R. Ruggles

alien

  • What Big Eyes You Have

    The giant alien, with whom I used an exercise ball for the armature, is looking ready for the next step – troweling clay over his…

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  • Painting the Green Alien

    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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  • 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…

  • Second Layer

    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…

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  • X-Files

    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…

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  • Third Alien

    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…

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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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