Lady Peppy Shih Tzu Sculpture - Lessons Learned 🐶

My mixed media sculpture of a Shih Tzu wearing a winter outfit from Downton Abbey is done (as much as it will be). 😊

I learned a lot with this project. I'm not excited about how it turned out, and I probably won't paint it, but it was still really fun to do and there are some things I learned that I'll be using in future sculptures. For instance, I'm anxious to sculpt more fur the way I did it on her ears. I don't usually spend much time sculpting the fur on my critters, but this really has me excited about it.

I'm also watching some videos for painting fur on the StudioWildlife YouTube channel. (Amazing tutorials - you have to check him out!)

To see how the basic shapes on Peppy were built, click here: https://youtu.be/tWGcllH-msE

😄 I just have to tell you that my daughter, Jessie Rasche, was featured in this month's Southwest Art Magazine. Go check it out at https://www.southwestart.com/featured/artists-to-watch-jessie-rasche

If you're interested in the string idea that worked for the horse's mane, but not for Peppy's long silky hair, watch this video: https://youtu.be/zwqaFoMmvxo

And to see that book I used to help me sculpt the fur on Peppy's ear, click here (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3reSANr (Yikes - It wasn't that expensive when I bought it 15 years ago!)

Of course, the real master at sculpting paper mache animals wearing people clothes is Mélanie Bourlon. You can see her sculptures here: https://melaniebourlon.com/sculpture-papier-mache/

Be sure to subscribe to my channel for more sculpting videos, and come see me at https:://www.UltimatePaperMache.com