Hi, I'm artist Lillian Gray and for today's lesson,
we are painting beautiful Gregory the giraffe that we created in a previous video.
For today's lesson, I have got fine sandpaper,
I have got various colours of acrylic paint. I've got a set of brushes in different sizes.
I also have a paper towel and a water jar to clean my brushes, and I've got clear spray paint
to seal our sculpture once we are done painting. Step one: we need to lightly sand our sculpture.
I am using light, fine-grit sandpaper and I'm just going to get rid of all the little bumps on
my sculpture before I start painting it. If you've spent a lot of time smoothing out your sculpture
as I showed you in the previous video with a wet brush or a wet sponge, this won't take that long,
there won't be as much to smooth out. Step two: let's paint the beautiful patterns
on Gregory. As I stated in the previous video when we were building Gregory, that I am making
quite a contemporary giraffe. My idea is to create quite a statement little decor piece for my home.
I am going to not stick to the traditional patterns of a giraffe, but rather do
something a bit more contemporary. There are various ways that you can make the sculpture
contemporary and add some modern patterns. What I would also recommend is maybe building
a few of them, in different sizes. Why not create a little cute giraffe family for your bookshelf.
Step 3: Let's paint Gregory's beautiful face. We have now reached step three and I'm going to paint
Gregory's beautiful face and expression. I'm going to switch to tiny brushes to really get
all the little details in. For the highlights in the eye I'm going to use the back of the
brush because it actually makes a much nicer dot than the front. I'm also going to blend and pat
in some color with my finger, because I find it much easier to blend with my finger. Let's go!
Step four: let's paint the tail. I'm now going to paint little Greg's tail,
and giraffes have quite long hair at the bottom of their tail, so I'm going to do that black,
and I'm going to pat in some white at the top of the tail with my finger.
Step five: it's time to seal our sculpture. We are done painting the beautiful Greg, so now we need
to protect him. Remember this is air-dry clay. It's much more porous than the clay we bake in
a kiln and we've also used acrylic paint, so we need to protect this so it doesn't chip. I usually
spray my sculptures twice with clear spray paint. Make sure you are in a well-ventilated room,
you've shaken your can quite properly, and that you have a mask for safety.
If you're a minor, please get an adult to help you with this step. Let's get spraying!
We are done sealing Greg and I'm so chuffed with him. I think he looks
great in his pinstripe suit, or maybe it's pajamas, I don't know. But I thought as an
extra little thing that I just would like to add, and this is completely optional.
Giraffes have the most stunning eyelashes. Have you ever noticed? I haven't
and now I know about it and it's so beautiful,
I thought it would be quite cool to stick some fake eyelashes on Greg.
I just love how Gregory turned out. I think he's gorgeous. He's going to
look amazing in my lounge. If you enjoyed this video and creating Gregory with me,
please give us a like, a thumbs up. Drop us a comment down below,
and feel free to share your photos of what you have created
on our various social media channels. I'm artist Lillian Gray until next time!