Monday, December 6, 2010

Horse

Horse Instructions

Basic shapes and layout for the horse

Attach head to neck

Attach neck to body

Attach legs to body

Attach hooves to legs

Put lines on tail to make it look more hair-like

Attach tail

Attach mane and hooves

Add white patch to nose

Add eyes

Add nostrils

Bake according to the instructions on your package of clay

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Duck

Duck Instructions


Basic Shapes for the duck

Attach head to body

Attach legs to body

Attach feet to legs

Attach  nose to head

Add eyes

Then bake your finished duck according to the directions on your package of clay

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Bear

Bear Instructions

Basic shapes for the bear

Attach head to body
Add tail

Add legs

Add ears

Add tan muzzle, black nose and eyes

Add any additional details you want to your bear and bake according the directions on your sculpey or other oven bake clay package




Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Dragon

Dragon Instructions
For the dragon you will need these basic shapes and pins

Body

Attach head to neck


 Attach neck to body
 

Attach tail to body



Attach legs to body

Wings

Wings are tricky to make for your dragon if you would like the to stay up like pictured below.  
To make the wings stay up you will need:
Pins and wings that are close enough to the body of the dragon to cover the pins

Wings that can support their own weight



Roll out clay on waxpaper


Sketch outline
 Check how the wings fit on the dragon.  If you like them keep them otherwise roll the clay out again an try a new shape/size

Set of wings that you like on your dragon


Put on black outlines of the bones in your dragon's wings


Flip your dragon over

Place pins so they are attached to the wings and partially inserted into the body

Add more pins as needed to make the wings stable

Use extra clay from the wings to cover the pins

Add spikes to the dragon's neck and tail

Make nostrils for the dragons nose

Add eyes

Add claws

Bake your dragon according to the instructions on your package of clay