Clay Characters

This week we are going to make clay characters. These characters can be from a movie or television show. An example is the clay minion in the above picture from the movie "Despicable Me." To make your character, use any kind of clay you have such as model magic or play dough. If you do not have any clay at home, you can draw or paint your character.

We are going to make our characters in proportion. What that means is we need to look at each part of the character's body in relation to the other parts. For example, let's say we are sculpting Mickey Mouse. If we make his head the size of a golf ball, are we also going to make his body the size of a golf ball? No, we will not. The body should be bigger than the head right? So we need to make the body larger than the head.

Here are some more examples of characters from movies and television shows made out of clay. Do you recognize any of them?

I'm looking forward to seeing the sculptures you have created!

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