How to Make a Puzzle Portrait

Hello everyone! My name is Cinnamon Willis and I am going to show you how I created this puzzle. I chose to create another piece with Alphie the Robot from one of my childhood toys. He is a reoccurring theme in some of my lighter work, but you can paint whatever you'd like for this project!

Supplies:

• Creative Paperclay®
• Wax paper or plastic wrap
• Plastic knife or Kemper straight needle
• Exacto knife
• Acrylic paint
• Sanding paper

Start by flattening out your clay. I flattened out the clay by hand but you can use a rolling pin or something similar to get it more uniform.

The next few steps need to be done while the clay is still moist! Cut the ends off of your puzzle to create a rectangle or whatever shape you decide on your puzzle being. I am using a Kemper straight needle but you can use anything you have in  your home such a a plastic knife or even a bobby pin!

I googled jigsaw puzzles online to make sure that I was creating the correct pattern for my puzzle. A bobby pin or Kemper needle would suffice for creating these shapes. Make sure that you dig deep enough when you are creating the lines on these pieces. It can be a bit difficult to separate the pieces after the clay dries without breaking them. Set the piece aside to dry.

After the puzzle dries, you may need to go back and weed out the pieces with an exacto knife. This is what it looked like after drying.

I am cleaning up some of the edges that needed to be better separated. Take your time on this part so that you don't cut into the side of the puzzle that shouldn't be cut.

This is what the pieces looked like after trimming them out.

Take your sanding paper and smooth out the rough edges. I am using a 400 grit paper here.

When you are happy with the amount of smoothness that you get from sanding, plot out your sketch with pencil to prepare to paint. Put the pieces really close together to get the best drawing that you possibly can

Start painting your pieces with acrylic paint. Make sure to paint the top as well as the sides of the puzzle. It makes a big difference when you look at the piece from the top. The white edges will distract from the picture.

Here's to another piece added to my Alphie collection!

Thank you all once again for stopping by, and I hope that you enjoyed today's tutorial! You can find Creative Paperclay® at the following retailers Creative Paperclay® Online Store, Michael's, Amazon, Joann's.

See more of my work at Melandolly.com, catch updates on 

my Instagram page and here is a link to my shop!

Create an Articulated Doll from a Sketch

  

Hello and happy Friday everyone, Cinnamon here and I am going to show you how I created this articulated doll out of one of my sketches. Since paperclay is made with paper fibers, you can draw directly onto it with pencils. Follow the steps below to see how this was done.

Supplies:

• Creative Paperclay®
• Small hand roller or something to flatten out clay
• Thread
• Exacto knife or plastic knife
• Sand paper
• Thin 22 gauge wire
• Colored pencils
• Sealer, Varnish

   

I started off with a sketch that I did years ago. I scanned it into my computer and made a few changes to it so that I could turn it into a doll such as made some legs and turned the skirt into pants. (I ended up not using the skirt in the photo at all by the way.)

I printed out the new sketch and cut out the pieces. I then took my clay and flattened it out with the hand roller. This could also be done with getting something flat like a book and pressing down onto the clay until it is the thinness that you would like. I recommend not going thinner then 1/4 inch in thickness, thin pieces are prone to warping when they dry.

When you are happy with the thickness of your clay, you can press your cut out pieces of paper into the clay. After your sketch pieces are flushed to the clay, you can use them as a guide to cut out the pieces from the sheet of clay.  I used a tool that was flat like an exacto knife to give me clean cuts but you can use a plastic knife to get the same results. Begin to separate your pieces from the clay.

After separating the pieces, I noticed that a few of the thinner areas were tearing after cutting the pieces out. I put them face down and reinforced them by inserting a thin piece of wire in those areas and smoothed the clay around it to conceal the wire. Remove the pieces of paper after you used them to shape your pieces around them. I left the face on because I wasn't sure how to go about redrawing it. I suggest to remove all pieces before the clay dries since it is a lot harder to remove after the fact which I found out the hard way.

While the clay is still moist, poke all of your holes in for you to later attach the limbs with thread. Set the pieces aside to dry. I noticed after the pieces started drying that a few were beginning to warp. I sat a cup on top of those pieces to help them dry flat.

When the pieces are dry, sand them down so that you can get a smooth surface for drawing onto.

Begin drawing straight onto your pieces, paperclay is made from paper fibers so it easily accepts pencil as well as paints. Color in your pieces with colored pencils or paint if you would like.

Take all of your pieces and coat them with a varnish at this stage so that you don't smudge the pencil while you are threading the pieces.

Take your needle and thread and run it through the holes to attach each piece. Make sure you put the knots in the back when you tie the pieces together.

This is how she looks, AND she's flying!

Thank you all once again for stopping by, and I hope that you enjoyed 

today's tutorial! You can find Creative Paperclay® at the following 

retailers Creative Paperclay® Online Store, Michael's, Amazon, Joann's.

See more of my work at Melandolly.com, catch updates on 

my Instagram page and here is a link to my shop!

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Anime Cornucopia Cute Earrings by Gloriann Irizarry with Delight™ Material

 

 

 

 

Anime Cornucopia Cute Earrings by

 

 

Gloriann Irizarry

 

 

Wow! Is it November already? I can not believe it. The colder air. The color is changing  and the kids are giggling while jumping on leaves piles over and over. Yes it is Fall at its finest. Fun because this month we get to spend time thanking for all the wonderful things we got and spend time with love ones. Now cooking is my favorite part. So for this project I will be doing a special little veggies and fruits for you to wear. I used Delight™  because is if much, much lighter than the Regular Creative Paperclay and it will work best for these Cornucopia delight .

It is very easy to make and even my little ones help making their own veggie creations.

I will now give you the instructions. I hope you have fun .

 

 

 

Materiales

 

Delight™

 Jewelry finding wire loops

Earrings finding  lops

Acrylic Paints

Glossy Liquid Paint Sealer

Paint Brushes

Mini Weave Cornucopia

Small Green Ribbon

Scissors

Water Bottle Spray

Needle nose pliers

Wire Cutters

 

 

 

 

 

I choose pearl finish acrylic paints for this project, because I love the effect this paints create

once the acrylic dry up.

 

 

 

Use your needle nose pliers and twist the wire up to create an anchor for the cable to stay inside the clay once it dry. You will twist these after your done sculpting the fruit or veggie.

 

 

 

Rip open the package of  Delight™  and cut the clay off to create the fruits and veggies to look the same size. That way the earrings will not look uneven .

 

The composition of this clay is very, very light weight and will give you little sculpt a very resistant and puffy finish. That way it might look big but you can wear the earring because it is a very light weight clay once you sculpt is all dry up.  

 

 

 

Most of these fruits and veggies will start by rolling  little balls of clays.

 

 

A pinch here a pinch there you will end you with an apple here

 

 

Now before you add the leaf make sure you attach the earring eye hook.

 

 

To give it a more natural look I added a leaf to this apple.

 

 

 

Here you can see and apple step by step photo sequence.

 

 

Now you want an eggpant? Here are the steps.

 

 

How about some Tomatoes?

 

 

Let include some carrots to our feast.

 

 

  

 

Our Thanksgiving is not ready unless we include a pumpkin to our table.

 

 

 

To create the garlic and onions all you have to do is roll a balls of clay. Now the onion ball need to be bigger than the garlic to make sure they look more natural. The ball needs to be shape like a water drop. For the leaves I used a very thin fabric ribbon folded in half. With a pin introduce the ribbon folded in half on the top of the tear drop clay shape ball and let it dry

 

 

 

Time to paint. Here is when you can have so much fun with colors and textures of the acrylic paints.

Now make sure each Veggie/fruit gets 2 coats of paint before you paint their faces.

Giving the piece 2 coats will reduce the brush stripes and the earring will look evenly and  colorful.

Wait for each coat to be completely dry before you apply the other coat or the paint will peel off when you try to add the second coat.

 

 

 The garlics will be painted  with FolkArt  pearl Champagne color. To age the garlic use FolkArt Metallic Christmas Green with a dry brush technique.

 

 

The onions will be painted with regular FolkArt Teddy Bear Tan  acrylic and dry brushed the age with FolkArt Metallic Christmas Green

 

 

 

For beautiful pumpkin and carrots use the Martha Stewart Pearls Acrylics Orange.

This paint leave a nice shine to the final piece once the paint completely dry.

FolkArt Metallic Christmas Green works perfect for the green tops.

 

 

Now because the apples come in many shapes and colors you can have fun choosing colors for them. Here you can see the DecoArt Dazzling Metallics Festive Red .

It does dry a little pink but is ok because Pink Ladies apples are naturally colored like this tone of red.

Color the leaf with FolkArt Metallic Christmas Green.

 

 

 

Now for the tomatoes to look delicious the red has to be more pigment rich. Here is Americana Gloss Enamels Tuscan Red Acrylics. These tomatoes are going to look stunning in this rich tone of red.

Now use FolkArt Metallic Christmas Green to add the leaf to the top of the tomatoes.

 

   

 

Now the lemons are going to be special. The paint used was DecoArt Glamour Dust Ultra Fine Glitter paint in Lemon Drop Color. This paint looks amazing. The glitter is micro fine iridescent glitter and it catches the light making the lemon light up like a disco ball. A very lovely effect.

 

 

 

Now the eggplant purple has to be rich. So the DecoArt Dazzling Metallics Purple Pearl work good.

The tops of the eggplant use FolkArt Metallic Christmas Green for the leaf.

 

 

 

 Now this part is what will bring your veggie or fruit to life. Painting the face is not that difficult and there is so many styles and face expressions you can paint to give them some  personality.

Here are some useful reference I found online these.

 

 

 

Anime styles to choose from.

 

 

 

 

More adorable faces expression to choose from .

 

 

Pick the one you like the most and use black paint and a very thin brush to create your design and le it dry. Use white acrylic to bring some light to those cute anime eyes.

Let give them some rosie cheek with pink acrylic and let is dry.

 

 

 

 

Tip for a better drying item is to add the earring hangers before you paint them.

 

 

 It will make it easier just hang them to dry after paint and will not roll or destroy your cute Anime Chibi faces. Let completely dry before you seal it with the Glossy finish.

For earring this glossy finish will give you the shine you need to bling your look.

 

 

Here are the cute  tomatoes

 

 

 Wanna cry over this onion?

 

 

Lovely Carrot happy to see you.

 

 

Lets make lemonade out of these lemons.

 

 

A very shy corn is peeking.

  

 

Who is the fairest of them all my little apple?

 

 

Onion are sooooo good for you.

 

 

Purple, purple is the best looking eggplant I seen.

 

 

Veggie and Fruits are their favorite hangout the Cornicopia Place. 

 

 

They love to have a ball with all their favorite veggie friends.

 

All these cuties not only are they adorable but fashionable too.

 

Now lets make some more veggie platters and feel free to experiments creating your own little fashionable cute anime creatures.

 

If you have any questions feel free to leave it in the comments below or email me at gloriann@byGlori.com

 

 

Now let's always remember,  

 

 

 

 

Sincerely,

Gloriann Irizarry