Making a Tribal Mask

I made a mask inspired by nature and tribal culture.

Paper clay, a couple of clay tools, white primer and paint.

1. I first took an old newspaper and crumpled it well into a spherical sort of shape.
2. I then shaped it such that it was spherical on the top and flat at the bottom and placed it on the table
3. To fix it there I took two long piecs of masking tape and used it to keep the paper mound on the table as shown

1. I took the ball of paper clay I had and kneaded it.
2. Then I took part of the clay out, set it aside, and pressed the remaining part so that it became flat and then placed it over the paper mound, so as to acquire the mound's shape

1. I then used the remaining clay to make the nose and ears of the mask, and attached them using water
2. Considering that the ears would become big and out of proportion, I later removed them

1. Using the pointy back end of a clay tool, I removed the parts of the eyes and smoothened it down using water

1. I applied a layer of white primer to the mask as the preliminary step before painting it
2. I let it dry for 10 minutes

1. I applied an initial layer of yellow paint with red stripes onto the mask

1. I added another layer of yellow paint and also added a black head stripe line
2. At the bottom of the mask I also added a line of red paint to resemble lips

1. I painted the nose golden and added final touches to finish my tribal mask