Modeling a rainbow from plasticine

Sculpting a rainbow from plasticine, including sculpting a volumetric rainbow, can be very exciting. But it is important to understand how to make it to children in stages, how to direct their efforts. A separate important nuance is how to mold on cardboard.

Plasticine for work will need several colors. It is not necessary to focus on any unambiguous selection of tones, but 5 or 7 colors must be present. The clay itself is assessed by its ability to keep its shape. The greater this ability, the better, of course. Additionally, for work you will need:

• a solid base - a sculpting board;
• cardboard (not always, but in most cases);
• stacks with which plasticine is cut and molded;
• plastic scissors or knives;
• molds;
• texture sheets (providing the required texture);
• plastic containers and buckets (plasticine is put there for a while, if it is not possible to finish modeling quickly);
• canvases for the formation of applications.

This type of sculpting is quite common. Work begins with the formation of plasticine "sausages". Such blanks will have to be bent in turn into an arc. Such arcs are superimposed on each other. The colors need to be alternated as you see fit. For many novice craftsmen, it can be difficult to hide, hide the tips of the arcs.

But in fact, this is not a problem at all - after all, they can be beaten. You just need to use white material and roll it into lumps, then into pancakes. Having received clouds, you can cover problem areas with them.

You can approach the composition in a different way. But anyway you need to start training with boxes the size of a notebook sheet. Too small substrates will force you to work out miniature details, and creating a rainbow on A4 sheet for children can be extremely tedious.

You need to smear the mass with your thumb, making an effort. You have to understand that sometimes the strength of the thumb is not enough. Gradually, you can connect all of them to work. Mixing green and brown dyes forms a kind of soil. The free area of ​​the cardboard is coated with blue plasticine - it is better if you do not save the mass, and it will hide the entire substrate without a trace.

Clouds will provide the showiness and persuasiveness of the sky. White areas are made thicker. If they are too thin, the blue color will show through. Pieces for the rainbow itself are rolled out in the manner of a "sausage". Then they roll them up, like an arc, connect and see if everything is well connected.

Getting such a figure from plasticine is easier in stages than it seems. At the same time, both for children and adults, it is necessary to choose CDs as a basis. They are much more practical than cardboard and paper. The sequence is as follows:

• warm up plasticine in their hands;
• smear it over a disc or several discs as uniformly as possible;
• block the hole of the disc on the back side, sticking a piece of cardboard there with adhesive tape;
• draw a horizon strip;
• 7 typical strips are rolled;
• sculpt the sun with rays and a couple of clouds around it;
• bend the strips into an arc and lay them on a disk;
• cut off the excess along a pre-made line;
• they put clouds, the sun and its rays in their proper places;
• add, if desired, figures of animals and birds, flowers to the composition;
• glue the rope to the tape so that the rainbow can be hung.

There is one more way. True, for him a rainbow will have to be drawn first.... Pencil arcs in the usual gray will show you where to sculpt the stripes. It is not necessary to follow the sequence of colors - the main thing is to show the idea. You can use a stack to trim boundaries.

For information on how to make a rainbow out of plasticine, see the video.