This little guy was just TOO much fun to make.
Click on any of the photos for a closer look.
Isn’t that the cutest widdle face? ===gah===
The wings took several tries to get right, but I’m really thrilled with how they finally came out.
That piece of quartz has been hanging around for several years. I think it’s absolutely perfect here.
I started the face and body using Christi Friesen’s book Dragons
Those are chip beads on the base, which gives you a little bit of an idea of his size. (About 2 1/2 inches from the base to the tip top of his wing, and the base is 3 inches across the widest point.)
I used just the teeniest bit of Christi Friesen’s new metallic paints and patinas for accents. Kinda lovin’ those these days.
In fact, I just realized I forgot to give you guys the promised chart of those paints and what the patinas do to them.
I honestly see no difference between the Tiffany and the Verdigris patinas.
The plan is to next make a purple dragon with red and gold accents. She’ll be holding pretty clear crystals, and I’m thinking her name will be Amy. (We’ll see who she turns out to be, though.)
Once the details are worked out, I hope to send a few of these little guys off to good homes through my Etsy shop.
In the meantime, Happy Creating!
Oh, that’s wonderful! He looks so real!–for a dragon, you know. But how did you make the wings??
Hey Robin, Thanks! I’m glad you like the little fella.
His wings are also polymer clay. I made a Skinner blend using green clay closer to the body and blending to translucent clay at the edges, then rolled it out very thin on my pasta machine. The dark green veins and edges were done with a very thin snake extruded with a clay gun. The wings had to baked separately from the body, then I added a bit of wire which was poked into holes I’d already put on the dragon’s body.
It took several tries, and the final wings are largely due to a couple of Gary’s suggestions, and I’m really, really pleased with how they turned out. In fact, Josh’s first comment when he saw them was how cool the wings were. Yay. 🙂
Today I just finished my Christmas baking. After I make a sparkly new red top, I hope to start on the purple dragon.
That’s amazing. Very nicely done!
what a cute little fella … do you sell them??
Hi Bevie,
Jasper is a prototype and I don’t usually sell those. Besides, he’s adorable and I’d hate to send him away! If you are interested, and promise to give him a good home, I would consider a sale. 🙂
HI!
where I can buy these patinas ?
Hi there, you can find the Swellegant paints and patinas on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1UOfJ0L. Happy creating!