Paper Mache for Beginners: Sculpt a Colorful Character
Dry, Dry, Dry
A course by Sarah Hand , Artist, Author, and Teacher
About the video: Dry, Dry, Dry
Overview
“This lesson is largely a waiting game. I will teach you the best way to dry your armature. The key is airflow and turning your sculpture so all sides of it are bone dry. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Hand addresses the topic: Dry, Dry, Dry, which is part of the Domestika online course: Paper Mache for Beginners: Sculpt a Colorful Character. Illustrate friendly characters full of hopes and dreams using simple paper mache techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Dry, Dry, Dry Now I'm going to talk to you about drying your sculpture. When you're drying your sculpture, it's usually a sort of a passive activity. You can just set it aside, and it's really important to have air flowing around your sculpture. That's the way it will dry fastest and also prevents mold. I've never had a problem with mold on my sculptures, but some people are concerned about that, and the best way to avoid that is just have airflow around your sculpture as it dries and also for it to be completely utterly dry before you try to paint it, and then you'll avoid any problems. I ...”
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Course summary for: Paper Mache for Beginners: Sculpt a Colorful Character
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Areas
Art Toys, Character Design, Creating with Kids, Toy Design, Traditional illustration
Sarah Hand
A course by Sarah Hand
Sarah Hand is a Virginia-based artist, author, teacher, and paper mache enthusiast. As a self-taught, lifelong maker of things, she has always been creative, but it was a puppet show which first sparked her interest in paper mache. The experience kick-started her career as an artist and has since taught children and adults alike how to express themselves through paper mache.
Sarah currently hosts paper mache workshops at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond and the Virginia Museum, of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited at several galleries, and she recently published a book with publishing group Quarto Creates in which she shares her step-by-step guide to using paper mache to create sculptures with personality.
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