Newspaper birdies

Newspaper Birds

     These little birdies were part of a project at college that I did.
      These are made from newspaper and masking tape, then painted with white arcylic paint, also to make the legs and feet I used wire, So keep that in mind when trying these little beauties out.
    
    

    
     Well we got a bird project at college and this technique was shown to us, i'm not too sure if it was influenced by another artist or if it was my teachers clever idea. It's very easy to do, just roll the newspaper into a long sausagey kinda shape, I had to bend it and twist it to make it a birdy shape, keep it tight!!! If you don't it will be seriously difficult to wrap with the masking tape, which is the next step of corse!! :P:P  Keep wrapping 'till you happy with the shape and try and get a bit of a point for the beak and a flat-ish bit at the other end for a tail.
Then just paint it wite. I used arylic paint because it's so thick and it covers better.

         I think these were pretty amazing!! I did three to make up a little collection, they're super easy to make and I think they're really successful, I think they'd look really cute sitting up on high shelf, or you could stick them in some little bird cages. whutever!!!!  
                                         

The possibilities are endless with them.