Working on my first epoxy sculpture. Natalie said the original hands were too big. I told her that it was my style, making certain parts of my art disproportionate in size. But I thought about and decided maybe the disproportionate pieces don't look as cool on a clay sculpture as they do on a pen and pencil drawing. So I re-made the hands a little smaller (I geuss they would be called hands) but without straying too far away from my style. I think I did a better job on the hands the second time.
I also did a little sanding and added a few things, such as the spikes. I had the front door open earlier, unfortunately letting several flying bugs inside, moths and mosquitoes. One moth, attracted to the light from my head-lamp, made the mistake of flying into my hands as I was rolling together the resin and hardener for the spikes, resulting in it being smashed and rolled into the mixture. So, somewhere in the spike-collar is a buried moth.
I experimented with two different types of epoxy sculpt, the white and the green. Besides the color, I'm not sure if there's a difference but it seems like the green stuff was better.
The hardener felt like gum in my hands, so I had to refrain from chewing on it. Lol
I've noticed that I sculpt similar to how I draw and write, sloppy and not very neat. However, it's the touch-ups that save my drawing at the end, so maybe I can also save my sculpture with touch-ups.
Poor little Gunner tried to stay up with me while I worked on this until 4am but he passed out in the chair next to me around 1:30am. This project has been pretty tricky and time consuming for me. Some of the sculptors I watch on YouTube and Instagram make it look quick and easy. However, they've been sculpting a lot longer than me and they're usually using a different type of sculpting-clay, monster clay or polymer clay. Being a beginner, I probably shouldn't haven't started with epoxy sculpt. It's difficult to work with because it's extremely adhesive. But I wanted to use it because the adhesivenes has it's advantages, no need for glue and less wires needed. It's also air-dry, doesn't shrink when hardened, and it's more durable than most other sculpting clays.
I'm about finished with this project. I'll be trying to paint it soon, which I'm not much of painter.
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