Rebecca Ruggles Artist Signature

Rebecca Ruggles

  • Flashy Feathers

    Painted the first layers of acrylic base on my bird head today. I plan on dry brushing and paint pens on top.

  • Resin Alien

    This was my first time applying Art Resin to a sculpture. It look two coats sanding between each to get it to look right. I learned some techniques for…

  • Painted Alien

    Final painted alien with pupils attached. It’s really come to life.

  • Blue Alien

    Painting the alien shades of blue with acrylic paint.

  • Gesso Alien

    Three layers of gesso on the alien, sanding between each coat, to prep it for acrylic paint.

  • Antennas Make the Alien

    This project started with no clear direction other than testing the concrete paper clay over various forms. Now I’m looking back at a creature that is telling me he…

  • Smooth & Fill

    I waited two days for the clay to dry on the beak and eyelids, then I took a coarse grit 80 sandpaper to smooth off any sloppy trowel ridges…

  • Alien Mouth

    Continuing with my EVA foam exploration, I added a strip with hot glue to my alien head to form a “dam wall” to make a simple overbite mouth. Then…

  • EVA Foam Beak

    I cut a beak out of eva foam and used masking tape to form a beak. I coated the inside of the beak first since this would be hard…

  • EVA Foam & Styrofoam

    I took an 8″ and 2″ styrofoam ball from the floral section of my craft store and used it as an armature for a bird sculpture. I cut the…

  • Resin Coat Test

    Loving how this resin layer transforms the concrete paper clay into a glazed surface.

  • Fill and Smooth

    Added a thin coat of joint compound and gesso sanding between layers for a smoother surface on the concrete paper clay.

  • Face From Three Bowls

    Using the three bowls, made by troweling concrete paper clay over half-sphere forms, I made a cute alien face. I started by tracing the smaller bowls onto the large…

  • Concrete Paper Clay with Forms

    I mixed up another batch of the Concrete Paper Clay recipe I learned about on Ultimate Paper Mache to experiment with using it over a form to make a…

  • Concrete Paper Clay

    Testing out another of Jonni’s recipes, which uses Portland cement. The result was even better than the Silky SMooth Paper Clay, and the finish was rock hard. I could…

  • DIY Silky Smooth Paper Clay

    After applying Magic Sculpt and Apoxie Sculpt clays to my large, I realized this medium would not work for large areas. I need the clay to form a rock-hard…