How to Make a Dachshund Dog Sculpture

How to Make a Dachshund Dog Sculpture

Effortless Paper Mache/Clay Dachshund Dog
Join the studio to form recycled newspaper into a Dachshund Dog shape, cover with paper mache, paper clay, paint, and protect with shine.

This armature is not for the faint of heart but with practice your Dachshund dogs will get better and better and better. So join us as you discover the whimsy world of paper mache.

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Stuff List
Recycled Newspaper
Plastic bag
Masking Tape
Paper Mache Paste
Paints and Paint Brushes
Paper Clay (Optional)
Minwax Varnish
H20 and Rags

Steps to Make Your Dachshund Dog Sculpture
1 Build Your Dachshund Dog Armature
Dog Body
Begin by wading up newspaper into a tear drop shape using masking tape to hold the newspaper into place. The longer smaller end of the teardrop we will use as our neck and the rounder end will be the butt. Slide your body into a plastic bag and make the dog head.

This is the body of your dog and you build the neck, head, legs, etc. from the body. Add a neck as seen in the video.

Dog Head and Snout
Roll up newspaper into a round ball and put into plastic bag. Shape snout with excess bag and tape. Take a look at Dachshund drawing of dogs and this will give you ideals to work from. Tape your snout to the round head.

Dog Legs
Roll up card board into tubes and tape to the body in the leg position. Roll up newspaper into balls for the dog paws and glue onto the bottom of the legs.

Dog Tail
Twist up newspaper into a tail shape and length that you want and tape into position.

Dog Ears
Cut your dog ears from cardboard and attach to the head.

2 Paper Mache and Paper Clay
1st Session
Cover the Dachshund Dog armature with 3 layers of newspaper using your hands soaked in paper mache paste. The recipe is simple flour, water, and a dash of salt. Here is a quick link to the recipe: http://goo.gl/BH5lgM

Lay the newspaper flat onto your Dog armature and work out all air bubbles with your hands. As you continue to apply layers of paper onto your armature your Dachshund Dog will begin to take shape. Never give up you can do this; keep that YES I CAN THINKING.

Once you have covered your Dachshund Dog with paper mache they must completely dry. Lay them out in the sun if you can for faster drying, they will take at least 24 hours to dry depending on the size of your Dachshund Dog.
Paper Clay or Paper Mache
2nd Session
For this session you have two choices; paper clay or paper mache.

Paper Mache: Cover with 4 to 5 more layers of paper mache all at one time. Let it completely dry before moving on. If you’re Dachshund Dog does not seem tough enough add more paper mache (see step 1). After each session of paper mache your sculpture must completely dry before moving to your next step. Awesome, guys get excited to see your Dachshund Dog take shape.

Quick Link to Paper Mache Paste Recipe: http://goo.gl/BH5lgM
Paper Clay: Cover the entire paper mache Dog armature with about 1/4 to 1/2 inch layer of paper clay, doing one side at a time and letting that completely dry. Apply the homemade paper clay with your hands and smooth with paper mache paste, butter knife, etc. You can let your paper clay dry for about 6 or more hours and then smooth more with paste.

The size of your Dachshund Dog will determine how long it will take to dry. A large Dachshund Dog will take approximately 3 to 4 days to dry, the paper clay takes longer to dry than you think so don’t rush it, wait an extra day before painting for caution.

Paper Clay Recipe: http://goo.gl/xoTFbJ

If you need once the Dachshund Dog has dried you can lightly sand with sandpaper and wipe off before painting.

3. Paint Your Dachshund Dog Sculpture
Paint a white coat of primer paint on your Dachshund Dog this will give you a white canvas for painting.

Once the primer coat as dried paint with acrylics anyway you like. I begin with the darkest color and work my way to the lightest color shade. Color is fun and you can’t mess up, anything goes.
Let all you paint completely dry before sealing with varnish.

Varnishing (Protecting)
You must seal your paper mache pieces with varnish for protection against moisture. Brush on 3 to 4 coats of varnish and let it completely dry. We brush on Polycrylic Minwax at the studio to varnish all our art. The gloss enhances our paint job. Follow the instructions on your varnish to apply.

Dachshund Dog Wrap Up
This is just one way to make a whimsy Dachshund Dog sculpture, hope you will use it to create your own Dog sculpture and of course share with the studio.

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