Cute Critter Tutorial ~ Lion

Cute Critter Week ~ Rainbow Unicorn Tutorial

Cute Critter Week ~ Bulldog Tutorial

Cute Critter Week: Snoopy tutorial

Painting a Cute Rabbit with Acrylics

Step by step photos on how to paint a cold porcelain (biscuit) figure using dimensional shading techniques.

Below is rabbit BEFORE being painted.

Make this Pink & White Cat

Keep reading for step-by-step photos to create this cute kitten.

Make a Chicken and a Cow Fridge Magnet

This is a demonstration using molds to create body parts, but the simple shapes of the chicken and the cow could be made by hand if you don't have the molds.   What makes them extra cute is the painting techniques!

Sleepy Puppy

Make this cute sleepy puppy with homemade cold porcelain. Materials needed include:

Cold Porcelain (about 1 lb...500 gr)
Polystyrene or Styrofoam spheres No 4 and No 5  (1 for body and 1 for head)
Acrylic or oil paint to pre-tint white clay: Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna
Sculpting tool & clay roller
Vinyl or water-based glue
Eye stickers (or paint the eyes)

Blushing powder  (pastels, scrapbooking powder or make-up)

Black permanent marker for "freckles"
Optional wood base

Acrylic paints for the wood base:  yellow and white

Acrylic paint to tint clay for "quilt buttons":  blue

A Couple of Cute & Stylized Cats

A cold porcelain tutorial from "Biscuit" magazine and the Brazilian site Artesanatonarede . Translated to English as best as possible.  Two stylized cats hugging a heart and each other!

This is a good beginners project.

Make a Stuffed Bear Jar Topper

Cute stuffed teddy bear jar topper made from cold porcelain.   Video narration is in Spanish but each step is clearly shown so it should be easy to follow even if you don't

Make This Cute Easter Bunny

Create a cold porcelain Easter bunny by following this 3-part, step-by-step tutorial from Karin at Artisan Life.

Note: Tutorial is in Portuguese If your browser doesn't automatically translate the page, try Google Translate. http://translate.google.com/

Cute Mouse Video Demo

Here's an easy beginner's project...a cute little mouse demo from Giogio Arts!

How to Sculpt a Rearing Horse or Unicorn

On his blog Chikim Art, Francisco de Assis shows us how to model this rearing horse using biscuit* (cold porcelain).  Blog is written in Portuguese, however there is no need to translate.  The horse tutorial is shown in step by step photos...no text.     Leave off the saddle and bridle....add a horn....and you have a Unicorn!

*"Biscuit" is defined an unglazed form of porcelain or porcelain after the first firing and before glazing (aka "bisque")...but is also the term used in Brazil when describing (unfired) cold porcelain clay.   Many other types of air-dry clay could also be used to create this horse.

Francisco says he's been modeling with biscuit for about 8 years and "the goal of this blog was to show to friends and family my pieces... today is something much broader with tips for beginners in the art of modeling."

This seemingly complicated sculpt begins with simple shapes as shown in the first few steps below.    Give it a try!    

Winnie the Pooh, Step by Step

Today we have another excellent video demo from Marisol Romero, showing us, step-by step, how to make Winnie the Pooh as shown above, using cold porcelain.  Marisol is speaking Spanish in these 3 videos but, even if you don't understand what she is saying, you should be able to follow along easily. Every step is clearly shown.

Marisol currently has a contest to make this Winnie the Pooh in cold porcelain and win one of her premium cold porcelain how-to courses. Contest rules are explained on her website. Contest ends Feb.28, 2011.

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Part 2 of 3



Part 3 of 3

Make a Cute Elephant

In the following 2 videos, Sweet Cakes by Ronda shows us how to make a cute elephant. These demos are using gumpaste and fondant, but the process is exactly the same for cold porcelain....just use regular glue instead of "edible" glue!

Part 1



Part 2

Make This Cute Dalmatian

Dalmatian Puppy
This adorable creature can be a great gift or cake topper

Would you like to make the Dalmatian dog shown in the header for Cold Porcelain Cuties?  Simple, basic shapes are used to create this cute puppy with photos every step of the way to show you how.  

Tutorial was translated to English from Porcelana Fria magazine and was written especially for cold porcelain paste. You could also try making the Dalmatian with other types of air-dry clay or make another kind of dog simply by changing the colors used.   Enjoy!

Note:   If you would like to make a slightly simpler dog, see this video demo of a little brown puppy.

Make These Cute Hippos

You can make these cute Hippos from cold porcelain following this video tutorial

from GiogiArt .

Make a Cute Frog

Creating a frog cake topper with gumpaste artist Donna Lane.

This video demo is using gumpaste and fondant, but the process is exactly the same for cold porcelain....just use regular white glue instead of "edible" glue!

Make This Cute Kitty

Another excellent 2-part video demo from Marisol Romero, showing us, step-by step, how to make the cute cartoon kitty shown above, using cold porcelain.   Marisol is speaking Spanish in the videos but, even if you don't understand what she is saying, you should be able to follow along easily.  Every step is clearly shown.  This would be a good beginner's project because of the character's simplicity!

You'll note that she lets some parts of the figure dry separately.  This makes them easier to handle when assembling figure.   Prevents squishing the uncured clay parts!!    White glue is used where needed to attach new clay to cured clay and in other places where there may be a weak join.

Make this Cute Puppy

This video demo from sugarcraft artist Aine shows us how to make a cute little puppy.

This particular demo is using gumpaste to create figure, but the process is exactly the same for cold porcelain or air-dry clay.   Just use regular glue where she calls for edible glue.

Part 1... body

Part 2... head