Sing A long Christmas Ornament The Little Drummer Boy by Gloriann Irizarry

 

 

 

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Happy holidays to all and a bless new year to all my wonderful friends, followers and collectors.

This season is full of the family gathering, food, decorations and many Christmas Songs.

Thanks to these beautiful songs and to show the holiday spirit why not make an ornament. I have to say been part of crafting groups sure help to inspire you. These groups challenge you to create and make your gears turn. This is how this Sing A Long ornament took shape. With the help of my girls we choose The Little Drummer Boy we give him a Anime Manga better know has Chibi style and brought him to life in a cute ornament to hang from your Christmas tree or anywhere you want.

 

 

 

Materials

 

Delight™ Modeling Material

Foam round ornaments

Mini Drum Christmas Ornament

Wires

Multi use pliers

Aluminum foil

Acrylic paints

Brushes

Scissors

Water Mist bottle

Tacky Glue

 #2 Pencil

 

 

 

Cut a small piece of wire to create the small body armature.

Since is a chibi body it doesn't have to be big.

Chibi is a style of Anime/Manga drawing style used in characters to show smaller children as the actual meaning of the word is "short person" or "small child." have very small bodies with large heads.  

 

 

Is very important you pay attention to the neck piece a hop is required to hang the head from it.

Just bend the wire in half and shape a hoop with the pliers.

Now cut a strip of the aluminum foil and start wrapping around the armature.

 

 

Make sure your press the foil secure to the armature to shape the belly and back. 

 

Used your pliers cut a 3 inches long wire and curl it up like in the photo above.

 

 

Twist the wire inside the foam ball.

This will anchor the wire on your ornament head.

These ornament balls are seasonal items and I found these at Walmart fairly priced $.48 each

 

 

Now time to cover the ball with the Delight™ Modeling Material . Start by rolling a big ball flat to be able to cover the entire doll head.

I choose Delight™ Modeling Material due to be one of the most light weight clay I ever seen.

It help when your making a ornament because it is easy to use and once it dry has a foam like texture.

 

Once you have the sheet all rolled out like a pizza dough cover the ball and cut any excess out.

Smooth the edges with your finger and some water.

 

 

Do the same with the body.

Roll some clay out and cover all the body making sure all the foil and wires are cover in clay.

 

 

Shape all the body parts like the hands, belly and feet.

Chibi style doesn't required many detailed feet or hands so have fun

 

 

To make the hair just roll a smaller ball and once flat mist the head and attach the whole rolled clay on top and style to your like. You can also cut any excess out .

 

Move the the clay around roll it a little to give the hair the natural flow and it looks nice once it dry.

Set aside and let it dry.

 

 

Once the head is completely dry. Use your favorite acrylic paint in your chosen skin color.

Here the Peach Rose was applied.

 

Make sure your entire body is all painted with at least 2 coats of acrylic paint.

Water the paint down with water to minimized the brush strokes when the paint dry.

 

 

Now that the body base paint is dry you can start by painting the top vest and the little shoes.

Vest is light mint green and the shoes Renaissance Metallic brown 

 

Use the same Renaissance Metallic brown for the hair and apply 2 full coats.

Make sure you always wait for each coat to be completely dry before adding the other .

 

Do the same on the vest add to full coats of the light mint green.

 

 

Use Metallic Green for the pants and also use 2 full coats of paint.

 

Line up the vest with the Dark Metallic green.

Create some holly leaf detail on the vest and add dots to the shoes. 

 

To give the final touch to the vest use the Tuscan red and add the holly berries.

3 simple dots will be enough to achieve this look.

Here you can also add some belt detail. Also you can sign and year your ornament.

 

One more red dot of Yellow to create the buckle and a center dot of Tuscan red to make the shoe pop. .

 

For the drum sticks you can use toothpicks.

Stab thru the hand and cut to size.

Use a little dot of Tacky Glue or  Elmer's glue to secure the sticks in place.

 

Now to make the signature Chibi big eyes. Start by lightly sketching the eyes over the dolls head

 with a regular #2 pencil. Make sure the placement is were you want them to be. If the placement r not were you want them to be lines  can be easy removed with a school eraser.

 

Cover the whole iris with white. White is a base to make the top color pop and looks more vibrant.

Wait for them to dry.

 

 

Now add 2 coats of  the Teddy Bear FolkArt acrylic paint to create the iris.

Make sure is completely dry before each coat is apply.

 

 

Now to give the eyes some shine use Gold acrylic paint  to the final third coat.

For the Pupils use Renaissance Metallic brown to finish the eyes.

Paint 2 coats in a half moon shape. Make sure you wait for the pupils to dry between coats.

 

 

 

After the pupil had dry use the white acrylic paint to finish the eyes.

Water the white paint down to minimized the strokes out.

Paint 2 coats or more depending on the skin color of the doll you might need more. Now again make sure the paint is all dried before the other coat is added to achieve a nice bright eyes. 

 

 

 

Now use the Black acrylic paint to accent the eyes. Water the black out and with a small brush start outlining the eyelashes and pupils.

 

To finish the eyes add some whites to give them some shine.

Use the gold paint and add some freckles.

Use the black to out line the mouth and rose to blush the cheeks.

 

 

To finish the doll out use Black acrylic to outline the belt, pants and shoes.

 

 

Before your add the head to the body make sure to thread your cute mini drum ornament.

Use a pair of plier to twist and shape the head wire into a nice hoop and thread it to the body.

Secure it in place with the pliers. Paint it with acrylic paint to cover the wire and give it clean look.

 

Seal the ornament with any matter acrylic sealer to protect the paint over time.

 

 

 

 Now your Little Drummer Boy is ready to be display.

 

Are you ready for the holidays? Let just remember the true meaning of these holidays and make sure we spend time with all your loves ones. Don't be afraid to have fun and let them know how much your love them so they can have great memories to treasure.

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you kindly for join us for this Sing A long Christmas Ornament The Little Drummer Boy and if you have any questions feel free to leave us your comments below or email me here

 

 

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New twist to The Scream (Skrik) 3D Wall Art by Gloriann Irizarry

Hola my dear friends, collectors and followers. I wanted to share with you guys my latest 3D wall art piece I made for a special challenge by Every Witch Way Lane group #EWWL managed by my friend Parick Gill

Now I wanted to share the progress and how this piece took shape.

 I will explain with photos and instructions how to do a 3D wall art.

Materials

Creative Paperclay

Aluminum foil

Water bottle spray

3M sponge sanders

Acrylic Paints

Genesis heat set paint

Hobby Xacto knife

Clay roller

Pliers tool

Fast Grab Tacky Glue

Yarn

16 x 20 Canvas

I start all my 3D Shapes with the core made out to aluminum foil.

Slowly I sculpt the shape with the foil.

When you are shaping your aluminum foil make sure you make a flat surface.

Add more aluminum foil and keep shaping the form by pressing with your fingers or hammer tool.

Have in mind it can not be too tight so it is easier to be remove later from the 3D shape.

Roll out your Creative Paperclay into a 1/4 thickness big sheet.

Cover and shape your form.

cut any excess clay out.

Now I will add more clay around the eyes to reinforce and give the face 

some human  facial features .

I added more clay on the top of the head to make it look more natural.

To get a nice clean edge I use my Hobby knife and cut a nice edge all around the foil form and let it dry.

I need another 3D head . This time a cat so I do grab some aluminum foil and start shaping the cat head.

Roll a big Creative Paperclay sheet to 1/4 thickness and cover your cat aluminum foil.

 Press the clay all around the new cat head form.

Start the face shaping. I added the nose and the mouth.

Add more clay to the eyebrows and misting the clay with water smooth the edges out.

With the basic human head form already dry I can add more details. 

Add the nose and more eyebrow

Now you can also add more clay around the lips and shape the mouth open.

Roll a clay sheet into a 1/4 thickness and cut the ear shapes.

Add  the ears and smooth the edges with water mist.

I wanted to give the face more expression so I added more clay to the eyebrows and shape them.

Now to give the face some cheekbones with more clay. Then press and smooth.

Added more Creative Paperclay to eyebrows, cheeks and the nose. Moist and smooth in place.

I notice the right cheek need more paperclay.

I want for this face to have a big mouth. I rolled and paperclay snake and added to the mouth. 

Moist and smooth in place.

Add more clay to the eyebrow and ears of the cat and shape them in place.

Give you piece a final look and check to see if your satisfy. If not this is the time for you to add more or mark to be sanded off.

Now that your happy with your clay forms set them aside for them to completely dry

It is time to sand the head off. Do it in steps using your medium grit 3M sanding sponge.

Work your sanding grits from medium to fine.

Use your sanding sponges to smooth your sculpt.

I need a hat for this project so once more I gram more aluminum foil and start shaping a hat.

Rolled the clay again in to a 1/4 sheet  and cover the entire hat form . 

Cut any excess off with your hobby craft knife.

Smooth the clay around the hat form and shape it to your desired form before you let it dry.

You can tell the clay is wet by the darker tone. Once is dry it will be much lighter.

Now that the hat form is dry you can remove the aluminum foil with the set of pliers. slowly and very delicately pinch and remove. Now this is the reason I suggest for you to make your form not so tight giving room  for you to be able to pinch and pulled a lot easier.

Add any final details to your hat and set to dry 

Now that the heads are dry the fun part begins. Paint the head in a black acrylic base. 

For the head I used the Genesis heat set oil paints. Paint the base in skin color and heat set following the manufacturer instructions .

I like the Genesis oil paints because it will not dry until you heat set them in place.

with a light dry brush technique paint the eyes in.

Add more details to the nose, mouth, cheeks, ears and forehead.

Add more details to the cat  and the hat using the same technique in the head.

Let the paint completely dry and seal it with your favorite spray sealer . Set it aside to dry.

Grab some yarn and cut some strings to create the hair wig. 

Now to secure the strings I used fast grab Tacky Glue.

Now wait for the glue yarn to dry.

Now here is the fun part. Using the wonderful  1893 Painting The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik) by Edvard Munch I create a template for my little 3D art twist.

 I sketched an out of control flying broomstick and place it to see if i like it . 

Trace in pencil lightly the scream on the canvas.  

Place the sculpted pieces to see where you want the final 3D art to be placed.

Add you modifications to The Scream sketch in pencil.

Keep adding more details until your satisfy with the look your trying to achieve.

Now use The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik) has reference.

and begin to paint. I choose acrylics for the vibrant pigments and fast drying.

I use tons of brush strokes in different color of acrylics to give this piece the feeling or the original The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik) by Edvard Munch. let it dry completely.

Use your Arleenes Fast Grab Tacky Glue and secure your sculpted pieces in place

Close up detail of the added black cat.

Closer look of the glued sculpted head.

Hats closer look.

Flowing wig closer look

Final pieces ready to be hanged. 

Little by little this nice 3D wall art took shape and now you have a new twist to the 1893 The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik) by Edvard Munch

Getting ready early for the fall season has never been better and with a few steps here and there you can create a nice 3D wall art for you to display. 

I hope you enjoy this project andfeel free to click email me and send me a line or just drop a comment below for us. I will gladly answer any questions or concern you have about this project. 

Take care and has always let have fun crafting.

brought to you by my friends at Creative Paperclay Materials and Gloriann Irizarry .