actually makes it easy, by 
his very straightforward explanations, demonstrations and visual aids, such 
as a giant child nose, and a few of his finished clay creations.

His steps are so simple they seem impossible to miss. He manages to do it 
without talking down to absolute beginners. It is all very minimalistic, 
which is perfect, because it is all about showing you the very foundations, 
to achieve the real results with no distractions.

No voiceover at all, this is all him narrating as he does it, and he is very 
good at it.
His voice is soothing, and the video makes the viewer feel like he is 
standing right next to the artist, being shown the steps.

I was almost giggling with glee as I saw some very simple, yet very powerful 
solutions
to problems I had been struggling with for years. None of the other videos 
I've seen, although very detailed and very useful in helping me progress, 
brought these specific tips, and none of them seemed as easy to follow.

I don't care how many sculpting videos you've seen, Faraut certainly has 
something useful.

He works with waterbased clay on his videos, but the sculpting & shaping 
methods are the same with oil-based clay and polymer clay. Just change to a 
solvent when smoothing, instead of water.

You can see him at work on his website, on his Video page.
http://philippefaraut.com/video.html

For Canadian citizens, the only supplier I could find for these videos is 
Sculpture Supply Canada. They do not use regular mail, they only ship 
through UPS. Pricey, but you get your stuff, and you get it fast. 
Considering how much it would cost to take a sculpting workshop with a 
master such as Faraut, the extra money for shipping a DVD you can watch 
indefinitely is nothing!
Besides, I made the calculations, and ordering straight from the source 
would cost about the same, and there is a danger of delays at customs.
http://www.sculpturesupply.com/


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