• Stanley and His Doughnut

    Stanley and His Doughnut by Rebecca Ruggles Sculpted in concrete paper clay and epoxy clay over gourd, foam, and metal armature. Painted with acrylic paint…

  • Sprinkles at Art Group

    Painting sprinkles on Stanley’s doughnut at art group. Stanley enjoyed lunch and chatting with the girls at the art group.

  • Paint Cups

    I love using the Solo 2oz plastic cups to mix and store my paint. I mixed this green and bagie almost four weeks ago, and…

  • Painting Small

    Using a magnification light is a humbling experience. You have to look closely to see all the flaws you created. Once I have it looking…

  • Tripple Thick Glossy

    Sculpture of Stanley, the little blue bird, with his first coat of glossy varnish. This is my first time using DecoArt’s Tripple Thick Glaze varnish,…

  • Pink Frosted with Sprinkles

    Stanley told me he wanted to hold his favorite doughnut, pink frosted with rainbow sprinkles. It is coming right up, Sir! The first coat of…

  • Signature Plaque

    I wanted a unique way to sign the Stanley bird sculpture and decided to try a name plaque on the back of the chair. I…

  • Sponge Doughnut

    Sculpting Stanley’s doughnut using a round potter sponge as my armature. I cut a hole in the sponge and coated it with gesso, which did…

  • Painting Lil Bird

    I started painting the first layers of color at the art group today. I was unsure how to paint him, so I used a watercolor…

  • What is Lil Bird holding?

    Adding the layers of plaster to the Lil Bird, I used a Potter sponge to smooth the plaster. While waiting for the plaster to dry,…

  • Coming to Life

    Covering the giraffe head with paper strips took about five hours, but now I have a firm, hollow shape to begin my sculpture. It’s strong…

  • Paper Mache on Giant Giraffe Head

    I’m using torn strips of a paper bag with Tightbond lll wood glue for the paper mache on this giant giraffe head. I started with…

  • Back to the Giraffe

    I have found the courage to return to the giant giraffe head I started months ago. I enlarged this pattern by Joni Good at Ultimate…

  • Baby Bird Details

    It was difficult to sculpt smaller details with the concrete paper clay on the baby bird, so I tried adding epoxy clay to see if…

  • Sanding & Filling Second Alien

    Sanding and filling the surface of the second alien in preparation for paint. My first two coats are using a drywall joint compound with a…

  • Off the Ball

    With the second coat dry, it was time to deflate the exercise ball and see if the sculpture would hold shape. This was a very…