KaitlynK

This is the bird I chose. It is a swan. I chose this one because it is an elegant and interesting bird.... Well that and I thought it would be easier to make this life size, out of paper mache instead of a flamingo. I thought it would be fun and interesting to work on. A challenge. I encountered some problems but not many. I had some problems with the water on water thing when some dried too fast and some ran all over and into each other. The plastic wrap stuff didn't work really at all. The salt was working alright but the stuff I used it on dried so fast that it was hard to get it to keep the look. I think out of 5 this would be a 3 maybe 4. It wasn't the best ever but it was pretty good so I guess that makes it over a 2, right? The painting was what makes it under a 5 I think. The drawing was great but I can't paint really at all so... Yeah. 3-4.

This is my papier mache swan. It took a while and I ended up having to take it home to finish. It took 2 full days to put all the feathers on and make sure that they were staying. I also had to make sure that his beak was the right shape. It isn't precisely but it is very close. I had to decide whether to paint or use feathers to cover the bird. Deciding that would decide where I needed to add more detail. I ended up using feathers because I wanted it to look more realistic.I knew that my painting would not be nearly as convincing as the real thing. So feathers it was. I had some problems with getting the news paper in the right positions. I also had so difficulty with the wings staying up right. The bird wouldn't stand nor sit up on it's own so I have to fix that but adding the feathers helped fill out what the news paper didn't.