alien
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The giant alien, with whom I used an exercise ball for the armature, is looking ready for the next step – troweling clay over his new foam eyes. I…
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Painting the alien green with purple eyes. These bright colors took about 7 coats to fully cover. Gluing in the pupils (painted separately) with epoxy.
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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 it’s still fresh and…
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Applying a second coat of concrete paper clay to the exercise-ball form. This layer needed to be done in one setting, so I would not have seams. I planned…
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Working on my second and third alien. One with wet clay and the other dry enough to sand. I like to use a coarse sanding paper to remove trowel…
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Adding clay to the third alien head sculpture. I hate calling it that, but I don’t name my creatures till they start showing personality. Each alien has a little…
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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…
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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…
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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…