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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jun 24, 20142 min read
Mixing Clays
I recently found out how to, and not to mix clays. Q. Why mix clays together ? A. For the same reason an artist mixes paints, to get a...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jun 16, 20141 min read
FDMj Creation: Sunrise Faerie
Hi guys, I wanted to share what I’ve been doing lately. This is part of my sculpture line I call SoftSculpts where they are more...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
May 3, 20141 min read
Painting with Genesis Paints
I figured it out ! I had such a difficult time painting with and trying to figure out how to use Genesis heat-set paints. I knew the way...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Aug 4, 20132 min read
Mermaid Cove: Things Learned
Using Baby Oil. I’ve never used Baby Oil on my pieces to the extent of using it as a smoothing agent for uncured clay. On this piece I...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jul 29, 20132 min read
ElkMorph; Things Learned
On this piece I used 28ga wire for hand armature. It came out okay but there was still a good amount of the wire showing through the clay...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
May 25, 20132 min read
Grassy Fae; Things Learned
From the hand armature video I created and after making some hands in that manner, I cam to realize that the wire was poking out of the...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Mar 27, 20131 min read
Artist’s Block
Okay …. so I’ve hit that point an artist reaches were they hate absolutely everything about their piece ! Grrr – everything I seem to do...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jan 6, 20131 min read
Sandy ‘Maid is Available on eBay
#Faerie #Clay #OOAK #Sculpey #Fantasy #ModelingCompounds #PolymerClay #eBay #Sculpture #Art #Miniature #VisualArts #Fairy #Arts #Crafts
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Sep 1, 20121 min read
Creation Up For Sale
Okay Everyone, I finally decided to put this piece up for sale. Took some time, but here she is; Interim Creation 03: Faerie #Faerie...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jun 16, 20121 min read
OOAK Wing TuT
Hi Everyone 🙂 I wanted to let everyone know that I just completed a TuT (tutorial) on making wings for those of you who need help with...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jun 3, 20122 min read
Sculpting to A Size
I’m excited to share this little tid-bit. Earlier when I started sculpting, I had told myself I wanted to keep my sculptures at approx....
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Fredo Declán Hernández
May 26, 20122 min read
Finished Interim Creation 02; Things Learned
As this was my first try at a mermaid sculpture, I’m very happy with how it came out overall. Now for things learned; 1 ) Flat-back...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
May 12, 20121 min read
OOAK Mermaid Scale Tool
Finally ! I was confused on what artists used to create those great, realistic looking scales on the mermaid tails. I was starting to...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jan 8, 20121 min read
Fixing Moonies on OOAK Sculptures
Moonies are unfortunate but fixable (thank goodness). Moonies: A moonie is a bubble of air that gets trapped in the polymer clay and when...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Aug 14, 20113 min read
OOAK Eye Technique
Hi OOAK’ers ! In my search for information and tutorials (TuTs) for either were to find / buy OOAK eyes for my sculptures I found a lot...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Aug 11, 20112 min read
Blushing Translucent Clay
I got curious about sculpting with Translucent shaded clay because it looked like a very nice shade of clay in the store. The brand I...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Aug 2, 20112 min read
Creation 010-002; My First Completed Sculpture
WoW …. I finished a sculpture, not just A sculpture, my FIRST sculpture. If I could only genuinely explain the feelings that come along...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jul 31, 20111 min read
Improving the Hands
I came across a much more realistic way of sculpting hands. It breaks down to only a few points; 1 ) Have the fingers start off short as...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jun 16, 20113 min read
Creation 010-002 Notes
I started work on Creation 010-002 and am nearly done with the body. After that, it’ll be onto the hands and the feet as the head is...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jun 11, 20111 min read
Sculpture Eyes
I’ve always preferred inserting eyes into my sculptures as opposed to painting the eye directly onto the sculpture …. and here’s why; in...
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