How Do You Make Figures With Modeling Clay?
In the age of technology, we often forget how much fun that simple, hands-on crafts can be for children and adults alike. Modeling clay, which comes in every color of the rainbow, is a great tool to expand your imagination, your spacial ability and your artistic creativity. Making figures with modeling clay is a great way to start. With the following instructions, it’ll be easy to learn and will have rewarding results. To make a human figure out of modeling clay, there are a few basic shapes that need to be formed: limbs, torso, head, hands and feet. To form a head, pinch a piece of clay off from the block, and roll it into a perfect sphere. Then, using the palm of your hand, roll the sphere on a flat surface to form more of a grape-shape. The figure’s torso is created more with pinching than with rolling. Take a section of clay two or three times as large as the head and, using your forefingers and thumbs on both hands, shape the piece into a trapezoid. The wider part is the chest, an
