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Clay Animals

Through creating clay animals, students will work on making them appear more realistic by focusing on texture, color, details, and proportions. The project involves selecting an animal to sculpt, doing sketches from different angles for approval, and then creating the general form with clay. Next, students will hollow out their clay animal and add textures and details using tools while referencing their sketches and research. Finally, projects will dry completely before being approved.

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Clay Animals

Through creating clay animals, students will work on making them appear more realistic by focusing on texture, color, details, and proportions. The project involves selecting an animal to sculpt, doing sketches from different angles for approval, and then creating the general form with clay. Next, students will hollow out their clay animal and add textures and details using tools while referencing their sketches and research. Finally, projects will dry completely before being approved.

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  • Clay Animal Project Introduction: Introduces the project and presents the overarching question about realism in animal sculptures using clay.
  • Step 1: Animal Selection/Sketches: Describes the initial step of selecting and sketching an animal in preparation for sculpting.
  • Step 2: Approval of Animal/Beginning Sculpting: Guidelines for getting animal design approval and commencing the sculpting process.
  • Step 3: Hollowing Your Animal: Instructions on how to properly hollow clay animals to prevent issues during drying.
  • Step 4: Adding Texture/Details: Details the process of adding textures and details to enhance the realism of clay projects.
  • Step 5: Drying Process: Explains the final step of preparing the clay animal project for drying and obtaining approval.

Clay Animal Project

Through the use of clay, what


could make an animal appear
more realistic?
What could make animals look more realistic?
● Texture
● Color
● Details
● Proportions
● Etc.
Step 1: Animal selection/sketches
● Pick an animal you want to recreate in 3 dimensional form
● Research the animal using phone/iPad
● Using your sketchbook, create 4 thumbnail sketches of the animal at different
angles to analyze the form of that specific animal
● Your sketch needs to show detail, and shading so that we get an idea of the
animals form and texture
● SKETCH DUE THURSDAY during class (MINOR)
Step 2: Approval of animal/begin sculpting
● Using clay, start creating the general form for your animal (Body, legs, head,
etc.)
Step 3: Hollowing your animal
● To reduce air bubbles and explosions, you
will need to hollow out your animal
● Your clay must be in the beginning stages
of leatherhard
● Use floss or clay wire to split your
animal’s body in half
● Use the loop tool to scoop out the extra
clay in the middle
● After hollowed, scratch and slip edges
back together
Step 3: Hollowing your animal
Step 4: Adding Texture/Details
● Use different clay tools to start adding textures/details
● Use your sketch/photos as a guide
Step 5: Drying process
● Once completely done, check with Ms. Doran for approval, leave project out to
dry to get into the bone-dry stage.

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