Showing posts with label tutorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tutorial. Show all posts

Friday, February 28, 2014

Olaf from Frozen: Pendant Tutorial

This week I made an Olaf charm from the movie Frozen. Frozen is my all time favorite Disney princess movie and Olaf is a cute snowman who dreams of summer! I took photos of the painting process for a simple tutorial. :)


"I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!"

I started off by sculpting a base out of white polymer clay and stuck a head-pin through so I can attach it to a necklace chain later.

I then painted the background with blue acrylic paint and  painted the outline of Olaf with white paint.
Here I added some shading around his mouth and cheeks with a light grey acrylic paint mix (white with a tiny bit of black) .
Here I just added his tooth with white paint and shaded a bit around it.
In this photo I painted on his eyes and eyebrows, using black acrylic paint for the eyes and a burnt umber/brown for the brows.
Here I added his carrot nose and twig hair, using the brown I used for his eyebrows mixed with a little black for the hair and a mix of yellow and red paint for his nose.













I finished off with a couple coats of Martha Stewart Crafts high gloss finish on the front and back and it's finished! :)

Monday, August 5, 2013

Kawaii Egg Charms Video Tutorial

Today I uploaded my very first video tutorial to Youtube. It's about sculpting kawaii egg charms out of polymer clay! I've been working on this throughout the whole week and I'm super excited to be able to share it with you now! :)


I hope you enjoy watching it! If anyone follows the tutorial and makes some egg charms I'd absolutely love to see them!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Lollipop Charm Tutorial

Welcome to my first tutorial! This tutorial is about how to make a cute Popsicle charm! This method works really well for me but there are tons of different ways to make charms.

Tools/materials needed:
 - Polymer clay in the colors red, green, blue, pink, yellow, white, and a little bit of black
 - A cutting tool of some sort
 - Toothpick
 - White acrylic paint
 - glaze
-brush (For glazing)

I use a mix of Fimo and Premo clays, the colors I'm using for this project are: Fimo soft red, Premo green, Fimo soft blue, Premo blush, Premo sunshine, Fimo soft white, and Fimo soft black.

Step 1:
 The first thing I do is role out all my clay colors (besides the black) into a long thin snake.
Step 2:
 Next I gently squish all the colors together and start to role them together. Also twisting it until I get something like the next photo:

  Step 3:
Now I start to role it into a spiral.

Step 4:
 I keep rolling until I get the size lollipop you want, then cut the rest of the snake of.


To make the lollipop stick I cut a toothpick in half and insert the pointy end into my lollipop.

 Step 5:
Next I role two tiny balls of black clay and flatten them slightly for the eyes. For the mouth I role out a little piece of black clay into a snake and bend it into a U shape. I put these were I want the face to be on the lollipop and press down gently so they stay.


Step 6:
Next I add an eye pin or a head pin before baking if I want the lollipop to be a charm! After its baked I use my white acrylic paint and a toothpick or a dotting tool to add a white circle to each of the eyes for a cute effect! Then I usually glaze my charm to add a nice shiny finish.

I really hope this tutorial was useful to you!