Paper Mache Animals — Easy Armature Patterns Extended Tutorial

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Start sculpting your paper mache animals the easy way by using a custom-made armature pattern. Get life-like results for any animal, bird, lizard or fish you sculpt.

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You don’t even have to use paper mache, like I usually do. When I make an animal sculpture with clay, I start with a pattern and build the clay sculpture around it. In fact, that’s how I made the original models for the animal masks and wall art behind me in the video. To see the patterns, visit this page:

I wasn’t the first person to think of the idea of starting a sculpture with the outline of the silhouette, but for some reason I have only found three other people who have taught the method in books or video. Sadly, these are fairly obscure references, and you probably won’t find them mentioned anywhere else.

I found a one-sentence mention of sculpting patterns in an out of print book called «3-D Wizardry: Design in Papier Mache, Plaster and Foam.»

This book teaches beginners to make a recognizable portrait in clay their very first try. It’s called «Sculpting Made Easy» by Catherine Barjansky. Also out of print, unfortunately.

And the best DVD about sculpting heads that I’ve ever seen is called Sculpting the Head and Face by Adam Reeder. I like it because it works. The DVD is almost impossible to find, even by searching on amazon. I don’t know why… You can see it here if you’re interested:

To see my sculpting books:

Fast Faces — Unleash Your Creativity…
Make Animal Sculptures:
How to Make Masks:
Make Tiny Paper Mache Dogs:

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