Can we be Friends?

 If you don't like clowns, turn back now!

I had the opportunity to submit art for a Stephen King project in a local gallery.  I have loved Stephen King novels for years, much more than the movies.  I decided to use the image of one of his craziest characters and mix it with a one of his sweetest characters.  

If you are not a fan of clowns, especially Pennywise, click away and I'll be posting another cuter Halloween project soon.  

It all started with the idea of a sculpture, but I wanted it to hang on the gallery walls.  So I joined the sculpture with the canvas and I really enjoyed the process.  

1. cutting cardboard in the shape and size of the sculpture and making sure it fits within the size of the canvas

I layed tracing paper on the cardboard so I could draw out where the hands would be holding the paper boat.  

Originally I was going to have the boat covering some of the face.  That idea changed a lot.

building up the armatures for arms and face by using wire and masking tape.  

Putting on the first layers of Creative Paperclay

I downloaded some photos of gloves and started creating the hands.  

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Here I'm playing with the size of the boat and making a hood for the raincoat he'll be wearing.  

I lost so many of my face sculpting photos.  I have to say I was getting frustrated with him.  

This face went through so many changes.  I made the eyes by using molds and resin.  They turned out pretty creepy and seem to follow you around.

Silly clown shoes coming up

Added some waxed thread to create the shoe laces.  

creepy eyes

accessories 

The hardest part is waiting for the paint to dry so I could add the textiles and put him all together.

Wanna be friends?

Starting to add the lace of the clown suit and then creating the raincoat out of a plastic table cloth.  

 

This video is a quick slide show of the process.  Unfortunately I lost all my still photos.  

Materials that I used:

18" X 46" Canvas

Large piece of cardboard

masking tape

Heavy wire for armature

Creative Paperclay ( 2 large bricks)

acrylic paints

eyes / or create your own resin eyes or paint your eyes in.

glue

card stock for the boat

Lace for collar, pant and wrist ruffles

yellow plastic party table cloth

red balloon

red ribbon

red hair or yarn

waxed thread for shoe laces

How to Make a Steampunk Character

Hello everyone! My name is Cinnamon Willis and I am going to show you how I created this cute steampunk sculpture!

Supplies:

Gloves
Mask
Drill with small bits
Copper acrylic paint
Drop cloth or someplace to work on that can support a mess
Small wood circle
Bronze gears and key
Creative Paperclay®
Water
Sanding paper

First start off with getting your materials in order. Cover your work area with a drop cloth (I have a board that I work on instead), gloves,

Get a small drill bit and drill two holes into your wood disk for the feet of your sculpture. Make sure the bit is the same size as the wire so that it fits in snugly.

Begin to make your armature out of the wire. Check to make sure the wire sits snug in the holes that you drilled.

Continue making the armature to how you would like your figure to look. When you are done with the shape, use masking tape to cover the parts that you want to cover with clay. Begin putting the clay on top of the masking tape. Continue building up the sculpture and set it aside to dry before beginning another layer. 

Here I made little nubby hands and a square head.

Sand down the pieces that you would like to get nice and smooth.

Paint the piece black so that you can cover it with the bronze or gold if you like. The coat of black paint makes the metal paint look more like a piece of metal.

Here is a coating of bronze paint that was put on top of the black. Streak the metallic on top of the black sporadically so that it isn't so uniform.

Start getting your gears and key ready to be placed on the piece. Use e6000 glue to put the pieces on the figure and use a small string of wire to hook the key on with to hang from the figure's hand.

Use a protective coating to seal your figure. This is how he turned out.

Thank you all once again for stopping by, and I hope that you enjoyed today's tutorial! You can find Creative Paperclay® at the following retailers Creative Paperclay® Online Store, Michael's, Amazon, Joann's.

See more of my work at Melandolly.com, catch updates on 

my Instagram page and here is a link to my shop!

Create a Faux Begonia Maculata plant

Hello everyone and happy Friday, Cinnamon here and I am going to show you how I created this Faux Begonia Maculata. I have been obsessing over this plant after seeing it online and I finally ended up settling with a cutting that I found on Etsy. I managed to order a planted one a few days ago but I decided to create a faux one to look at in the meantime. this is perfect for those of us that don't have a green thumb!

Supplies:

• Creative Paperclay
• Small plant pot
• Steel Galvanized wire (22 gauge) 
• Pliers
• Masking Tape
• Pebbles
• Acrylic Paint
• Sand paper
• Moss (optional)
• Sealer, varnish

I started out by taking my pliers and shaping a base to attach my petals to. I made a knot to sit at the bottom of the pot and bent the wire upwards to stick outside of it.

I took pebbles and put them on top of the wire base that I shaped with the pliers. These were added to give some weight to the piece so that it doesn't tip over easily.

Continue on by adding Creative Paperclay on top of the pebbles. The clay layer needs to be about a quarter of an inch thick.

Start taking your wire and bending it into the shape of the leaves with the pliers.

Cover the leaves with masking tape so that you could prepare them for adding clay to them.

Start adding the clay to the leaves. Make sure that you add thin layers so that they mimic that of the real plant.

After allowing the leaves to dry, begin painting them with acrylic paint. The underside of these plants are bright red while the top is a deep green with silvery spots.

I painted the top layer of clay green in the pot as well as the metal stems of the plant. Take your leaves that you painted and stick them into the clay layer that was created in the beginning of this exercise, push them as far down as you can so that they don't fall out of the pot. 

Paint the silver/white dots on top of the leaves. Add a sealer to protect the paint from chipping when you are done adding the color.

I had some moss left over from one of my projects. You can top your piece off with cotton or whatever you would like to cover up the area where the leaves meet the pot.

Here is the piece next to my cutting. I am anxiously awaiting the real plant that is traveling through the mail but this one makes a good stand in for the meantime! 

Thank you all once again for stopping by, and I hope that you enjoyed today's tutorial! You can find Creative Paperclay® at the following retailers Creative Paperclay® Online Store, Michael's, Amazon, Joann's.

See more of my work at Melandolly.com, catch updates on 

my Instagram page and here is a link to my shop!