Effortless
Paper Mache/Clay Cartoon Dog
Join the studio to form
recycled newspaper into a Cartoon Dog shape, cover with paper mache, paper
clay, paint, and protect with shine.
This armature is not
for the faint of heart but with practice your cartoon dogs will get better and
better and better. So join us as you discover the whimsy world of paper mache.
We hope to be a spring board to get you started, we encourage
you to tweak, change the Cartoon Dog up all you want and always keep a "I
think I can attitude" for an exciting discovery.
Stuff List
Recycled
Newspaper
Plastic
bag
Masking
Tape
Paper
Mache Paste
Paints
and Paint Brushes
Paper
Clay (Optional)
Minwax
Varnish
H20
and Rags
Steps to Make Your Cartoon
Dog Sculpture
1
Build Your Cartoon Dog Armature
Begin by wading up newspaper into a round ball using
masking tape to hold into place. This is the base of your dog head; you will
build your snout from this round ball.
Once you have the newspaper ball the size that you need
take and slide the ball into a plastic bag, tie the bag off and tape to the
ball head. Now you can add any shape snout to this round head that you have
created.
Dog Snout
To shape your snout begin stuffing a plastic bag
with crumpled up newspaper and shape your desired snout. Take a look at cartoon
drawing of dogs and this will give you ideals to work from.
Tape your
snout to the round head.
Dog Body
Begin
by wading up newspaper into a tear drop shape using masking tape to hold the
newspaper into place. The longer smaller end of the teardrop we will use as our
neck and the rounder end will be the butt. Slide your body into a plastic bag
and tape to the dog head.
Dog Legs
Roll
up card board into tubes and tape to the body in the leg position. Roll up newspaper
into balls for the dog paws and glue onto the bottom of the legs.
Dog Tail
Twist
up newspaper into a tail shape and length that you want and tape into position.
This is your basic Cartoon Dog armature; change it up
to be uniquely yours.
Dog Ears
Cut
your dog ears from cardboard and attach to the head.
2
Paper Mache and Paper Clay
1st Session
Cover the Cartoon Dog
armature with 3 layers of newspaper using your hands soaked in paper mache
paste. The recipe is simple flour, water, and a dash of salt. Here is a quick
link to the recipe: http://goo.gl/BH5lgM
Ready your recycled newspaper
by ripping the paper into strips of about 3 to 4 inches. Lay the newspaper flat
onto your Dog armature and work out all air bubbles with your hands. As you
continue to apply layers of paper onto your armature your Cartoon Dog will
begin to take shape. Never give up you can do this, keep that YES I CAN
THINKING.
Once you have covered
your Cartoon Dog with paper mache they must completely
dry. Lay them out in the sun if you can for faster drying, they will
take at least 24 hours to dry depending on the size of your Cartoon Dog.
Paper
Clay or Paper Mache
You
Choose
2nd
Session
For this session you
have two choices; paper clay or paper mache. Both mediums are wonderful and
will render a perfect Cartoon Dog sculpture. The 2 best benefits to using the
paper clay vs. paper mache are time and toughness. Both recipes are on the
channel; please do check them out.
We will walk through
both paper mache and paper clay finishing process.
Paper
Mache: Cover
with 4 to 5 more layers of paper mache all at one time. Let it completely dry
before moving on. If you're Cartoon Dog does not seem tough enough add more
paper mache (see step 1). After each session of paper mache your sculpture must
completely dry before moving to your next step. Awesome,
guys get excited to see your Cartoon Dog take shape.
Quick Link to Paper
Mache Paste Recipe: http://goo.gl/BH5lgM
Paper Clay:
Cover
the entire paper mache Dog armature with about 1/4 to 1/2 inch layer of paper
clay, doing one side at a time and letting that completely dry. Apply the
homemade paper clay with your hands and smooth with paper mache paste, butter knife,
etc. You can let your paper clay dry for about 6 or more hours and then smooth
more with paste.
The
size of your Cartoon Dog will determine how long it will take to dry. A large Cartoon
Dog will take approximately 3 to 4 days to dry, the paper clay takes longer to
dry than you think so don't rush it, wait an extra day before painting for
caution.
You
can use a fan, the sun, and the oven on the lowest temperature it will allow. Our
oven can go as low as 145 degrees Fahrenheit, which is a perfect temperature
for slowly drying your paper clay, we will place it in the oven over night and
pull out doesn't do well in the closed oven when off.
Also,
if you heat your clay to fast it can turn dark brown in the oven which is okay because
you will cover with primer paint.
Paper
Clay Recipe: http://goo.gl/xoTFbJ
Question: Can I skip the paper mache and put paper clay
directly onto my armature?
Answer: Yes, yes you can if your armature can support
the weight of the paper clay without the support of the paper mache strips and
paste.
If you need once the Cartoon Dog has dried you can
lightly sand with sandpaper and wipe off before painting.
3. Paint Your Cartoon
Dog Sculpture
Paint a white coat of primer paint on your Cartoon
Dog this will give you a white canvas for painting. We use white flat interior
house paint to prime the surface some of our sculptures.
Once the primer coat as dried paint with acrylics
anyway you like. I begin with the darkest color and work my way to the lightest
color shade. Color is fun and you can't mess up, anything goes.
Let all you paint completely dry before sealing with
varnish.
Varnishing (Protecting)
You
must seal your paper mache pieces with varnish for protection against moisture.
Brush on 3 to 4 coats of varnish and let it completely dry. We brush on
Polycrylic Minwax at the studio to varnish all our art. The gloss enhances our
paint job. Follow the instructions on your varnish to apply.
Cartoon Dog Wrap Up
This is just one way to make a whimsy Cartoon Dog
sculpture, hope you will use it to create your own Cartoon Dog sculpture and of
course share with the studio.
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