Midnight Seahorse

My seahorse was one of my first sculptures I ever made. Seahorses are very calm and patient creatures. That’s why I chose to do a seahorse. It was a learning piece for me. I am a perfectionist so making art was a hard concept for me to grasp. In creating this piece, I began to try new things and be creative which made creating all of my other pieces much easier. The seahorse is made out paper maché. First, I had to ball up paper and tape it together. Then, I put multiple layers of paper with glue on top of the tape to smooth it out. After it dried, I painted it. I put a base coat of black on it first. Then I painted blue over top of the black mostly on one side. Then I painted purple on the belly side. I used dry brush on the middle of the seahorse to blend the colors. I painted a yellow-gold on the eyes and then added the same yellow-gold on each of the points to unify it. I then glued sand on a base and glued my seahorse onto that base. If I were to do it again, I would put plaster over it before I painted it in order to smooth it over more.