How to Make Simple Character Clay Sculpture

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Place the clay in a wooden pot or other container, add water and make a slurry, use a wire mesh to remove the gravel and debris in the clay, and then place the slurry under the sun to evaporate the excess water, so that the clay is moderately soft and hard. The second step is to cut the clay into cubes and wrap them in plastic.

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Take a number of bamboo skewers of different lengths and widths, sharpen one end of the skewer and polish it smooth, and use this method to make a number of large, medium, and small plastic knives. According to the shape of the clay sculpture, the production of wooden or iron skeleton, skeleton can increase the degree of solidity of the clay sculpture and the complexity of the shape.

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Mud and skeleton ready, you can get your hands on the mud, first in the skeleton on a spray of water, so that the mud and the skeleton can be firmly combined, not easy to fall, on the mud, the mud piece by piece on a pile of sticking to the skeleton, with the hands of the press tightly, patted solid, and then layer by layer to add the mud, with a wooden mallet or patting the mud board will be the mud smashed solid posting solid, on the mud, to the big place to look at the whole from the whole to begin with, do not! Shrinking, into the local details of the shape. Sculpture is a three-dimensional entity, each add a piece of clay to take care of the relationship between the various perspectives, we must often turn the sculpture table, constant observation and comparison. Do not pile up enough clay at once, as long as the pile out of the big shape can be.