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Author: Tamara_Dozier, Contributing Editor
| How I create a Gargoyle
A lot of people ask me how do I do what I do. Most artists would answer that with "trade secret" or some other nonsense answer. I think it's good to show how art is created. Artists just starting out have a hard time finding out how to do things. Non-artists don't understand the amount of work that goes into creating art so they have no bases to understand the value of art. I hope that this tutorial will help artists on their journey of creating art and give non-artists and collectors an insight into what it really takes to create a piece of art. |
 | I started this dog gargoyle with a lump of oil based clay. I love working with this type of clay! It never, ever dries out and I can use it over again many times to create new pieces. The clay I use needs to be warmed a bit to make it easier to squish and twist and all that fun stuff. A low watt bulb in a gooseneck lamp works great to warm it up.
I'm not using an armature for this sculpture since it's going to be chunky and really won't need any internal support. On larger pieces I would build an armature. Hopefully I can show that to you in the near future. I've already spent about 4 or 5 hours building up the body and working on the face. In this picture I'm making the spikes and adding them to his head and around his jaw. |
| Here you can see I have his spikes finished. I've also worked on his ears and am pretty happy with the results so far. This took me almost 2 hours to get to this point. All those pointy little pieces of clay laying around are just extras and they'll get tossed back into my clay bowl and wait to become something else later on.
My wonderful husband has already been in my studio twice to remind me to take breaks and to eat lunch. I really loose track of time when I'm working. If it were not for him, I'd probably starve myself. LOL. Time to call it a day. I'll finish the sculpting in the morning. I've spent about 7 hours on this sculpture so far. Whew! |  |
| Good Morning everyone. I've had my coffee, breakfast and managed to finish sculpting my dog gargoyle. Just add another 2 hours to the time spent sculpting him and you'll get a good idea how much time is spent just to get to this point. Actually, this one went pretty fast, some of my more complex pieces take a week or longer to sculpt.
Don't forget to add your signature! I like mine to be in the back so that's where this guy gets to wear my name. :) Awww, isn't he a cutie! I still don't know what to name him at this point so I'll ask my husband and some friends for ideas and hopefully this guy will have a name pretty soon. Now, I'll start making the mold. |
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