31 Scarecrow

first i decided i wanted it to be compact and capable of being broken down in two parts

taller house one day it needs to be adjustable. i also wanted the branches to sprawl across my ceiling

i thought using chicken wire

i glued it just a little to hold it n place then went over it in gorilla glue to really make it strong

i wanted a strong base since its so tall

on the top half i started the face

i just drew on a face and cut it out

here it is sitting in the bottom half

i started building up ridges in the tree

more paper mache

i tried to match the bottom ridges to the top as best i could

here are the two apart all paper mached

i would just glob it on and then smooth it out a little in sections

then i would get my fingers a little wet and scrape it to make my bark texture

here it is finally and ready

as i was going i would brush on and blend in a brown color in the highlight areas

lastly i brushed on a lighter taupe color

no closeups of that...hmm i need to take a bark pic too and add it here

so i took some old branches i had saved from the last tree trimming

i will be adding pics soon of the finished tree and it's creepy hanging greenery

also maybe a cleaner house in the next picture

as i have mentioned before

i had a lot to consider

so i decided to use concrete pour molds

they are around $ each

i found some flexible irrigation pipe in our garage and decided to use it as a stopper

ps. the exploded and made a huge mess. i still have glue on me

see

when all was

i coneccted them

next using celluclay i built the facial features

also

together

i wanted to make more branches but i really am behind schedule right now

i used a base coat of a charcoal color i had on hand called fittingly called 'black magic

i decided

i will be adding some to the branches as soon

but