Maybe this will start looking like a dog. I wadded some paper to make the rudiments of back paws. Then I taped the jaws together....
...and pushed them into a hole I cut in the paper mache body. I grabbed another paper mache ball and cut it open and used the shell for the head.
I cut smaller balls open and used them for the upper arms (is that the right description?). I cut smaller ones for forearms.
Time to round out the rear end. I cut another paper mache ball in half. I used the shells to create a little butt for my dog.
Then I twisted some paper and using masking tape I added a few rolls of skin on various parts of the body. I added those big blue eyes. Wow, is that ugly!
Next, I added the end of a small paper mache ball to make a nose. I twisted more paper to make some brows.
Then I did a little sculpting on the nose. I used some of the extra paper mache shells I had laying around to fashion some simple ears.
Okay so this really looks like a pig at this point. And the tongue looks gigantic. That's one of the things about making sculpture using these methods. You are sculpting a face without skin. And that's the way it looks. Ugly.
I'm going to leave you here. Trust me, this is going to look a lot better in the next couple posts.
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