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| Part 2 - Preparing for Paint! |
Materials
You should be able to find these materials at any dollar store for cheap!
-Exacto Knife
-Pencil
-Cardboard Roll (like from an empty tape roll)
-Circle Stencil (to make the eyes)
-Hot Glue Gun (I got mine for $3 at Dollarama)
-Green Tape
-Air Dry Clay (best is "paper clay")
-Light Sand Paper
a) Stencil Prep
The Eyes
The Deku mask has a very sympathetic look to it. You'll need your circle stencil to trace out your eyes. It would help to find your mid line before drawing anything in. Use the green tape once you've drawn out your eyes to give your eyes the sad look (see the picture). Take your time with this, you've worked hard to make this canvas, you can always erase mistakes and draw again.
The Mouth
Take your empty tape roll, or whatever you want to use as the mouth and place it accordingly as the "Deku Snout" or whatever it is. Feel free to play around until you get the placement you wish. Once it's in place, outline it with your pencil so you can make where it will go later.
b)Cuttin' Carving Time!
The only part you'll need to cut is the eyes, some people cut the mouth open, but I didn't. Again, take your time cutting. Be patient and you'll get better results. You'll want to lightly score your outline of the yes, not pushing too hard. You'll be going over and over again and again, slowly carving the eyes out. This took me a little over an hour, and well worth it!
c) Mouth Application
This part is pretty simple, take your cardboard roll and super glue it in place. Next, use the hot glue gun and run it along the inside and outside where the roll connects to the mask to fill in any gaps. This will really help to hold it in place.
-Air Dry Clay (best is "paper clay")
-Light Sand Paper
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| Once you've drawn in the eyes with your circle stencil, the green tape can help guide you to give the mask that "sad" look. |
The Eyes
The Deku mask has a very sympathetic look to it. You'll need your circle stencil to trace out your eyes. It would help to find your mid line before drawing anything in. Use the green tape once you've drawn out your eyes to give your eyes the sad look (see the picture). Take your time with this, you've worked hard to make this canvas, you can always erase mistakes and draw again.
The Mouth
Take your empty tape roll, or whatever you want to use as the mouth and place it accordingly as the "Deku Snout" or whatever it is. Feel free to play around until you get the placement you wish. Once it's in place, outline it with your pencil so you can make where it will go later.
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| Take your time preparing, you've worked hard to get here, don't rush and mess it up! |
b)
The only part you'll need to cut is the eyes, some people cut the mouth open, but I didn't. Again, take your time cutting. Be patient and you'll get better results. You'll want to lightly score your outline of the yes, not pushing too hard. You'll be going over and over again and again, slowly carving the eyes out. This took me a little over an hour, and well worth it!
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| Don't "cut it" out, carve it out! =D it will look better! |
c) Mouth Application
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d) Paint Prep
Before you jump into paint, you'll want to smooth out the bumps and seams from the paper mache. The best is to use "paper clay" from a craft store. Me being cheap, I used $1.25 air dry clay from the Dollar Store. The paper clay (like from Michael's Craft Store) is stronger and dries with less cracking. The Dollar Store clay is VERY touchy and cracks easy. The best tip I have is to use small as thin as possible amounts of clay in the mask's dips and paper seams. Once it dries (usually overnight) you'll see cracks which you can go back in with more clay to fill in. Once it's dry, take some light sand paper and gently sand down excess dry clay until you have a smooth surface (Remember, it's not going to be "perfect"). You're not ready for paint!
Before you jump into paint, you'll want to smooth out the bumps and seams from the paper mache. The best is to use "paper clay" from a craft store. Me being cheap, I used $1.25 air dry clay from the Dollar Store. The paper clay (like from Michael's Craft Store) is stronger and dries with less cracking. The Dollar Store clay is VERY touchy and cracks easy. The best tip I have is to use small as thin as possible amounts of clay in the mask's dips and paper seams. Once it dries (usually overnight) you'll see cracks which you can go back in with more clay to fill in. Once it's dry, take some light sand paper and gently sand down excess dry clay until you have a smooth surface (Remember, it's not going to be "perfect"). You're not ready for paint!
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| Part 3 - Paint Coming Soon |
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