Sculpting Bonsai Tree using Paper Clay _ White cedar _ Thuja occidentalis @LifeofClay

Hi everyone! Welcome to Life of clay, this is Kenji your sculptor. In this video, I’ll be showing you how I build this White Cedar Bonsai tree (Thuja occidentallis) using paper clay. This is the second Bonsai Tree I made in my channel, the first one was made years ago and it is a Pine Tree Bonsai . And if you are new to my channel, please don’t forget to subscribe and turn on the notification bell icon to see more of my sculpting videos in the future. Your support means so much to me. Thank you very much in advance. Facts about White-Cedar Tree: • Bonsai 盆栽 literally translated, means “Tray Planting” is the Japanese and East Asian art of growing and training miniature trees in containers. • Developed from the traditional Chinese art form of penjing (盆景). Penjing and bonsai differ in that the former attempts to display “wilder,“ more naturalistic scenes, often representing landscapes, including elements such as water, rocks, or figurines; on the other hand, bonsai typically focuses on a single tree or a group of trees of the same species, with a higher level of aesthetic refinement. • Thuja occidentalis, also known as northern white-cedar, eastern white-cedar, or arborvitae, is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north-central and northeastern United States. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. • Arborvitae is Latin for ’tree of life’ – due to the supposed medicinal properties of the sap, bark, and twigs. Related Videos: Pine Tree Bonsai Bark texturing Materials: • Ply board cut outs • Wood baton (drilled with holes) • Wood screws • Galvanized wire (16 and 32) • Aluminium foil • Wood glue • Paper clay (made out of recycled paper, pva glue and terracotta air dry clay) • Cotton twine • Cotton cloth • Constructing cement • Modellig powder grass • Dried lichen reindeer moss Acrylic Paints (All are Folkart Brands)  Beige paint (mix of Titanium white, yellow ochre and burnt sienna)  Burnt umber  Burnt sienna  Sap green  Black  Titanium white  Yellow ochre  Neutral green (mix of Sap green, Titanium white and little amount of Burnt umber)  Light yellow green (mix of Titanium white, Bus yellow and Sap green) Varnish (Decoart)  Ultra Matte Water base Polyurethane Varnish You can also VISIT and FOLLOW my other Social Media Accounts: Pinterest - Instagram - Facebook page - Reddit - Imgur - Twitter – Thank you again for watching and see you again next time, Keep safe and have a great day everyone. Hiraeth by Scott Buckley Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library Hiraeth – Scott B...