Paper Mache Lizard: Wrapping the Armature 2

Video Transcript

"So we're going to continue to paper mache the lizard using the same techniques to dunk the newspaper and wrap it around. You want to be really careful around the body part, here, because that's the part where we made the structure to be rounded and we want to keep it that same shape. This is the part where sometimes the body will collapse. You want to make sure that doesn't happen. We can choose some smaller pieces for the legs or areas that are a little smaller that don't quite as much newspaper. We would just want to make sure that we are coating, coating all the way around. Again, this is a sculpture, so we want to make sure that all pieces are wrapped and covered and it can be viewed from all sides. So we can turn it over on its back and continue to paper mache all the way up the body to the head. This one’s a little folded and that one didn't get coated all the way, I want to make sure that I always have a good coating. And when the newspaper is wet with the paper mache it's a lot easier to manipulate and you can fold and wrap, and really make it do what you want. Wrap it around. And, once you've covered the legs, and the head, and the body, you want to make sure that and give it a good look over to make sure that the rest of the body has been covered completely."