Paper mache sculpture of a hippo

This exercise is a lot more involved then some of our previous ones. I used a cardboard roll with masking tape, newspaper, glue and scissors. I found an image of a hippo to use as a reference, the one I found was on the pixabay website. I cut the cardboard roll down to a size that I thought was suitable for a body. I then cut small flaps where I wanted the legs to go. On a seperate piece of the cardboard roll, I cut out the what was going to be the head, a small square piece at the top, a long snout and a wide rectangle at the bottom. I used the curve of the roll to my advantage . Once these basic shapes were ready, I used scrunched up newspaper and masking tape to create the rest of the sculpture. This helped give it volume. I also moulded the sculpture with my hands to help get the shapes I wanted. Once I was happy, I ripped up strips of newspaper and used pva glue to stick pieces all over the hippo, I was very generous with the glue. I then painted the sculpture white, I think I will paint a pattern or something like that on it later. Join our Facebook group https://bit.ly/34XxzJz Follow our Facebook page https://bit.ly/34NgTE9 Connect on Instagram https://bit.ly/2OM3jeL Visit our website https://www.trinitypaintbox.com Support us with a donation https://bit.ly/33N0BtZ #trinitypaintbox #art #artist #creativity #artlesson #painting #drawing #draw #paint #create #stilllife #pasteldrawing #3D #Sculpture #facesculpture #arttogether #findfreedomin3D #papermache #animalsculpture