Class 01:
- Who is Brenda?
- What will we be doing?
- Tools and materials we’ll use
- Making the eyes using polymer clay
- Painting the eyes
- Mixing and pouring resin (magic trick to remove air bubbles)
- Choosing a suitable wine bottle for the giraffe
- Forming the quirky neck
- Sculpting the body with tinfoil
- Tricks with foil to build up the body
- When to use a spoon for smoothing as opposed to a hammer
Class 02:
- Sculpting with foil balls
- Forming the basis for the head
- Creating the front legs
- Explanation of the back leg shape and how I bend the wire
- Sculpting and bulking the hind legs
- Preparing and using Paver Wrappers
- Applying the first coat of Paverpol
Class 03:
- Finish wrapping the legs
- Applying the rest of the first coat of Paverpol
- Mixing 5:1 Paverpol : Paverplast
- Explanation about when I will use “Rose Clay”
- How to determine where the front legs should be attached
- Attaching the front legs
- Determining where to place the rear legs and adjusting their shape to fit
- Tweaking the positioning of the rear legs and attaching them
- Thickening the Paverpo/Paverplast mix to fill in gaps
- Making Rose Clay
Class 04:
- Applying Rose Clay
- Tips and tricks with smoothing Rose Clay applications
- Refining the rear leg attachments
- Shaping the hooves with Rose Clay
- Beefing up the legs
- Refining the design of the attachment of the legs
- Sculpting the head using Rose clay including inserting the eyes
- Forming the ears with wire and masking tape
- Adding the ears to the sculpture
- Strengthening the ears with wrappers and foil
Class 05:
- Fixing a boo boo – smoothing the ears with Rose Clay
- Thickening the Paverpol/Paverplast mix
- Applying a thick coat in preparation for texture
- Creating a skin on the surface
- Giving the sculpture a furry texture
- Adding the tail and ossicones (giraffe horns)
- Making the mane
- Using an alternative method to create the mane
Class 06:
- Finishing the mane
- Mixing PaverSand into the product for more texture
- Adding physical spots
- Mixing paint colours
- Dry brushing light paint for “stone” look
- Mixing paint for the mane, ossicones and tail and painting them
- Adding a little shadowing
- Mixing paint for the spots
- Dry bushing the spots
- Painting the hooves
- Finishing the tail brush and ossicones
- Adding eye liner
- Applying eyelashes
- Sealing the giraffe with varnish
Class 07:
- Making the cat
- Start sculpting the head with foil
- Inserting the eyes
- Sculpting the front legs with foil
- Giving the face a profile
- Plumping the cheeks
- Making and attaching the ears (different to the giraffe)
- Improving the cat’s mood by repositioning the ears
- Start sculpting the hind legs with foil
Class 08:
- Continue sculpting the hind legs
- Adding a nose
- Making and placing the tail
- Attaching all the limbs
- Plumping the cheeks even more
- Adding a lower jaw and chin
- Covering everything with masking tape
- Smoothing the front leg attachments with tape
- Adding actual cheeks
- Improving the profile
Class 09:
- Coat everything with Paverpol Paverplast
- Thicken the mixture and paint a coat
- Create a skin and add texture
- (How to tell when the skin is ready for texturing)
- Adding the nose by sculpting with a brush
- Dry brushing and painting his nose and mouth
- Wrap-up
BONUS – OWL SECRET CONTAINER
- Tools and materials
- Preparing the bottle with Paverpol
- Sculpting the head with tinfoil
- Making a “feather frill” for the head
- Bulking out the head
- Discussing my thought process for the basic design
- Sculpting the body shapes including the belly and tail
- Covering with masking tape and then Paverpol/Paverplast
- Creating textures (both rough and smooth)
- Adding more Paverpol/Paverplast
- Taping the whole head
- Preparing the eye lace and beak
- Covering the head with Paverpol and explaining the eye position
- Adding eye patterns, beak and eyes
Adding texture to the chin - Using a doily to make wings
- Adding lace to the wings and a doily tail
- Making the body “feather frill”
- Adding the feathers to the body and making ear tufts
- Smoothing the ear tuft joints
- Painting the owl
- Wrap up
Open Facebook Group to students of this course:
Curious Mondo: Upcycled Empty Bottles
Time table:
9 hours
Level:
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced
Target market:
Home decorators, crafters, eco conscious artists, upcyclers
Main objective:
Learn How to Upcycle Empty Bottles into Faux Stone Creatures!
Prerequisite:
None
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