I had a bit of time last week to paint the sculpture. It was fun to play with the different textures in the clothing. I spent around 8 hours in total for the painting. I have enough of this one and can’t wait to start a new sculpture.
It’s been more than a year since the last sculpture…
Inspiration seems to be back so I got my clay out of the box and started making what will be a beautiful elf, at least I hope so.
The armature is in alluminium wire and she’s about 35cm tall, the maximum size I can fit in the oven. She had some flowers in her hair but they were burnt in the oven, it was 0.5cm too close to the top of my oven roof. I’m still struggling to make some nice wrinkles and folds in clothing so I decided to play it safe and give her some leather and strong fabric.
I bought some ’super sculpey firm’ (the gray bits) to experience the feel and I find it easier to work with for detail and texture. It was fun to make her look a bit precious and I can’t wait to paint her now she’s been baked. She will be holding a lantern in her right hand and I have to find her something to look at on the top of her left hand. Maybe an elephant…or not.
