Sculpt a Blue Footed Booby Balancing On Two Feet

I got started on my Blue-Footed Booby sculpture this week. She's now got her body, wings and feet, but the feathers and air dry clay will be in the next video. You can now see the next video here: https://youtu.be/lBKClTD2Ns0Show more

I started this project to show you how to balance any bird sculpture on just two feet. This is a big challenge for a lot of sculptors, but I think my solution will work for almost any type of bird. I've used the same system with a baby chick and with a life-sized dodo, and it worked for both of them.,

Here are the links I mentioned in the video. If I forgot one, please let me know. 😊

How to make paper mache feathers: https://youtu.be/RRuUkN2ujf8
The Silky-Smooth air dry clay recipe I'll be using in the next video: https://youtu.be/YOiovGN-yHA

Download my free Blue-Footed Booby here: https://www.ultimatepapermache.com/paper-mache-blue-footed-booby

Or make your own with the instructions in this video: https://youtu.be/ywViyxgbPUg

You can find patterns for the masks and sculptures behind me in the video here: https://www.ultimatepapermache.com/patterns

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:16 Why this Blue-Footed Booby sculpture isn't dancing
1:36 The pattern for the booby - use mine or make your own
1:55 The feathers and air dry clay that will be in the next video
2:23 Printing and cutting out the pattern
3:26 Adding crumpled paper to fill out the forms
7:21 Making a base of foil for the bill
9:04 Building the 'sling' that will help the booby stand on two feet
16:13 Putting the feet on the correct sides, with long toes pointing out
18:30 Adding the wings
20:44 Outro, and what comes next

The photo of the dancing blue-footed booby by Pete - originally posted to Flickr as You Put Your Left Foot In.., CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3877454