FFO Tutorial On Creepy Faces

  Welcome to Friday Face OFF. This is where you can show any kind of face in any medium. Let your imagination go wild. Then link your blog to this one, link up with MR. Linky and start leaving comments. Everyone who joins in shares such wonderful art pieces.

I promised a tutorial and will answer a few questions. Here is what we are looking to create today. 

  First gather up those ceramic masks that you have packed away or even hanging on your wall. LOL If not head to the thrift store, they always have these masks.

 Wash the faces with soap and water and dry them off. I normally use latex paint but for these I used good old acrylics. The first layer of paint will not cover the face. Let that dry and add another coat. Repeat this until you have a nice thick coating and can't see any of the original paint. Don't worry about any paint lines. They add to the creepiness.

 Once the paint is dry it's time to add some skin or texture. :) the same technique I use for corpsing is what I use on the faces. You can see how here. 

Normally I work these faces in black or white. I thought it would be good to try a bone color. After painting it I changed my mind. It's the best part of art. We can always change what we are doing. Once you have the texture on and completely dry you can paint it. Remember NOT to have the paint too wet. You don't want to rehydrate the textures. Use acrylics.

This color just didn't work for me.

Repainted it white.

Once you get the basic texture on it's time to add some details. It can be anything and just about any materials. In the corpsing link I show you that tearing the T.P. so the edges are ragged, I save all the scraps to make lumps and bumps on the face. Simply take a small wad of torn T.P. and dip it into the glue/water. Stick it onto the face, then with a brush add more glue/water all over the lump so it will dry hard.

Here is a skull that I added the lumps to.

The face below has empty eyes. I painted black around the sockets. For the texture I used a dry brush with a bit of black paint and lightly went over the texture. You want to do this very lightly so the ridges really show up.

This one has ceramic over they eyes but I also opted to paint them black. I textured the top of the head and side of face. I painted this black, let it dry, then a red brown, let it dry, then a light gray to bring out the ridges. I added the lumps and made them look like sores with pus and blood.

How to make the teeth. There are many ways to make fake teeth. My go to material is Ellimorph. This is a biodegradable, non toxic remouldable plastic. OK, that means you can make your own teeth and wear them without any reactions. LOL Check out the link. This is a plastic material placed in hot water and then form into what ever you like. I have posted about this in the past but here is a link to the company. They are in Sweden. Heat water to about 120°F, drop in the ellimorph beads. When they turn clear you can shape them. 

This will be hot.	Roll out and then pinch the ends off for pointy teeth.
	Use the middle of the roll for rounded teeth.

  While the teeth are still pliable place where you like on the mask. Hold it in place while it dries. Not even a minute. Now you have the perfect fit to glue into place. I use superglue gel. The gel takes time to dry so you have time for placement. 

 

Do NOT USE HOT GLUE.

Any of the Ellimorph can be put back into hot water to reshape or make soft for placement. I love this stuff and use it a lot for different art projects. 

Most of these masks already have holes on the sides to add rope, leather thong or whatever to hang them.  I hope you all enjoyed this and will give you some ideas in your own art.

 

Now for the featured artist.

This week is, 

Tom from BackRoads Traveler.

I'm also linking with Gillena

OK, on more thing before you link up with me. Today I had to go to the dentist. After, Mr. M. and I stopped and JoAnne's Fabric. OMG!!!!!! 2 of the workers were setting out their Halloween merchandise. Ohhh with 40% off. Wanna see what I got?

Hee hee hee heee.....

Gotta wait until next week. But everything is darn. Cool. 

Nicole