Sculpting Whimsical Plants With Polymer Clay

Sproutlings, Flowered Sproutlings, and Mushlings

What you'll learn

Create character faces with individual personalities

Painting and finishing your sculpture to a high standard

Create and bake separate components to piece together later

Create a whimsical magical plant using your imagination and basic sculpting skills

Requirements

No previous experience

Polymer clay

Home oven

Sculpting tools

Description

Learn to create you own magical plants using oven bake polymer clay.In this course you will learn how to create whimsical and magical plant character. We will start by sculpting and baking some realistic looking leaves, then sculpt a little body and face, with different expressions and character, and then create a home for our new little plants.The class also includes some fun extra classes too! Learn how to create mixed media flowered magical plants and little cheeky mushroom/Mushling characters. A full list of suggested materials is included with this class, as well as printable plant pot labels and a facial expression reference sheet. This class is a re-edited stand-alone version of the Sproutling tutorial originally created by artist Heather Robertson as part of the Curious Mondo Polymer clay Symposium 2023.While the recorded content is the same, parts have been edited and reconstructed as a stand alone Polymer Clay course for Udemy.Extra content is included with this class  (plant pot labels, pictures, and a materials list), as well as extra  videos (additional facial expressions, mixed media plants, and Mushlings).The characters are an original design by artist Heather Robertson Art, as featured on the UK channel 5 TV show, The Wonderful World of Crafting - Episode1, season 1 (2019)Heather Robertson retains all rights to her character designs.The student may create and sell their own plant characters created following this class.No part of this class, downloadable material, pictures, video and audio content may be reproduced or sold in any way.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Making the leaf shoots

Lecture 2 Tools and materials

Lecture 3 Creating the Leaf armature

Lecture 4 Adding Clay

Lecture 5 Adding Texture

Lecture 6 Adding the Stalk

Lecture 7 Recap and Baking

Section 3: Sculpting the body, face, and attaching the leaves

Lecture 8 Making the body - Tools

Lecture 9 Sculpt the body

Lecture 10 Add the leaves and Sculpt a face pt1

Lecture 11 Sculpt the face pt2 and add arms

Lecture 12 Sproutling 2 - a variation and recap

Lecture 13 Baking our Sproutling plants

Section 4: Painting, finishing, and potting our sproutlings

Lecture 14 Painting our Sproutling plants

Lecture 15 Potting our Sproutling plants

Section 5: Extra Classes 1 - Facial Expressions

Lecture 16 Facial Expressions - intro and Funny face

Lecture 17 Facial Expressions - Cheesy grin

Lecture 18 Facial Expressions - wink

Lecture 19 Facial Expressions - Squishy Face

Lecture 20 Facial Expressions - All together

Section 6: Extra Classes 2 - Mixed Media, Flowering Sproutlings

Lecture 21 Mixed media Sproutling intro

Lecture 22 Mixed Media Sproutling - Materials

Lecture 23 Mixed Media Sproutling - Wiring Flowers

Lecture 24 Mixed Media Sproutling - Wiring Flowers. Extra tip

Lecture 25 Mixed Media Sproutling - Creating the body

Lecture 26 Mixed Media Sproutlling - Assembly and finishing

Section 7: Extra Classes 3 - Mushroom / Mushling Sproutlings

Lecture 27 Mushrooms - creating the Mushling cap

Lecture 28 Mushrooms - Creating the Mushling body

Lecture 29 Mushrooms - Assembly and finishing

Beginner and experienced polymer clay crafters and artists