I wanted to improve my small foam puppet to a better standard. I didn't like the finish that had been created by painting straight onto the foam and I felt that I had rushed it to a point where I knew I could create a more aesthetically pleasing puppet. To begin to start this improvement, I used 'Polymer' clay and shaped it around the existing foam head. by doing this, I knew I could reshape some of the feature such as the eyes and the nose to make them look more suitable whilst keeping others that I felt suited the character such as the mouth and the cheek bones. As I was sculpting this, I decided that it felt like more of a male character rather than a female as I had originally thought so it became a grumpy, old man. I painted his skin using acrylics as I had before however, the finish that I was getting here was much smoother and nicer to work with than simply the bare foam. I used variations of colour to help exaggerate features such as his sunken cheeks and large nose. I also gave him large, grey eye brows to help him look fairly old. I made his bed clothes from a tea towel, this reminded me of a shirt my Grandad used to wear so i thought that it would be rather fitting. I also gave this character a night cap as it reminded me of the character scrooge and various other traditional stores and char actions where they are often pictured wearing something similar. I added small buttons and a little pocket on his left hand side to make it look more authentic.
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