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1. Introduction: Hello, I am Stephanie kill
gassed and I have been a professional artist
for the last 15 years. I mostly sculpt, but
I also paint and my work has been exhibited
around the world. Now in today's class, I'm very excited
to share with you the project of holly
hawks now Hollywood because our flower
that I really love and they're sprouting everywhere
in town right now. So I really wanted to
replicate them in a sculpture. This class is going to
be just about that. I'm going to guide you through all the steps to create
your very own holly Hawke. Now, you can adjust and adapt
the colors and the shapes. Lately, I did adopt
the colors to my liking to make it a
little bit less realistic, because that's how
I ended up working. This class is absolutely
fit for beginners, but it's also going to be interesting from
what van sculptors, I'm going to use a great
variety of materials. I'm going to use air dry clay, but also paper and
different paints. As usual in my classes, I'm going to give you
plenty of options so you can pick and choose and work with what
you've got at home. The last thing I
want is for you to buy more art supplies
that you already own. If you're a complete beginner, I would suggest to watch my
guide to modelling place class first as this is going to go over all the materials
that are available. This is a fun class and I
hope you're going to take it, but most importantly, I hope
you're going to love it.
2. Materials: While floral tape and
floral tape wire in white. For this class we
will be meeting. I will be using
Adobe Premiere from PepsiCo because it can
achieve very fine details. But you can use another cheaper, more local brand
sculpting tools. If you've got non toothpicks, the end of brushes, screws or nails are good. Alternatives, are
set free white glue. This is a no-name brand. Make sure to use acid free hot pressed watercolor
paper in 100% cotton. Models pen paper in 21 GSM. This is a very thin
but sturdy paper used in the miniature
models community. Watercolor paint. These colors are
my color palettes. Dedicated watercolor brushes. Acrylic paints. Here is a split primary
palette with black and white. That's really all you need
for every imaginable color. Dedicated acrylic brushes. Synthetics are best.
3. Flower Buds: To make the flower buds, I will be using floral
taped wire and white, store-bought acid free,
white glue and air dry clay. I am using an adult from
here from particle, which is a Japanese
stone air dry clay, because I find that one the best two aren't
very fine details. But any air dry clay
should do the job. Cut pieces of wire that are comfortable to hold
in your hands. About five to six centimeters. That's about two inches. Now, bend one side into a
small loop using applier. Dip the loop into
acid free white glue, then cover it with a
lump of air dry clay. Shape it into a bowl first. Then using your thumb and forefinger role
the top intuitive. Also smooth the clay
down onto the stem. You can use water for the steps. Then using a needle tool, divide the flower bud
into six sections. And finally, and this might
be the trickiest part. Pinch all sections
to create an edge. If your fingers are too thick, if it's too difficult, you can also use two tools
instead of your fingers. Metal silicone tools or
toothpicks all work. Try to find what feels most natural to you or
simply what you've got at home for the holly Hawke we will be
making during this class, we will be needing
about ten flower bonds. You can make a few more just
to be on the safe side. Once your flower buds on done
and you're happy with them, let them dry over a few hours or night until they feel
warm to the touch. Once the flower buds
are perfectly dry, you can paint them with
acrylic, gouache or watercolor. I tend to opt for acrylics
right now as it is plastic and gives a layer of protection to the air dry clay. But if you'd rather work
without any plastic paint, which I completely understand, watercolors and gouache will
go on beautifully on air, dry clay and the
floor, all taped wire. I have decided for a purple
theme for the holly Hawke, the purple mixture is a combination of
ultramarine blue, P B29, quinacridone, magenta, PR, one-to-two, and titanium white. P W6. Of course, feel free to go with
another color scheme, even more realistic
or more fantastical. You can also skip
the painting step and aim for an all
white sculpture, which will look very
clean and elegant.
4. Blooming Flowers: First, we will sculpt the
center of the flower. I simplified stamen and ovary
and to one oblong shape. Now the process here is very
similar to the flower bonds. Cut pieces of seven centimeters of the white floral tape wire. That's about two inches and
three quarters of an inch. No loop this time as
the shape is thinner, so simply dip one
end of the wire into acid free white glue and then cover it with
some air dry clay. Role the top intuitive, smooth the clay
down onto the stem. It will look a bit like a Q-Tip. You can use water to help
you smooth the clay, then texture the shape with the help of a ball ended tool. Alternatively, you can
also use a toothpick or a needle tool or any tool that you have
available at home. We will be using seven flowers for the
holly Hawke of this class. So we will need the seven
ovary statement combinations like this one. I would suggest to make
a few more just in case. Once you finish sculpting them, place them had up into
something similar to blue tag and let them dry until they are
warm to the touch. Now, move on to creating
the flower petals. Here I am using a fine
paper named model span. It is a 21 GSM, very sturdy paper used in the miniature modelling
community draft first petal in a
corner of your paper. The angle is smaller
than 90 degrees and the size is about
2.5 centimeters, that's about one inch. I will be adding an outline of the petal to the
handout as well. Cut this first petal
and then use it as the prototype to draw the outlines of the
next four petals. We will be using a total of
five petals for each flower. Alternatively, use the outline provided in the handout
as the prototype. Vary the scalloped
edge for each petal, the more variation, the more realistic your end
result will be. Next, we are going to
glue all five petals together using acid
free white glue. Add some glue using a needle tool to one
edge of the petal. Then place the next
petal over that edge. Repeat until you arrive
at petal number five. Now, add some glue on the
last freestanding edge of petal number five and place petal number
one on top of it. You're five petals
will likely stand up slightly like
shown in the video. Now let the glue dry properly. The next step is to fold the petals to give
them some shape. Use a metal tool
or needle to help you create folds
into each petal. You also want to fold the petals edges to
open up the flower. Take your time with this. It's certainly is a little fiddly when you first start out, but it gets easier with
time and practice. Once all the faults are done and the edges rounded
on the outside, you might want to
round the inside of the flower with
a ball ended tool. You will also likely need
to add a bit of glue at the junction between each petals so they all stay in place. Once your flower is
looking good and the ovary stamen we
sculpted previously. Poke a small hole using a needle tool in the
center of the flower. Push the stem with
ovary into it. Add a little bit of acid free white glue
and push through. Make sure the paper
is flush with the clay and let everything dry. For the painting of the flowers, I will be using watercolors. I really like using
watercolors in my sculptures. And whenever I can, I usually do the center. I am painting with a yellow, orange P y 110. You can also use a
mixture of yellow and red to create
a similar orange. I am also creating
a moon shape and the base of each petal
in that same color. Then I am using a purple mixture of ultramarine blue and
quinacridone magenta. First, I draw lines at the
junction of the petals. Then I add a dotted pattern
over all of the petals. The scalloped outer edges of the petals have a
tighter purple pattern. And that's pretty much it for how I painted these flowers. Feel free, of course, to use different colors, different patterns, or
even no pain at all. I think the white flowers
look stunning as well. Continue to paint are
not all the flowers. Before going to the next step.
5. Assembling The Flower: Now it's time to assemble the flower buds and
blooms onto a stem. For the stem, I used two millimeter aluminum
armature wire. I cut a piece of about 30 centimeters
that's about 12 inches. Next, it's time to wrap the
wire and white floral tape. Now to wrap floral
tape onto wire, you have to understand
the magic of floral tape. Floral tape only gets
sticky when you stretch it. Then it will glue itself
to the wire and to itself, making it a fast and
easy way to wrap wire. The key is to hold the wire tightly in your
non-dominant hand. Placing the floral tape at an angle and then
stretch the tape, turn the wire while
pressing the tape onto your wire with your
fingers continuously. Alternatively, you could wrap
the wire with some clay, flexible clay, unlike called
porcelain or a polymer clay. And that's how I used to do it. But honestly, I wish I had
discovered floral tape years ago because it's a fast
and easy way to wrap wire. I always take white floral tape because it's so much easier
to paint afterwards. You can find floral
tape in all the colors. Mostly you're going
to find it in white, green, and brown for
obvious reasons. However, I don't know how
light fast these colors are, so I prefer to be on the safe
side and paint the tape. Once your stem is
Don lead the glue dry a little before
the next step. Now gather all your
flower buds and blooms. You will need to cut access wire to attach each
piece to list them. Otherwise, it will bulk up fast. Now the way you are attached to the buds and flowers to the stem is similar to how you added
the floral tape to the wire. Remember to stretch, roll, and press the tape
onto the wire. Adding one bird or
flower bloom at a time. You might have to practice a
little until it gets easier. It took me a few
times off doing and undoing until I knew the right
pressure and grip needed. Start with just one
flower bud at the top. Then on the other four
around one-by-one. Here, I actually added the three with one stretch of tape, the tape off, and then added the fourth with another
piece of tape. Feel free to do one
piece of tape per flower bud or one piece
of tape for all four, whatever feels the
easiest to you. I then added more
flower buds a little lower and not as
grouped together. I continued adding flowers, another bud, and
the final flowers. Feel free to compose your flower buds and
bloom's differently. The key, however, is to
have more flower buds on top and more blooms
as you go down, as this is how holly
hawks tend to balloon. In terms of technique, I would also suggest to tear the floral tape off
once you added a bunch of birds and start fresh for the next session
of flour add-ons. Really make sure you
properly stretch, roll, and press down the
tape from experience. And that's also why I
insist so much on it. If you don't do this
tightly enough, it will unwrap on its own. I also find that it is sometimes helpful to
wait a little while the glue dries before adding
the next stretch of tape. It's also a good idea to drop a few times around the wire. If you rub the new
wire just once, it's my tear up the
tape and come loose. Floral tape is very thin. So adding a few layers
won't bulk the stem much. However, wrapping a few times will make for a much
sturdier build. Once you've added all
flower buds and blooms, let the glue dry. And then finally, we will
be painting the stem. I used the same purple mix
that I used in the class, which is a mixture of ultramarine
blue and quinacridone, magenta, and titanium white. I have been using acrylic
paint to paint the stem. Be careful not to paint
the paper of the blooms. Remember, you can move
the flower buds and blooms for easier
access to the stem. Don't rush this part as you
can make mistakes quickly. And it's just the last stretch, almost the last stretch
before finishing this flower. Once you have painted
the whole stem, leave the paint to dry.
6. HollyHock Leaves: The first thing you
will need is to draw a simple holly Hawke leaf. I simplified the
design a little, but you can go more
or less complex. If you don't want to
draw the leaf yourself. I added the outline as a
PDF in the class handouts. Feel free to print it out
and use that as a prototype. Once you cut out
your leaf outline, place it over the paper
you want for your leaves. Here I am using a 100% cotton hot pressed
watercolor paper. Draw the outline a few
times onto the paper and then modify the shape
by shrinking it down. You can also modify
the shape a little. This is important. You do not want to
have the exact leaf all the time as this will
not look very natural. Once you've got all
of your outlines, simply cut to the leaves
using scissors or a cutter. Always be careful with blades of any type and cut away
from you at all times. For this plant, I decided to
go with the purple theme. I like to use
granulating colors for my sculptures as they are the
easy and instance texture. Here, I will be
using three tubes from Sri Lanka, galaxy Violet's, manganese violet, PV 16, and cobalt blue, PB 74. You do not have to use
these specific colors. I would encourage you to use what you've already got at home. You can use colored paper or colored pencils or acrylics
or watercolor paints. You can also leave them
white fur, very clean look, never feel pressured to buy more materials or our supplies. Sure, they're fun to use, but they're not going to
make you a better artist. Knowing a few pigments, well is much better. Once you've painted all
leaves, let them dry. Then repeat on the other side of the leaves with
similar colors. Let's try again. You might want to
add another layer. If you want a darker color. That's what I did. But you do, you pastel
colors are nice to you are the judge of your
own sculptures and artworks. You also want to paint
the edge of all leaves. Once this is done and
you'll leaves are dry, Let's give the
leaves some shape. Here, I am using a
metallic ruler as a help to bend the paper using
reference pictures. Check how the leaves are shaped and bend the
paper accordingly. You can also follow
me along and watch how I bend and fold the leaf. To give it some shape. Basically, you want to fold where the veins
are going to be. Finally, you want to paint
the leaves veins in white. Here I use titanium
white acrylic paint. But you can also use gouache
or white colored pencil. Depending on your leaves colors, you can also do
the veins darker. For instance, if you went
for pale pink leaves, you could do your veins
in a dark blue or purple. The next thing step
is to add the stems. For this, I am using floral
taped wire in white. I simply bought it language
that cut pieces of this wire that are about 1.5 times
the size of your leaves. Now add some acid
free white glue on one side and place it onto
the back of the leaf. You want to make sure the
paper straight enough so the stem is flush with
the leaf while it dries. Repeat these stamps
for all leaves. Then paint all the
stems and purple. For that, I'm using
my usual mixture of ultramarine blue PB 29, quinacridone, magenta PR, one-to-two and titanium
white P, w six. Let's try again. Finally,
we will be adding beliefs one-by-one to the flower
stem using floral tape, exactly how we ended the blooming flowers and
flower buds previously. Take your time with this step. Make sure to pull the tape properly and roll it
around the stem tightly. Once everything is in to place, wait a bit for the glue to dry. And finally paint the stem in the same purple mixers we used
before. And you are done.
7. Final Words: Thank you so much for
watching this class. I hope you loved it. The class project for this class is pretty
straightforward. I'm going to ask you to
make your own holly Hawke. You can go wild on
the colors are gone, all the whites and
don't paint at all, because that looks really nice to you can change the shapes, make it more complex, more realistic, or less. So it's really up to you. Once you're done
with your project, please share it with the class. I love to see what
you come up with. And it also helps
other students to visualize different
options and possibilities. If you're going to share it on social media, please tag me. I go along the Monika, put it on Instagram
and Facebook, and Stephanie kill
gas on TikTok. Thank you so much for
watching and I really hope to see you in
my next class. Bye.
Stephanie Kilgast, Contemporary artist.
